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.
- 337th AvenueRoscoe10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SD 253Roscoe2,207 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 335th AvenueRoscoe10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 334th AvenueRoscoe10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 333rd AvenueRoscoe10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 331st AvenueBowdle29 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 330th AvenueBowdle30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 329th AveBowdleNo road count has been reported.
- 328th AvenueBowdle10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Not On NstriBowdle1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- SD 47Bowdle451 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 325th AvenueBowdle47 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 323rd AvenueBowdle25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 322nd AvenueBowdle35 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 321st AvenueBowdle10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 130th StreetJava45 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 314th AvenueJava25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 313th AvenueJava10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 312th AvenueJava37 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 310th AvenueSelby10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 309th AvenueSelby10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 308th AvenueSelby10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetSelby165 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 304th AvenueSelby10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 300th AvenueSelby79 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SD 1804Mobridge233 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Revheim RdMobridge220 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Bia Rd 44Wakpala98 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 9th Avenue SWAberdeen1,485 vehicles a day2020 road count
- SD 15Milbank2,394 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 477th AvenueMilbank18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 476th AvenueMilbank18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 475th AvenueMilbank40 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 474th AvenueTwin Brooks18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 473rd AvenueTwin Brooks18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 472nd AvenueTwin Brooks356 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 471st AvenueTwin Brooks168 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 470th AvenueTwin Brooks18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 150th StreetTwin Brooks18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 469th AvenueTwin Brooks18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 149th StreetTwin Brooks337 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 467th AvenueMarvin18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 465th AvenueMarvin60 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 146th StreetMarvin89 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 461st AvenueSummit18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Maple StreetSummit110 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Chestnut StreetSummit70 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 456th AvenueSummit18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 454th AvenueOrtley18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetOrtley136 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.
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