Blocked railroad crossings in the Omaha, NE area
From Dec 2019 to Nov 2026, people filed 774 reports of blocked railroad crossings in the Omaha, NE area with the Federal Railroad Administration. These are the crossings reported blocked 10 or more times, most reported first. Most recent report: Nov 1, 2026. Busiest times cover the last two years (Nov 2024 – Nov 2026).
- blockage reports since Dec 2019
- 774
- blockage reports since Dec 2019
- crossings reported blocked
- 145
- crossings reported blocked
- crossings reported blocked 10+ times
- 25
- crossings reported blocked 10+ times
Most-reported crossings
- 1South 6th Street (DOT 191077M)Missouri Valley, IA26% over 30 min53reports
- 2South 16th Street (DOT 084233D)Council Bluffs, IA67% over 30 min49reports
- 3Highway 91 / Fontenelle StreetBlair, NE63% over 30 min35reports
- 4Main Street / NE 89AKennard, NE75% over 30 min32reports
- 516th Avenue (DOT 191157F)Council Bluffs, IAMost often 4–6 PM90% over 30 min29reports
- 6South 16th Street At 7th AvenueCouncil Bluffs, IA78% over 30 min27reports
- 79th Avenue (DOT 816636S)Council Bluffs, IA46% over 30 min26reports
- 8South 16th Street (DOT 875737N)Council Bluffs, IAMost often 10 PM–12 AM58% over 30 min26reports
- 9Canal StreetMissouri Valley, IA72% over 30 min25reports
- 10Linn StreetKennard, NE82% over 30 min22reports
- 11Center StreetYutan, NE33% over 30 min21reports
- 12South 6th Street (DOT 973900C)Missouri Valley, IA40% over 30 min20reports
- 13South 35th StreetCouncil Bluffs, IAMost often 6–9 PM53% over 30 min19reports
- 14296th Street / County Road F58Missouri Valley, IA44% over 30 min16reports
- 152nd AvenueCouncil Bluffs, IA69% over 30 min16reports
- 169th Avenue (DOT 191143X)Council Bluffs, IA64% over 30 min14reports
- 175th AvenueCouncil Bluffs, IA86% over 30 min14reports
- 18South 9th StreetMissouri Valley, IA31% over 30 min13reports
- 1916th Avenue (DOT 603150A)Council Bluffs, IA55% over 30 min11reports
- 20John J Pershing DriveOmaha, NE82% over 30 min11reports
- 21Bunge AvenueCouncil Bluffs, IA20% over 30 min10reports
- 22Vine StreetYutan, NEMost often 3–6 PM60% over 30 min10reports
- 23Private roadBellevue, NE70% over 30 min10reports
- 24North Spruce StreetValley, NE60% over 30 min10reports
- 25South 25th StreetBellevue, NE40% over 30 min10reports
Get a heads-up before you reach a blocked crossing in the Omaha, NE area.
Drive normally. Crossbuck warns you when a railroad crossing ahead may be blocked, so you can take the way around.
Source: Federal Railroad Administration, Public Blocked Crossing Incident Reporter (opens in a new tab) (Dec 2019 – Nov 2026) and Crossing Inventory (Form 71) (opens in a new tab). Reports come from the public and aren't verified; rows repeated in FRA's feed are counted once. How we count. Areas are Census metropolitan and micropolitan areas (Omaha, NE-IA).