How many public crossings does BNSF Railway Company report in Wisconsin?
The FRA inventory of lists 175 public railroad crossings in Wisconsin with BNSF Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 175
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 165
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 42%
- Most trains a day reported
- 80
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 22
- Gate share compared with the state
- 11 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 42% of these crossings.
- Gates7342%
- Flashing lights without reported gates1710%
- Signs without reported gates or lights7543%
- Other or not reported106%
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.
- Winter StSuperior2,247 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Winter StSuperior2,247 vehicles a day2023 road count
- 24th Ave ESuperior2,600 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Front St @ MarketLa Crosse1,750 vehicles a day1997 road count
- 5th St NSuperior1,000 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 5th St NSuperior2,500 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Fiber StSuperior250 vehicles a day1980 road count
- Cement Plant RdSuperior150 vehicles a day1988 road count
- E AveSuperior150 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Tower AveSuperior268 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Banks AveSuperior250 vehicles a day1988 road count
- 1st St NSuperior560 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 1st St NSuperior560 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Hughitt AveSuperior450 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Hughitt AveSuperior450 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Cummings AveSuperior450 vehicles a day1988 road count
- Grand AveSuperior2,900 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Frederick StPrairie Du Chien1,091 vehicles a day2019 road count
- South AveLa Crosse15,078 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Sims PlLa Crosse5,300 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Railroad AveSuperiorNo road count has been reported.
- Railroad AveSuperiorNo road count has been reported.
- PedestrianSuperior10 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Public RoadSuperiorNo road count has been reported.
- Ajax RdSuperior250 vehicles a day1997 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