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.
- 9th Ave NENorthwood35 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 36th St NENorthwood60 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 8th AveNorthwood30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 7th Ave NENorthwood20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 35th St NENorthwood20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 6th Ave NENorthwood20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 5th Ave NENorthwood2,000 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Lander AveNorthwood40 vehicles a day2023 road count
- WashingtonNorthwood1,200 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 4th AveNorthwood400 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 4th AveNorthwood400 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 3rd Ave NENorthwood45 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 33rd StNorthwood30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 2nd Ave NENorthwood15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 1st Ave NENorthwood20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 32nd St NENorthwood50 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Eagle Ave/CR 25Hatton50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 143rd Ave NEHatton40 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 17th St NEHatton15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 144th Ave NEHatton80 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 1st StHatton250 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 6th StHatton475 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 7th StHatton775 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 55th StGrand Forks4,165 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 1st Ave SWBeulah415 vehicles a day2017 road count
- ND-49 SWBeulah3,095 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 63rd Ave SWBeulah10 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Co RdZap75 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 37th Ave SWStanton20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 11th St SWStanton15 vehicles a day2018 road count
- County RoadStanton20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 18th St SWMandan20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 25th Ave SWHensler65 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 27th Ave SWHensler80 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Main StreetHensler50 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Hwy AlternateHensler1,765 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 30th Ave SWHensler30 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 11th St SWHensler10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- County RoadStanton10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 38th StMandan100 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 37th StMandan350 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 32 1/2nd StMandan15 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 25th St SWMandan10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 450th Ave NWBowbells20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 90th St NWBowbells5 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 91st St NWBowbells15 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 92nd St NWBowbells20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Co Rd 17Bowbells125 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 94th St NWBowbells10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 95th St NWBowbells50 vehicles a day2018 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