How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in North Dakota?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,494 public railroad crossings in North Dakota with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,494
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,488
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 26%
- Most trains a day reported
- 31
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 107
- Gate share compared with the state
- 6 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 26% of these crossings.
- Gates38526%
- Flashing lights without reported gates80.5%
- Signs without reported gates or lights1,09573%
- Other or not reported60.4%
Each crossing appears once, grouped by its reported warning devices. Missing fields don't mean the warning devices are absent.
Incident counts cover January 2016 through 31 July 2026. They describe reported events, not a rating of crossings.
Traffic counts were collected at different times. Road count years appear with each record; train count years are not reported separately.
How many trains pass each crossing?
Public crossings are ordered by reported trains a day, from most to lowest.
- 2nd Ave SEBeulah1,470 vehicles a day2017 road count
- CR 26Beulah1,615 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 6th StEast Fairview300 vehicles a day1992 road count
- 2nd StEast Fairview350 vehicles a day1992 road count
- State HwyEast Fairview3,035 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Co RdEast Fairview100 vehicles a day1992 road count
- Co Rd 140East Fairview75 vehicles a day1981 road count
- 36th St NWEast Fairview55 vehicles a day1981 road count
- Co RdEast Fairview30 vehicles a day1981 road count
- Co RdEast Fairview20 vehicles a day1978 road count
- University AveGrand Forks6,270 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 6th AvGrand Forks4,425 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Gateway DriveGrand Forks17,960 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 27th AveGrand Forks1,200 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 40th Ave NGrand Forks10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 54th Ave NGrand Forks30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 70th Ave NGrand Forks130 vehicles a day2024 road count
- N 55th StManvel15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 23rd Ave NEManvel200 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 7th StManvel150 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 3rd StManvel1,800 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 29th Ave NEManvel20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 30th Ave NEManvel55 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 31st Ave NEManvel20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 32nd Ave NEManvel20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 20th St NEArdoch20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- CR 1/33rd Ave NEArdoch305 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 21st St NEArdoch15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 34th Ave NEArdoch15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 22nd St NEArdoch6 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 35th Ave NEArdoch15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 23rd St NEArdoch15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 36th Ave NEArdoch20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Wall StArdoch75 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Grant St.Drayton400 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Divide St.Drayton150 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 160th Ave NEDrayton20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 77th St NEDrayton65 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 159th Ave NEDrayton20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 76th St NEDrayton20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 158th Ave NEDrayton20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 20th St SWMandan10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 15th AveLarimore15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 14th AveLarimore60 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 13th AveLarimore20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 12th AveLarimore20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 11th AveNorthwood35 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Railroad StNorthwood30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 1st StNorthwood50 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 10th Ave NENorthwood60 vehicles a day1988 road count
Report a blocked crossing
Call the number on the blue sign at the crossing first. The sign names the railroad and gives the crossing number.
BNSF's line for a train blocking a crossing: 1-800-832-5452. Choose option 3 when the call answers.
Contact details on BNSF's website
Have ready: the street or roadway, the city and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign at the crossing. Checked on on bnsf.com.
Then tell the Federal Railroad Administration with its blocked crossing reporter. FRA uses the reports only to track where crossings are blocked and what that causes.
If someone needs help right away, call 911. How to report a blocked crossing
Source: Federal Railroad Administration crossing inventory and reported highway-rail incidents. Sources and dates