How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Alabama?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,021 public railroad crossings in Alabama with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,021
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 988
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 45%
- Most trains a day reported
- 52
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 321
- Gate share compared with the state
- 11 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 45% of these crossings.
- Gates46045%
- Flashing lights without reported gates10710%
- Signs without reported gates or lights42141%
- Other or not reported333%
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.
- Champion RoadVance530 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 2nd AvenueBirmingham2,140 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 7th Ave NorthBirmingham6,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Richard Arrington NBirmingham18,463 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Henry Ellen RdLeeds440 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Brownlee Hills RoadIrondale190 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 20th StIrondale2,241 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Antwerp/64thplaceBirmingham2,436 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Brussels AvenueBirmingham1,597 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 59th St SouthBirmingham1,871 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 1st StBessemer2,410 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Division StreetBessemer4,230 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Grant DrBessemer4,430 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Mc Calla RdBessemer7,606 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Vance Blocton Rd/ CR 9Vance5,464 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Griffin DrVance30 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Wilson Willingham RdAnniston287 vehicles a day2023 road count
- US 78 / SR 4Anniston10,574 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 21st AvenueBirmingham4,442 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Vine StDecatur683 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Memorial DrDecatur1,403 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 12th Ave NWDecatur1,698 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Magnolia StLincoln3,991 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Depot StreetRiverside2,200 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Seddon RoadRiverside230 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Truss Ferry RoadPell City1,471 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Anderson StreetLeeds2,790 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Mulberry StreetSelma540 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Telegraph RoadMobile2,107 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Clary DriveAkron60 vehicles a day2011 road count
- August Jackson RdAkron520 vehicles a day2011 road count
- CR 42Eutaw474 vehicles a day2022 road count
- CR 21 / Power Loop RdCypress348 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Powers Loop RdCypress376 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Powers Loop Rd- CR 21Moundville358 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Market StMoundville535 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Mound PkwyMoundville180 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Cherokee DrMoundville150 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Whitfield RoadMoundville90 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Upper Hull RoadTuscaloosa330 vehicles a day2006 road count
- McPherson LandingTuscaloosa1 vehicle a day1987 road count
- 35th StTuscaloosa11,270 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 32nd St/City Dump RdTuscaloosa190 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Cooper CircleAnniston2,003 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pinson RoadAnniston830 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Tillman AvenueAnniston795 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Park DriveAnniston251 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Virginia AveAnniston1,146 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Willingham DriveAnniston470 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Craig DriveAnniston131 vehicles a day2023 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.
Norfolk Southern's line for crossing gates, signals and rough crossings: 800-453-2530. Norfolk Southern's 24-hour police line is 800-946-4744.
Contact details on Norfolk Southern's website
Have ready: the street or roadway name, the city and the six-digit DOT crossing number on the sign. Checked on on norfolksouthern.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