Department of Transportation

Highway-Rail Crossings

The dataset compiles inventory information for locations where public or private roadways intersect railroad tracks. Each record provides details such as the crossing's unique identification number, location (state, county, latitude, longitude), railroad company, roadway type, and installed warning devices.

Example records
Crossing IDregistrationStateaddressCountyaddressCityaddressRailroad Namelegal entityStreet HighwayaddressCrossing TypeclassificationWarning DeviceproductAnnual Avg Daily TrafficquantityLatitudegeospatialLongitudegeospatial
628151HIllinoisCookChicagoUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COW GRAND AVEPublic At-GradeGates980041.8916-87.7421
490812ETexasHarrisHoustonBNSF RAILWAY COS MAIN STPublic At-GradeFlashing Lights420029.7124-95.4051
077433XGeorgiaFultonAtlantaCSX TRANSPORTATION INCMARIETTA BLVD NWPublic At-GradeStop Signs175033.8002-84.4321
Use cases

Commercial Property Underwriting Near Rail Corridors

A commercial property insurer evaluating a warehouse or logistics facility checks whether the site sits near high-traffic at-grade crossings with minimal warning devices, since proximity to such crossings elevates accident and business interruption exposure when pricing the policy.

LatitudeLongitudeCrossing TypeWarning DeviceAnnual Avg Daily Traffic

Railroad Operator Vendor Due Diligence

A procurement team onboarding a new maintenance contractor for rail infrastructure cross-references the contractor's claimed service territory against the number and type of crossings operated by the railroad in that region, validating whether the contractor's capacity matches the actual footprint.

Railroad NameStateCountyCrossing TypeCrossing ID

Freight and Logistics Route Risk Scoring

A supply chain analytics firm building a route-risk product for trucking fleets scores road segments by the density of at-grade crossings with lower-grade warning devices along a given corridor, helping fleet operators quantify delay and collision risk on specific delivery routes.

Street HighwayCrossing TypeWarning DeviceAnnual Avg Daily TrafficLatitude
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