NANTUCKET DRIVE
Carrying NANTUCKET DRIVE over SAWMILL CREEK
.3 MI N I 55 FRTG RD, DuPage, Illinois
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
NANTUCKET DRIVE in DuPage, Illinois sits above 2% of rated Illinois bridges on inventory load rating (15 t), while its 1979 build year is earlier than 59% of DuPage's recorded-year cohort (344 bridges).
NANTUCKET DRIVE in DuPage, Illinois is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1979, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 3. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Poor result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure IL:022310000000000
INTERSTATE-ERA · STEEL · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · LIGHT-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- INTERSTATE-ERA 1950–1979
- STEEL Steel
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- LIGHT-LOAD Light load
- CAT-POOR Poor
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: NANTUCKET DRIVE
The NANTUCKET DRIVE bridge in DuPage, Illinois carries NANTUCKET DRIVE over SAWMILL CREEK. It was built in 1979, making it 47 years old today. The structure is built primarily of steel and spans 3 sections, stretching 9.7 meters (32 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 575 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Illinois bridges. It is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). A component scored 4 or below, placing this bridge in the federal Poor condition category rather than declaring it unsafe or closed.
How NANTUCKET DRIVE compares
Age against the county: built in 1979, earlier than 203 of DuPage's 344 bridges with a recorded construction year (59%), against a county median build year of 1988. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Illinois bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (26,904 of 26,928 rated).
NANTUCKET DRIVE vs every rated Illinois bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
15 Top 98% higher than 2% of 26,904 bridges
rated Illinois bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
DuPage inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 344 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 1979
- Material
- Steel
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 9.7 m (32 ft)
- Deck Width
- 11.9 m (39 ft)
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 575 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 022310000000000
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
NANTUCKET DRIVE is in the federal Poor condition category. That is a component-based result, not a closure order.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Understand what Poor condition does and does not mean before drawing conclusions. Poor condition explained
- Compare NANTUCKET DRIVE against other structures in DuPage and across Illinois. Illinois bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for NANTUCKET DRIVE?
NANTUCKET DRIVE in DuPage, Illinois on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is NANTUCKET DRIVE inspected?
NANTUCKET DRIVE's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 575 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. NANTUCKET DRIVE is currently shown as Poor condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for NANTUCKET DRIVE?
NANTUCKET DRIVE has an NBI inventory load rating of 14.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining NANTUCKET DRIVE?
NANTUCKET DRIVE is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is NANTUCKET DRIVE and does age affect safety?
NANTUCKET DRIVE was built in 1979, making it 47 years old.
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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Component ratings, ADT, and condition category on this page are copied from the NBI record for this structure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.