Mesquite, TX
Home to Union Pacific's fourth-largest intermodal terminal.
Summary
| Metro | Dallas–Fort Worth |
|---|---|
| Railroads | Union Pacific |
| Open at-grade crossings | 16 |
| Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade | 22,164 |
| Busiest crossing in the model | N Galloway Ave (794823K): 10,168 vehicles/day, 19 trains/day |
| Growth driver | UP's fourth-largest intermodal terminal |
| Data source | FRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026 |
Blockage scenario
Time
$106K
4,947 person-hours a year
Trade
99
truck-hours a year, worth $3,522 in driver time
Pollution
7.9 t
CO₂ from 876 gallons idled, like 1.7 cars for a year
Example scenario. No blockage reports have been compiled for this city yet.
| Blockages modeled per crossing per year | 156 |
|---|---|
| Vehicles stopped by one blockage | 169 |
| Trucks stopped by one blockage | 5 |
| Person-hours lost per year | 4,947 |
| Value of lost time per year | $106K |
| Truck-hours idled per year | 99 |
| Gallons of fuel idled per year | 876 |
| CO₂ per year (metric tons) | 7.9 |
Screening estimate. Each selected crossing is blocked for the set time; drivers wait half of it on average. Method and sources
Crossings in the model
| Crossing | USDOT ID | Vehicles/day | Trains/day | Trucks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 794823K | 10,168 | 19 | 3% | |
| 794827M | 6,021 | 19 | 3% |
Uncheck a crossing to remove it from the scenario. "~" truck shares use the city's traffic-weighted average where the inventory reports none.
On the record
- Mesquite is home to the fourth-largest Union Pacific intermodal terminal in the U.S.
Mesquite Economic Development · undated ↗ - The Dallas–Fort Worth metro reached 8,477,157 people in 2025, adding 123,557 in a year, the second-largest gain in the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau · Mar 26, 2026 ↗