How many public crossings does Norfolk Southern Railway Company report in Virginia?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,142 public railroad crossings in Virginia with Norfolk Southern Railway Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,142
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,110
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 65%
- Most trains a day reported
- 66
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 155
- Gate share compared with the state
- 1 percentage point lower
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
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Gates are reported at 65% of these crossings.
- Gates73965%
- Flashing lights without reported gates857%
- Signs without reported gates or lights28625%
- Other or not reported323%
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.
- Seventeenth StreetRoanoke50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Cleveland AvenueRoanoke1,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Eighteenth StreetRoanoke1,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Bridge StreetRoanoke2,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Stone Mountain RoadWise1,200 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Siskin RoadWise53 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Kentucky AvenueNorton1,700 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Cook DriveSalem920 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Diuguids LaneSalem5,800 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Poor Mountain RoadSalem650 vehicles a day2011 road count
- West River RoadElliston578 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Ironto RoadElliston190 vehicles a day2012 road count
- North Fork RoadBlacksburg970 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Jannelle RoadBlacksburg2,362 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Yellow Sulphur RoadChristiansburg240 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Big Falls RoadMcCoy419 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Norris Run RoadMcCoy40 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Goodwins Ferry RoadEggleston248 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Goodwins Ferry RoadEggleston248 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Goodwins Ferry RoadEggleston160 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Cliffview StreetEggleston200 vehicles a day2011 road count
- River RoadPembroke740 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Dillard DriveSalem460 vehicles a day2025 road count
- West River RoadElliston10 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Stoney Ridge RoadNathalie106 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Doctor Lacy TrailNathalie143 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Railroad DriveNathalie72 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Doctor Merritt DriveNathalie123 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Lenning RoadNathalie718 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Hodges StreetHalifax82 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Howard P Anderson RoadCrystal Hill826 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Main StreetHalifax12,000 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Sutphin RoadHalifax300 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Edmunds StreetHalifax1,700 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Boundary RoadHarman25 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Old Rocklick RoadBig Rock3,000 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Drybridge CourtSandston41 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Meadow RoadLakeside427 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Dispatch RoadSandston1,242 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Old Church RoadNew Kent950 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Old River RoadNew Kent230 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Pocket RoadNew Kent69 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Pocahontas TrailWest Point130 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Mount Olive Cohoke RoadWest Point106 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Mount Olive Cohoke RoadWest Point368 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Sweet Hall RoadWest Point136 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Euclid BoulevardWest Point860 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Pamunkey AvenueWest Point100 vehicles a day2011 road count
- Oak Grove AvenueWest Point50 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Harrison StreetHarrisonburg1,000 vehicles a day2011 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