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 reported110.7%
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.
- Townline RoadSouth Pekin1,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Cargill RoadBartonville200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Mendenhall RoadBartonville50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Cedar Hills DriveDunlap3,550 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West County Line RoadSpeer75 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Western RoadCampgrove325 vehicles a day2000 road count
- Rock Island RoadNelson2,150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Corporate DriveDe Kalb475 vehicles a day2021 road count
- South Main StreetCrystal Lake14,200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Crystal Lake AvenueCrystal Lake10,100 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Belchik Memorial ExpresswayAlton2,050 vehicles a day2021 road count
- IL 53Braidwood2,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Prairie StreetRockford200 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Kautz RoadWest Chicago8,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Townline RoadSouth Pekin1,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- West Washington StreetBloomington4,400 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Prairie PathWest ChicagoNo road count has been reported.
- South Broadway StreetShelbyville150 vehicles a day2024 road count
- North 1800 East RoadGoodwine250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Henson Road And Front StreetVilla Grove650 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North County Road 1850 EastVilla Grove50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South 10th Street/IL 37Mt Vernon6,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Brownsville RoadMt Vernon800 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North Triton LaneMt Vernon150 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North Puckett LaneMt Vernon100 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North Elston AvenueChicago8,600 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Blackhawk StreetChicago100 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Magnolia StreetChicago3,050 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Independence AvenueRockford525 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South Central AvenueRockford950 vehicles a day2022 road count
- South Avon StreetRockford775 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Winnebago StreetRockford4,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 4th StreetRockford275 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 5th AvenueRockford4,100 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 5th StreetRockford225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 6th StreetRockford3,900 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 6th AvenueRockford1,000 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 7th StreetRockford3,550 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 10th StreetRockford150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- 11th StreetRockford9,300 vehicles a day2022 road count
- North Water StreetRockford1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- South Appleton RoadBelvidere9,500 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Columbia AvenueBelvidere1,200 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Fifth AvenueBelvidere1,600 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Pleasant StreetBelvidere2,150 vehicles a day2018 road count
- State StreetBelvidere6,050 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Whitney BoulevardBelvidere1,400 vehicles a day2018 road count
- North McLean BoulevardElgin18,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Wing StreetElgin11,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- State Street/IL 31Elgin16,600 vehicles a day2023 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