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.
- Thomas Town RoadJacob50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Swan Pond RoadJacob150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Korando LaneJacob10 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Jones Ridge RoadJacob125 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Levee RoadJacob350 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Water StreetChester1,200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Flinton Station RoadChester50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Modoc Ferry RoadPrairie Du Rocher100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Van Cloister StreetPrairie Du Rocher75 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Duclos StreetPrairie Du Rocher100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- IL 155Prairie Du Rocher375 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Goose Lake RoadPrairie Du Rocher50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Kaskaskia RoadFults100 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Unnamed RoadFults25 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Kidd Lake RoadFults25 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Ivy RoadFults50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Stringtown RoadFults50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Steffen RoadMaeystown50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Maeystown RoadMaeystown50 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Lake StreetGorham150 vehicles a day2022 road count
- West Gorham RoadGorham50 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Depot AvenueDixon700 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Meridian RoadAshton100 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Quarry RoadAshton175 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Cartwright AvenueAshton425 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Brown AvenueAshton525 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Douglas AvenueAshton225 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Richardson AvenueAshton400 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Willow RoadFranklin Grove100 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Elm StreetFranklin Grove1,250 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Gap RoadFranklin Grove725 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Rocky Ford RoadFranklin Grove125 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Robbins RoadNachusa150 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Nachusa RoadNachusa200 vehicles a day2022 road count
- Red Brick RoadNachusa200 vehicles a day2017 road count
- Central AvenueHighland Park4,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Elm PlazaHighland Park1,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Highwood AvenueHighwood2,200 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Washington AvenueHighwood2,250 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Old Elm RoadHighland Park5,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Ryan PlazaLake Forest1,300 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Deerpath RoadLake Forest2,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Westminster RoadLake Forest400 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Pingree RoadCrystal Lake10,800 vehicles a day2021 road count
- Harmon RoadDixon125 vehicles a day2017 road count
- East Main Street And North Cook StreetBarrington10,000 vehicles a day2023 road count
- North Hough StreetBarrington13,700 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Hart RoadBarrington7,600 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Cuba RoadBarrington575 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Plum Tree RoadBarrington4,600 vehicles a day2015 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