How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Ohio?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,600 public railroad crossings in Ohio with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,600
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,593
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 79%
- Most trains a day reported
- 86
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 362
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 79% of these crossings.
- Gates1,25979%
- Flashing lights without reported gates835%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25116%
- Other or not reported70%
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.
- Brunell StreetWauseon1,717 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Lawrence AvenueWauseon1,604 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Road EWauseon961 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Road 16Wauseon659 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Road 17Wauseon218 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Road 18Wauseon2,244 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Main StreetArchbold2,096 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Road 20Archbold940 vehicles a day1997 road count
- Road DArchbold1,336 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Road 21Archbold413 vehicles a day1996 road count
- McCracken RoadMaple Heights4,167 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Murray Ridge RoadElyria2,850 vehicles a day2001 road count
- Sunnyside RoadVermilion725 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Vermilion RoadVermilion2,343 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Main StreetVermilion3,140 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Grand StreetVermilion560 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Adams StreetVermilion870 vehicles a day2011 road count
- James StreetEast Palestine2,102 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Station WalkwayElyriaNo road count has been reported.
- Glendale AvenueBedford2,378 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Grace StreetBedford7,664 vehicles a day2006 road count
- S Town StFostoria3,444 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Oyster RdSebring1,241 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Bandy RoadSebring732 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Fifteenth StreetSebring4,989 vehicles a day2005 road count
- 12th StSebring2,891 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Main StreetBeloit2,718 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Ellett RdBeloit422 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Smith Goshen RdBeloit234 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Allen RoadSalem844 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Pershing StSalem858 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Wilson StSalem577 vehicles a day2010 road count
- New Garden StSalem3,325 vehicles a day2025 road count
- South Ellsworth AveSalem5,631 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Johnson RoadSebring4,446 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Heacock RdSebring437 vehicles a day2005 road count
- Poorman RoadVermilion236 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Lincoln AvenueSalem3,508 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Cunningham RoadSalem608 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Washington StLeetonia872 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Walnut StLeetonia347 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Chestnut StLeetonia3,272 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Wilson StLeetonia248 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Beason Mill RdLeetonia466 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Esterly DriveColumbiana212 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Coen RoadVermilion1,363 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Edgewater AvenueSandusky2,198 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Mullins StSalem1,313 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Monroe StreetBellevue1,755 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Pleasant DriveEast Palestine708 vehicles a day2025 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