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.
- CR 20Beulah415 vehicles a day2009 road count
- S Central AveBeach2,135 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Black Diamond RdBeach80 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 6th Ave NGranville20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 7th Ave NGranville10 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 8th Ave NGranville20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 10thGranville45 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 11th Ave NGranville20 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Main StGranville420 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 13th Ave NGranville35 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 15th Ave NGranville40 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 58th St NGranville50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 16th Ave NGranville15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 17th Ave NGranville70 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 18th Ave NGranville20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Norwich RdGranville100 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 20th Ave NEGranville35 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 167th St NEGranville20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Co Rd 23Granville125 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 139th StSurrey35 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 125th St NESurrey20 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 111th StSurrey530 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Pleasant AveSurrey1,045 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 3rd Ave NEDenbigh20 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 2nd Ave NEDenbigh10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 1st Ave NDenbigh5 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Center Ave NDenbigh35 vehicles a day2013 road count
- 2nd Ave NDenbigh30 vehicles a day2013 road count
- 1st Ave NEGranville15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 3rd Ave NGranville30 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 5th Ave NGranville65 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Co Rd 419Belfield215 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 27th Avenue NorthGrand Forks180 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 68th Ave NEChurchs Ferry15 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 50th 1/2 StreetDevils Lake40 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 6th Ave EDickinson3,375 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Livestock LnDickinson625 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 30th Ave SWDickinson135 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 50th Ave SWDickinson110 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 116th Ave SWSouth Heart830 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 120th Ave SWSouth Heart10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 4th St NWSouth Heart1,295 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 122nd Ave SWSouth Heart10 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 124th Ave SWSouth Heart5 vehicles a day2018 road count
- 125m Ave SWBelfield35 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 128th Ave SWBelfield50 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Main St SBelfield530 vehicles a day2017 road count
- 34th St SWSentinel Butte15 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Martin StSentinel Butte45 vehicles a day2017 road count
- West StSentinel Butte115 vehicles a day2017 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