How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in South Dakota?
The FRA inventory of lists 909 public railroad crossings in South Dakota with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 909
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 878
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 10%
- Most trains a day reported
- 29
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 68
- Gate share compared with the state
- 2 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 10% of these crossings.
- Gates9010%
- Flashing lights without reported gates10612%
- Signs without reported gates or lights68275%
- Other or not reported313%
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.
- Elk StEdgemont1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- Dewey RoadEdgemont20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Dewey RoadEdgemont20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Hwy 6463Edgemont15 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Crowe Dam RoadArdmore15 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Rumford RoadProvo15 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Co Hwy 7Provo25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Not On NstriProvo1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- W Dewey RoadEdgemont80 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Dakota AveArdmore25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sd 471Edgemont235 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sd Hwy 18 PEdgemont238 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StGarretsonNo road count has been reported.
- 464th AvenueChester665 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetGarretson945 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Dows StreetGarretson2,312 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 254th StreetGarretson550 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 486th AvenueGarretson617 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 255th StreetGarretson40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 487th AvenueGarretson40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 256th StreetGarretson40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 258th StreetGarretson415 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 259th StreetGarretson40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 250th StreetSherman152 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 487th AvenueSherman155 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 486th StreetSherman40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 251st StreetSherman40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Cornell AvenueBig Stone City908 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 484th AvenueBig Stone City312 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 146th StreetBig Stone City18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 483rd AvenueBig Stone City18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 481st AvenueMilbank40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 480th AvenueMilbank399 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Lloyd StreetMilbank266 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetMilbank1,364 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Sd 37Groton1,237 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 405th AvenueGroton20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 404th AvenueGroton20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 403rd AvenueGroton20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 402nd AvenueGroton20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 401st AveGroton1 vehicle a day1988 road count
- 400th AvenueBath113 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 399th AvenueBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 397th AvenueBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 396th AvenueBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Park RdBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 395th AvenueBath239 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 394th AvenueBath20 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 393rd AvenueBath20 vehicles a day2020 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.
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