How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Tennessee?
The FRA inventory of lists 725 public railroad crossings in Tennessee with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 725
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 697
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 51%
- Most trains a day reported
- 75
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 166
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
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Gates are reported at 51% of these crossings.
- Gates37151%
- Flashing lights without reported gates11416%
- Signs without reported gates or lights21229%
- Other or not reported284%
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.
- N Hawthorne StChattanooga3,944 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hickory Valley RoadChattanooga6,311 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Jersey PikeChattanooga11,445 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Ooltewah Cemetery RdChattanooga70 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Stratton AveRockwood1,396 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hamill RoadHixson7,650 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Martin RoadHarriman112 vehicles a day2007 road count
- Bell RdHarriman1,040 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Black Hollow RdRockwood1,013 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Strange StRockwood1,877 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Wheeler StRockwood1,514 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Rockwood AveRockwood2,593 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Rathburn AveRockwood2,553 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Mountain View RdRockwood145 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Black Creek RdRockwood289 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Roddy RoadSpring City277 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Macedonia RoadSpring City123 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Cawood RdSpring City1,249 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Burns King LaneSpring City21 vehicles a day2006 road count
- CawoodSpring City129 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Dewey Shepard LnSpring City11 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Hoyal LnSpring City159 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Jackson AveSpring City3,466 vehicles a day2006 road count
- PiccadillySpring City5,349 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Cemetary RdSpring City592 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Frank Reed RoadSpring City43 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Jackson RoadEvensville47 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Back Valley RoadEvensville223 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Evensville Mountain RoadEvensville584 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Payne LaneEvensville957 vehicles a day2006 road count
- High Water RdDayton100 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Industrial AccessDayton700 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Hospital CrossingDayton3,671 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Eleventh AveDayton2,231 vehicles a day2006 road count
- SecondDayton1,350 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Old Valley RdHarriman761 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Leggett StSale Creek918 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Reavley RoadSale Creek686 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Industrial BlvdBakewell888 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Retro Hughes RdBakewell1,169 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Back Valley RdSoddy Daisy256 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Back Valley RoadSoddy Daisy189 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Back Valley RdSoddy Daisy560 vehicles a day1991 road count
- Higdon RdSoddy Daisy74 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Mountain View RdSoddy Daisy754 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Depot StSoddy Daisy131 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Davenport RoadSoddy Daisy437 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Staub LnSoddy Daisy200 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Cox LaneSoddy Daisy481 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Walden StreetSoddy Daisy147 vehicles a day2006 road count
Counties with radio frequencies licensed to this railroad
- Anderson County6 frequencies
- Blount County2 frequencies
- Bradley County7 frequencies
- Campbell County2 frequencies
- Chester County3 frequencies
- Claiborne County1 frequency
- Cocke County9 frequencies
- Fayette County17 frequencies
- Gibson County3 frequencies
- Grainger County1 frequency
- Greene County6 frequencies
- Hamblen County5 frequencies
- Hamilton County38 frequencies
- Hardeman County9 frequencies
- Hawkins County7 frequencies
- Jefferson County8 frequencies
- Knox County36 frequencies
- Loudon County11 frequencies
- Madison County6 frequencies
- Marion County4 frequencies
- McMinn County6 frequencies
- McNairy County6 frequencies
- Monroe County6 frequencies
- Morgan County6 frequencies
- Polk County1 frequency
- Rhea County6 frequencies
- Roane County11 frequencies
- Scott County5 frequencies
- Shelby County26 frequencies
- Sullivan County2 frequencies
- Union County2 frequencies
- Washington County6 frequencies
- Weakley County6 frequencies
Source: FCC Universal Licensing System, weekly license file, 18 Oct 2026.
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