How many public crossings does Union Pacific Railroad Company report in Louisiana?
The FRA inventory of lists 731 public railroad crossings in Louisiana with Union Pacific Railroad Company as the reporting railroad.
- Public crossings
- 731
- Public crossings with identified warning devices
- 729
- Public crossings reported with gates
- 51%
- Most trains a day reported
- 60
- Reported incidents at public crossings since 2016
- 232
- Gate share compared with the state
- 8 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 51% of these crossings.
- Gates37451%
- Flashing lights without reported gates8812%
- Signs without reported gates or lights26737%
- Other or not reported20.3%
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.
- Caddo StreetShreveport1,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- E Bert Kouns Ind LoopShreveport16,072 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Airline Park DriveErwinville114 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Highway 1 Service Road/Capital DrivePort Allen1,000 vehicles a day2016 road count
- West Saint Francis StreetBrusly2,746 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Pelican HwyOakdale704 vehicles a day2024 road count
- E 5th AvenueOakdale3,343 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 6th AvenueOakdale5,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- 7th AvenueOakdale6,553 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Talambas DrOakdale3,232 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Hudson RoadOakdale1,251 vehicles a day2023 road count
- East Whatley RoadOakdale3,545 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Monk RoadOakdale331 vehicles a day2023 road count
- Lauderdale Yard RdOberlin1,031 vehicles a day2018 road count
- Guillory AvenueOberlin640 vehicles a day2024 road count
- E 5th AvenueOberlin407 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA 26Oberlin2,300 vehicles a day2014 road count
- LA 1145/Calumet RoadPort Allen1,390 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 1Plaquemine9,800 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 120Cypress47 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 18Bridge City17,300 vehicles a day2024 road count
- LA 6- N BypassNatchitoches6,200 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 70/LA 3089Donaldsonville17,017 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Fruge StLake Charles10,406 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Broad StreetLake Charles11,663 vehicles a day2025 road count
- PedestrianShreveport100 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA 1Boyce2,075 vehicles a day2026 road count
- Red Bayou RoadBoyce49 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Lena Flatwoods RoadLena302 vehicles a day2010 road count
- McGlothlin RoadLena6 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Gilbraith Cemetery RoadChopin6 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA 490Chopin522 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Emmanuel RoadCloutierville214 vehicles a day2025 road count
- LA 119Derry696 vehicles a day2025 road count
- Derry Mercantile RoadDerry41 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA 493Derry250 vehicles a day2019 road count
- Main StreetNatchez246 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA-478Natchitoches850 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 1/S BypassNatchitoches4,600 vehicles a day2015 road count
- Sylvan DriveNatchitoches100 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Hill StreetNatchitoches40 vehicles a day2010 road count
- LA 1223/Rapides DriveNatchitoches10,100 vehicles a day2016 road count
- LA 6/College AvenueNatchitoches11,300 vehicles a day2016 road count
- 2nd StreetNatchitoches4,000 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Bossier StreetNatchitoches4,192 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Trudeau StreetNatchitoches882 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Hymes Rd/PR433Powhatan21 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Smith Island RoadPowhatan116 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Driever RoadHanna61 vehicles a day2010 road count
- Riverport DriveHanna509 vehicles a day2017 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