How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in South Carolina?
The FRA inventory of lists 781 public railroad crossings in South Carolina with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 781
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 773
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 60%
- Most trains a day reported
- 43
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 171
- Gate share compared with the state
- 9 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 60% of these crossings.
- Gates46760%
- Flashing lights without reported gates486%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25833%
- Other or not reported81%
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.
- Hamrick StreetGaffney2,859 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Green River RoadGaffney1,059 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Sproozer Mill RoadGaffney8 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Miley Farm RoadGaffney49 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Proctor RoadGaffney87 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Wilkins RoadGaffney71 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Price Farm RoadGaffney26 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Rutledge StreetCowpens52 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Cemetery StreetCowpens488 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Church StreetCowpens3,598 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Ped XingGaffneyNo road count has been reported.
- Catawba StreetColumbia719 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Church StJonesville1,120 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Main StPendleton2,749 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Camp RdClemson1,005 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Remount RoadNorth Charleston4,115 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Aviation AvenueCharleston6,287 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Jet Park DriveNorth Charleston1,345 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Midland Park RoadNorth Charleston7,448 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Heyward StreetColumbia2,724 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Whaley Street/Sumter StreetColumbia9,026 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Fairforest RoadSpartanburg4,956 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Mountain StreetBlacksburg1,677 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Shelby StreetBlacksburg1,233 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Rutherford StreetBlacksburg568 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Chester StreetBlacksburg405 vehicles a day2013 road count
- N John StreetBlacksburg314 vehicles a day2013 road count
- N Charleston StreetBlacksburg1,206 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Moss CrossingBlacksburg1,001 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Thirteenth StreetGaffney3,369 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Sixth StreetGaffney5,605 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Third StreetGaffney2,392 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Limestone StreetGaffney4,966 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Main StreetUnion3,546 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Blackberry RoadColumbia43 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Valley Down RdGadsden133 vehicles a day2014 road count
- S Cedar Creek RoadColumbia406 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Bluff RoadGadsden3,066 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Goodwin RoadGadsden329 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Dry Branch RoadEastover195 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Weston RoadEastover152 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Meeting House RoadColumbia262 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Martin Luther King BoulevardColumbia991 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Jw Neal RoadColumbia439 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Third StreetHopkins49 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Lower Richland BlvdHopkins3,915 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Montgomery LaneColumbia502 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Lykesland TrailHopkins92 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Longwood Rd-sr 960Columbia474 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Atlas RoadForest Acres13,997 vehicles a day2014 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