How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Illinois?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,502 public railroad crossings in Illinois with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,502
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,491
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 71%
- Most trains a day reported
- 110
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 246
- Gate share compared with the state
- 16 percentage points higher
Where are these public crossings?
Browse the listThe map shows the available locations on this page. Area shading may include crossings outside this group.
Gates are reported at 71% of these crossings.
- Gates1,06371%
- Flashing lights without reported gates17011%
- Signs without reported gates or lights25817%
- Other or not reported111%
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.
- Bodieville RoadGale50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Clear Creek Levee RoadGale10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Sexton Creek RoadMcClure125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Grapevine TrailMcClure1,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rhymer RoadMillcreek50 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Davis RoadMillcreek10 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Old Cape RoadMillcreek450 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Refuge DriveWare125 vehicles a day2020 road count
- IL 146Ware4,050 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Fas 923Wolf Lake325 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Ensign Bickford RoadWolf Lake200 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Larue RoadWolf Lake25 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Muddy Levee RoadGrand Tower75 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraChicago1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- Pedestrain Station MetraChicagoNo road count has been reported.
- Oakwood AvenueWilmette475 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Linden AvenueWilmette2,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Wilmette AvenueWilmette3,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Central AvenueWilmette2,350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- East Lake AvenueWilmette6,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Forest AvenueWilmette350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Elmwood AvenueWilmette475 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Kenilworth AvenueKenilworth2,050 vehicles a day2022 road count
- PedestrianWilmette1 vehicle a dayRoad count year not reported
- West Bryn Mawr AvenueChicago12,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Nagle AvenueChicago23,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Raven StreetChicago2,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Sayre AvenueChicago900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Harlem AvenueChicago22,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Devon AvenueChicago14,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Oliphant AvenueChicago700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Ozark AvenueChicago11,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- South Prospect AvenuePark Ridge2,550 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraPark Ridge1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- North Greenwood AvenuePark Ridge3,400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Dee RoadPark Ridge11,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Oakton StreetPark Ridge17,900 vehicles a day2023 road count
- South Des Plaines River RoadDes Plaines16,700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pearson StreetDes Plaines2,450 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 168th StreetSouth Holland1,800 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 173rd StreetSouth Holland2,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Lee Street/US 12Des Plaines5,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Graceland AvenueDes Plaines11,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Martin Luther King DriveNorth Chicago8,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Arthur AvenueArlington Hts5,750 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Pedestrian Station-metraDes Plaines1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- South 2nd StreetMalta1,200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- South AvenueWaukegan225 vehicles a day2023 road count
- PedestrianMt Prospect1 vehicle a day1983 road count
- South Emerson StreetMt Prospect1,900 vehicles a day2022 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.
Union Pacific's line for urgent reports: 888-877-7267.
Contact details on Union Pacific's websiteUnion Pacific form for a train blocking a street crossing
Have ready: the crossing location and the DOT crossing number from the blue sign. Checked on on up.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