How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Iowa?
The FRA inventory of lists 1,417 public railroad crossings in Iowa with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 1,417
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 1,413
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 40%
- Most trains a day reported
- 137
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 104
- Gate share compared with the state
- 9 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 40% of these crossings.
- Gates56040%
- Flashing lights without reported gates16312%
- Signs without reported gates or lights69049%
- Other or not reported40.3%
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.
- Walnut StreetWhiting90 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Harrison StreetWhiting160 vehicles a day2004 road count
- Main StreetWhiting1,940 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 155th StreetWhiting10 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 140th StreetWhiting110 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 133rd StreetWhiting10 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Cherry AvenueWhiting20 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 120th StreetWhiting50 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 110th StreetSloan20 vehicles a day2008 road count
- 100th StreetSloan20 vehicles a day2015 road count
- IA 141Sloan3,410 vehicles a day2015 road count
- SW Corp Line StreetSloan130 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 320th StreetSloan20 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Cass AvenueSalix10 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 290th StreetSalix35 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Walnut StreetSalix180 vehicles a day1987 road count
- Poplar StreetSalix720 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Tipton StreetSalix130 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Benton AvenueSalix25 vehicles a day2015 road count
- 235th StreetSergeant Bluff100 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Dogwood TrailSergeant Bluff870 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Warrior RoadSergeant Bluff2,390 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 1st StreetSergeant Bluff5,300 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 4th StreetSergeant Bluff910 vehicles a day2019 road count
- 8th StreetSergeant Bluff2,460 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Thomas StreetCallender810 vehicles a day2015 road count
- School StreetCarlisle410 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Park StreetCarlisle434 vehicles a day1998 road count
- Southeast 64th StreetAvon Lake940 vehicles a day2016 road count
- Lincoln StreetCorydon460 vehicles a day2014 road count
- North West StreetCorydon670 vehicles a day2014 road count
- English StreetCorydon514 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Summit RoadMillerton45 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 235th TrailChariton10 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 242nd AvenueChariton20 vehicles a day2014 road count
- 450th StreetChariton70 vehicles a day2014 road count
- South AvenueWilliamson320 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Jewel RoadAllerton10 vehicles a day2010 road count
- King RoadAllerton25 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Maple StreetAllerton80 vehicles a day2006 road count
- Green StreetAllerton87 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Buffalo StreetAllerton87 vehicles a day2013 road count
- Central AvenueAllerton1,340 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Upton StreetMelcher25 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Center StreetMelcher810 vehicles a day2014 road count
- B Street North EastMelcher890 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Perry DriveDallas15 vehicles a day2006 road count
- 30th PlaceKnoxville15 vehicles a day2014 road count
- Indiana StreetSandyville40 vehicles a day2012 road count
- CR 31Hartford470 vehicles a day2024 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