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.
- 195th StreetWolsey18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 194th StreetWolsey18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetWolsey18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 193rd StreetWolsey45 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 191st StreetWolsey18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 190th StreetWolsey50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 189th StreetWolsey10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 188th StreetTulare30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 187th StreetTulare10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 186th StreetTulare45 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 185th StreetTulare10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 184th StreetTulare10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 183rd StreetTulare317 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetTulare337 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Dakota StreetTulare133 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 182nd StreetTulare10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 181st StreetTulare30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 179th StreetTulare10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 176th StreetRedfield30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 386th AvenueRedfield50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 16th Avenue - 174 StreetRedfield235 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 172nd StreetRedfield10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 171st StRedfieldNo road count has been reported.
- 170th StreetRedfield45 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 167th StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetAshton22 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 165th StreetAshton160 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 164th StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 163rd StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 162nd StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 161st StreetAshton45 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 160th StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 159th StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 158th StreetAshton10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 157th StreetAshton30 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 156th StreetMellette10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Cady StreetMellette65 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Main StreetMellette148 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Railroad Avenue NCorson400 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Railroad Avenue NBrandon400 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Not On Nstri Bike PathSioux Falls1 vehicle a day2020 road count
- 232nd StWoonsocket1 vehicle a day2010 road count
- 237th StLetcher1 vehicle a day2010 road count
- Market StHuron450 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 4th Avenue SWatertown4,685 vehicles a day2020 road count
- US 212Watertown15,034 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Pelican Avenue SWatertown171 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 452nd AvenueWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 175th StreetWatertown18 vehicles a day2020 road count
- 176th StreetWatertown18 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