Total bridges
319
Public highway bridges in Adams County
County profile · official public datasets
Adams County, IL
319 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.4% rated Good, 53.6% Fair, 6% Poor.
- 319
- Public bridges
- 40.4%
- Good condition
- 6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Adams County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 24%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 6%
- Poor-condition share
- 319
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Adams County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Adams County ranks #24 of 102 Illinois counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6%). Adams County, Illinois contains 319 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.4% are rated “Good,” 53.6% “Fair,” and 6% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
40.4%
129 of 319 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.6%
171 of 319 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6%
19 of 319 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#24 of 102
Among Illinois counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 319 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 40.4% (129)
Fair 53.6% (171)
Poor 6% (19)
Adams County's Poor-condition bridges carry 28,035 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,476 crossings a day against 1,139 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 319 of 319 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
27.9% of Adams County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
89 of the 319 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 40.4% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 26.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
HARRISON STREET over CURTIS CREEK, built 1967, carries 7,500 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 28,035 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Adams County's bridges were built
319 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 3
Built before 1900
3 bridges
- 1900s 24
1900–1909
24 bridges
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 9
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 18
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
42 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
86 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
58 bridges
- 2000s 31
2000–2009
31 bridges
- 2010s 18
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 86 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Illinois average (1979).
How Adams County compares with Illinois's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Illinois counties nearest Adams County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 101 Illinois counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County | 330 | 23.9% | 66.1% | 10% | 1979 |
| Henry County | 328 | 49.4% | 39.6% | 11% | 1978 |
| Christian County | 321 | 16.2% | 67% | 16.8% | 1969 |
| Adams County (this page) | 319 | 40.4% | 53.6% | 6% | 1976 |
| Franklin County | 310 | 77.1% | 20.3% | 2.6% | 1983 |
| Coles County | 304 | 39.5% | 51.6% | 8.9% | 1981 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Adams County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Adams County, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IL (319 bridges here).
- Garland County, AR · 319 bridges
- Mesa County, CO · 319 bridges
- Bates County, MO · 319 bridges
- Clermont County, OH · 319 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IL (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (171)
FAS 1600 (CH 7)
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
1.4 MI S URSA, Adams, IL
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 650
TR 0276
FairOver: BRUSHY CRK
3.3 MI NW COATSBURG, Adams, IL
Built 1900 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 50
IL 96
FairOver: URSA CREEK
IN URSA .5M S IL 61, Adams, IL
Built 1924 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 4,300
US 24 (3RD ST)
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK & BN RR
1.5M N IL104/BROADWY, Adams, IL
Built 1968 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 5,300
IL 96
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
1.4M N MARCELLINE, Adams, IL
Built 1979 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 2,350
ILL 104 WB
FairOver: MILL CREEK
2.2MI E I-172/IL 104, Adams, IL
Built 1928 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 6,150
ILL 104 EB
FairOver: MILL CREEK
2.2MI E I-172/IL 104, Adams, IL
Built 1987 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 6,150
FAP 502/IL 57/3RD
FairOver: PAYSON ST
.5M S US 24/MAINE ST, Adams, IL
Built 1959 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 7,300
TR 579
FairOver: PIGEON CK
1.75 MI W PLAINVILLE, Adams, IL
Built 1977 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 125
TR-484
FairOver: Branch of McKee Crk
7 MI E LIBERTY, Adams, IL
Built 2005 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 75
ILL 96
FairOver: CURTIS CREEK
2.1 MI S ILL 104/96, Adams, IL
Built 2003 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 10,500
FAS 2599
FairOver: FALL CREEK
.4M E I-172, Adams, IL
Built 1982 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 1,100
TOWNSHIP ROAD 76
FairOver: MILL CREEK
3 SE OF QUINCY, Adams, IL
Built 1982 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 400
ILL 336 NB
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
2MI N I172/24 INT, Adams, IL
Built 1994 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 5,800
IL 57 (GARDNER EXP
FairOver: CURTIS CREEK
1.6M S US 24(MAINE), Adams, IL
Built 1959 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 5,150
US 24
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
0.2MI W I-172/US 24, Adams, IL
Built 1971 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 4,350
IL 96
FairOver: FRAZIER CREEK
.9M N US 24, Adams, IL
Built 1971 Load: 59.6 t ADT: 4,300
ILL 96
FairOver: HOMAN CREEK
3.4MI N JCT IL104/96, Adams, IL
Built 1928 Load: 70.6 t ADT: 3,250
FAI 172
FairOver: AUSTIN CREEK
3.0MI N I-172/IL 57, Adams, IL
Built 1982 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 9,750
FAI 172
FairOver: BRANCH OF MILL CREEK
1.2MI N I172/IL96, Adams, IL
Built 1975 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 7,400
I-172
FairOver: Dry Branch
0.70 mi S US 24, Adams, IL
Built 1975 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 7,350
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