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.
- Fish Hatchery LaneAnniston840 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Mudd StreetLincoln2,749 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Sunlight LaneBynum10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Wills Farm RoadLincoln250 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Jackson Trace RoadLincoln232 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Bishop Truss RoadLincoln200 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Fourth StAnniston1,332 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Glen Addie AveAnniston13,698 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Clydesdale StreetAnniston4,164 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Hunter StreetWestend Anniston3,850 vehicles a day2011 road count
- CR 29Selma140 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Marie Foster StreetSelma4,418 vehicles a day2022 road count
- St Phillips StreetSelma270 vehicles a day2011 road count
- M L King Street SylvanSelma1,100 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Lawrence StreetSelma210 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Franklin StreetSelma3,590 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Broad StreetSelma15,210 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Church StreetSelma6,280 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Union StreetSelma190 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Lapsley StreetSelma5,371 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Landline RoadSelma3,090 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rotter Road CO44Selma790 vehicles a day2022 road count
- CR 32Selma140 vehicles a day2011 road count
- CR 215Selma20 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Lake Lanier RoadSelma10 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Fas Rt 339Suttle314 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Church StreetSuttle50 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Bibb Garrett RdMooresville216 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Elledge LaneMuscle Shoals1,044 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Moundville ParkwayMoundville1 vehicle a day2017 road count
- Mary Taylor RdBirmingham150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lucille DrTuscaloosa51 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Dudley RdTuscaloosa570 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Hagler Coaling RdTuscaloosa1,499 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Middle Coaling RdCoaling1,120 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Lower Coaling RdTuscaloosa150 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Grimes Crossing RdTuscaloosa860 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Echo Lake RdCottondale20 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Buttermilk RdTuscaloosa7,467 vehicles a day2022 road count
- McGee RdCottondale370 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Pelham Heights RdTuscaloosa827 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 26th Ave ETuscaloosa5,270 vehicles a day2011 road count
- 19th Ave ETuscaloosa8,945 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 6th Ave EastTuscaloosa15,560 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Hackberry LaneTuscaloosa19,666 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 10th AveTuscaloosa9,755 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 12th AvenueTuscaloosa4,871 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 17th AveTuscaloosa1,968 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Hargrove RdTuscaloosa4,288 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Greensboro AvenueTuscaloosa9,590 vehicles a day2011 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