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.
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- West Hawthorne LaneWest Chicago3,250 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Powis RoadWest Chicago3,200 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Dunham RoadWayne17,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Center DriveSouth Elgin1,050 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Plum StreetSouth Elgin850 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East State StreetSouth Elgin3,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Mill StreetSouth Elgin125 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Robertson RoadSouth Elgin175 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Big Timber RoadGilberts14,500 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Higgins RoadGilberts13,800 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Mill StreetGilberts125 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Freeman RoadGilberts5,650 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Kreutzer RoadHuntley9,400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Grove StreetHuntley375 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Mill StreetHuntley700 vehicles a day2021 road count
- East Main StHuntley6,350 vehicles a day2021 road count
- IL 47Huntley25,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Coyne Station RoadHuntley1,700 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Seeman RoadUnion525 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Olson RoadUnion400 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Jefferson StreetUnion675 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Main StreetUnion1,800 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Vine StreetUnion200 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Dunham RoadUnion1,650 vehicles a day2021 road count
- North Prospect StreetMarengo4,250 vehicles a day2021 road count
- South East StreetMarengo625 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Taylor StreetMarengo550 vehicles a day2021 road count
- State Street/IL 23Marengo9,850 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pedestrian North Ford StreetMarengo1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- North West StreetMarengo600 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Ritz RoadMarengo500 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Thorne RoadMarengo275 vehicles a day2021 road count
- County Line RoadGarden Prairie475 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Garden Prairie RoadGarden Prairie2,850 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Epworth RoadBelvidere450 vehicles a day2023 road count
- PedestrianRockford1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- Love Park AccessRockford1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- PedestrianLoves Park1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- PedestrianRockford1 vehicle a day1970 road count
- South Mulford RoadCherry Valley10,900 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