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 gates81%
- Signs without reported gates or lights1,09573%
- Other or not reported60%
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.
- 27th St NEHeimdal5 vehicles a day1988 road count
- FieldHeimdal1 vehicle a day1988 road count
- 40th Ave NEHeimdal50 vehicles a day2000 road count
- 39th Ave NEHeimdal25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Main StHeimdal50 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Hwy 4/38th Ave NEHeimdal150 vehicles a day2000 road count
- 37th Ave NEHeimdal5 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 36th Ave NEHeimdal30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 35th Ave NEHeimdal20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 30th St NEHeimdal25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 34th Ave NESelz20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 31st St NESelz200 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 31st Ave NESelz155 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 29th Ave NESelz5 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 26th Ave NESelz25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 33rd St NESelz45 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 25th Ave NESelz40 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 21st Ave NESelz55 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 17th Ave NEKarlsruhe20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 37th St NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- CR 11Karlsruhe235 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 15th Ave NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 14th Ave NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 13th Ave NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 39th St NEKarlsruhe5 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 12th Ave NEKarlsruhe20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 11th Ave NEKarlsruhe25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 40th St NEKarlsruhe25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 8th Ave NEKarlsruhe5 vehicles a day2019 road count
- St Hwy 14Karlsruhe105 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 43rd St NEKarlsruhe10 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 4th Ave NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 44th St NEKarlsruhe25 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 3rd Ave NEKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 2nd Ave NKarlsruhe20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Central AveKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 46th St NKarlsruhe10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 1st Ave NKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Main StKarlsruhe400 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Cmc-2521Karlsruhe220 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 47th St NKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 4th Ave NKarlsruhe20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 48th St NKarlsruhe30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 6th Ave NKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 49th St NKarlsruhe10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 7th Ave NKarlsruhe25 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 10th Ave NKarlsruhe10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 50th St NKarlsruhe15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 11th Ave NKarlsruhe20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- County RdCasselton10 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