How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 942 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 942
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 930
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 58%
- Most trains a day reported
- 39
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 105
- Gate share compared with the state
- 3 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 58% of these crossings.
- Gates54558%
- Flashing lights without reported gates12914%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25627%
- Other or not reported121%
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.
- PerineCentralia1,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- S Elm StCentralia3,450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Poplar StCentralia4,100 vehicles a day2023 road count
- S Locust StCentralia1,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- W South StreetDix3,100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Middle RdDix10 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Beal RoadDix175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- E Ebenezer RoadDix25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Missouri AveGranite City3,000 vehicles a day2021 road count
- 99th StChicago650 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 100th StChicago6,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 106th St Fau 1576Chicago11,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Road 2750 WestBourbonnais900 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 4000 WestBourbonnais150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Route 17Bonfield6,750 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Irwin RoadBonfield375 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Lehigh RoadBonfield950 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Huber RoadBonfield175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 9000 WestBonfield75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 10000 WestBonfield100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 11000 WestBonfield50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 12000 WestUnion Hill1,850 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 13000 WestUnion Hill50 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 14000 WestUnion Hill150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Center StreetUnion Hill400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 15000 WestUnion Hill25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 16000 WestUnion Hill175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 17000 WestUnion Hill75 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 18000 WestReddick625 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Road 19000 WestReddick25 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Route 17Reddick1,750 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3500 EastReddick25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3425 EastReddick50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3300 EastReddick725 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3200 EastReddick75 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3100 EastDwight50 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Road 3000 EastDwight25 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Union StreetDwight4,450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Leibengood StOpdyke900 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Rackaway StMt Vernon325 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Casey AveMt Vernon500 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Jordan StMt Vernon175 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Broadway AveMt Vernon6,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Main StMt Vernon6,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Harrison StMt Vernon325 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North StreetMt Vernon200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Park AvenueMt Vernon125 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Tolle RoadMt Vernon1,050 vehicles a day2021 road count
- CR 850 EKeensburg300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oak StKeensburg2,800 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