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%
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.
- Linwood AvenueJefferson10 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Kirkwood RoadJefferson40 vehicles a day2012 road count
- J AvenueScranton270 vehicles a day2024 road count
- I AvenueScranton20 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Falcon AvenueScranton25 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Main StreetScranton460 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 230th StreetScranton60 vehicles a day2012 road count
- D AvenueScranton20 vehicles a day2012 road count
- C AvenueRalston15 vehicles a day2012 road count
- B AvenueRalston30 vehicles a day2012 road count
- A AvenueRalston930 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 1st StreetRalston40 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Zephyr RoadRalston80 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 210th StreetRalston35 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Colorado StreetGlidden1,960 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Idaho StreetGlidden460 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Sycamore StreetGlidden25 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Quail AvenueCarroll90 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Phoenix AvenueCarroll80 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Olympic AvenueCarroll1,200 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Grant RoadCarroll4,390 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Maple StreetCarroll500 vehicles a day1980 road count
- North Clark StreetCarroll3,080 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Main StreetCarroll5,600 vehicles a day2000 road count
- Carroll StreetCarroll2,390 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Jade AvenueCarroll30 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Ivy AvenueArcadia530 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Hawthorne RoadArcadia45 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Granite AvenueArcadia60 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Crystal AvenueArcadia1,660 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Aspen AvenueWestside1,090 vehicles a day2024 road count
- Main StreetWestside270 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 390th StreetWestside90 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 380th StreetWestside50 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Warren StreetVail380 vehicles a day2024 road count
- 330th StreetVail100 vehicles a day2012 road count
- 310th StreetVail70 vehicles a day2012 road count
- N AvenueDenison120 vehicles a day2012 road count
- South 15th StreetDenison515 vehicles a day2016 road count
- South Main StreetDenison1,902 vehicles a day2020 road count
- Lincoln WayDenison790 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Q AvenueArion390 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Bella Vista DriveCarroll310 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Avenue BCouncil Bluffs2,470 vehicles a day2012 road count
- North Willow RoadMissouri Valley940 vehicles a day2012 road count
- Italy AvenueMissouri Valley90 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Fremont AvenueModale200 vehicles a day2008 road count
- Southeast 36th StreetDes Moines120 vehicles a day1978 road count
- Fir Avenue SoutheastCedar Rapids50 vehicles a day1979 road count
- South East 18th StreetDes Moines3,410 vehicles a day1989 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