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.
- Rymers RoadOak Harbor118 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Carroll-erie RdOak Harbor200 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Brokate RoadOak Harbor224 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Atwater RoadOak Harbor142 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Leutz RdOak Harbor139 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Risden RoadVermilion461 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Mills StreetSandusky907 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Olds StSandusky921 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Main StreetColumbiana4,228 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Elm StreetColumbiana3,205 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Pittsburgh StreetColumbiana1,471 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Bull Creek RoadNew Waterford121 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Metz RoadNew Waterford88 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Bull Creek RoadNew Waterford109 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Olds StreetSandusky921 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Danbury Station RdBay View103 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Lightner RoadPort Clinton155 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Gypsum RoadGypsum1,727 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Waller StreetPortsmouth4,510 vehicles a day1987 road count
- Fourteenth StreetPortsmouth490 vehicles a day1996 road count
- Joppa RoadBerlin Heights300 vehicles a day1987 road count
- Frailey RoadShinrock232 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hahn RoadShinrock110 vehicles a day1987 road count
- Ceylon RoadShinrock2,220 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Berlin RoadHuron2,219 vehicles a day2006 road count
- River RoadHuron1,743 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Main StreetHuron7,529 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Williams StreetHuron1,497 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Rye Beach RoadHuron4,582 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Camp RoadHuron1,927 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Perkins AvenueSandusky4,867 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Remington AvenueSandusky3,269 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Pipe StreetSandusky1,814 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Campbell StreetSandusky5,548 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hutchins StreetPortsmouth2,725 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lincoln StreetPortsmouth1,409 vehicles a day2012 road count
- German Church RoadLimaville104 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Industry RoadAtwater1,086 vehicles a day2006 road count
- West Lake StreetRavenna1,801 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Sandy Lake RoadRavenna1,201 vehicles a day2009 road count
- Hattrick RoadRavenna336 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Plasterbed RoadGypsum752 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Harbor RoadPort Clinton1,850 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Camp Perry RoadOak Harbor99 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Tettau RoadOak Harbor211 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Toussaint South RoadOak Harbor1,062 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Behlman RoadOak Harbor387 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Locust StreetOak Harbor2,684 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Benton StreetOak Harbor326 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Toussaint Portage RoadOak Harbor351 vehicles a day2007 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