Total bridges
357
Public highway bridges in Fayette County
County profile · official public datasets
Fayette County, IL
357 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.6% rated Good, 38.4% Fair, 5% Poor.
- 357
- Public bridges
- 56.6%
- Good condition
- 5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fayette County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 18%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 5%
- Poor-condition share
- 357
- 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.
Fayette County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fayette County ranks #18 of 102 Illinois counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5%). Fayette County, Illinois contains 357 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.6% are rated “Good,” 38.4% “Fair,” and 5% “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
56.6%
202 of 357 rated 7-9
Fair condition
38.4%
137 of 357 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5%
18 of 357 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#18 of 102
Among Illinois counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 357 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 56.6% (202)
Fair 38.4% (137)
Poor 5% (18)
Fayette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 34,270 vehicle crossings a day
That is 5.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,904 crossings a day against 312 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 357 of 357 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.2% of Fayette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
147 of the 357 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 56.6% 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 37.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FAI 70 WB over IL 140 & CSXT RR, built 2005, carries 12,900 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 34,270 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fayette County's bridges were built
357 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 9
1900–1909
9 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 9
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
35 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
22 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
55 bridges
- 1970s 21
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
55 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
39 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
54 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
36 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 55 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Illinois average (1979).
How Fayette County compares with Illinois's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Illinois counties nearest Fayette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 101 Illinois counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tazewell County | 358 | 25.4% | 60.1% | 14.5% | 1976 |
| Fayette County (this page) | 357 | 56.6% | 38.4% | 5% | 1976 |
| Peoria County | 352 | 24.1% | 57.7% | 18.2% | 1983 |
| Macon County | 346 | 25.7% | 58.7% | 15.6% | 1984 |
| DuPage County | 344 | 37.5% | 54.4% | 8.1% | 1985 |
| Kankakee County | 344 | 40.1% | 53.5% | 6.4% | 1982 |
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IL (357 bridges here).
- Mendocino County, CA · 357 bridges
- Hancock County, OH · 357 bridges
- Preble County, OH · 357 bridges
- Augusta County, VA · 357 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 (137)
TR-454
FairOver: FAI-70
1.25 MI W ST ELMO IN, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 175
TR-516
FairOver: FAI-70
1 MI W EFFINGHAM C L, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 175
TR-541
FairOver: FAI-57
2.5 MI N FARINA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1969 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 200
TR-373
FairOver: FAI-70 & US-40
1 MI W. US-40 INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1966 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 275
TR-335
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
1 MI NE VANDALIA, Fayette, IL
Built 1981 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 10
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: CSXT RR
1.5 MI W BROWNSTN IN, Fayette, IL
Built 1964 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 11,350
FAS 2795
FairOver: HOFFMAN CREEK
0.5 MI N CORRECT CTN, Fayette, IL
Built 1925 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 150
TR-422
FairOver: FAI-70
2.75 MI W ST ELMO IN, Fayette, IL
Built 1963 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 75
TR-585
FairOver: EAST FORK
0.7 MI W FARINA, Fayette, IL
Built 1940 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 75
TR-2
FairOver: TRIB HURRICANE CREEK
2 MI W CARLYLE GM MG, Fayette, IL
Built 1979 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 35
TR-342
FairOver: FAI-70
2 MI E BROWNSTWN INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 150
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: SANDY RUN CREEK
1.5 MI S US-40, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,500
FAS-712
FairOver: KASKASKIA RIVER
6 MI S HERRICK, Fayette, IL
Built 1967 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 600
FAI-70 EB
FairOver: ILL-185
1 MI W VANDALIA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 11,300
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: ILL-185
1 MI W VANDALIA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 11,300
FAI-70 EB
FairOver: VANDALIA RR
.5 MI E ILL-185, Fayette, IL
Built 1964 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 11,300
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: VANDALIA RR
.5 MI E ILL-185, Fayette, IL
Built 1964 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 11,300
TR-32
FairOver: LICK CREEK
NE MULBERRY GROVE, Fayette, IL
Built 1909 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 75
FAP-750 (ILL-185)
FairOver: LONE GROVE BRANCH
1.0 MI E ST PETER, Fayette, IL
Built 1932 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 1,200
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: FR-1187/CAMP CREEK
1.75 MI E VANDALI IN, Fayette, IL
Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,350
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: CSXT RR
1 MI S I-70 INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,150
TR-264
FairOver: FAI-70
2 MI W BROWNSTWN INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 400
FAI-70
FairOver: OWL CREEK
.5 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25,800
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH
.8 MI S I-70, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,700
FAS 1751(US-40)
FairOver: OWL CREEK
.6 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1942 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,400
FAS 2793 (ILL-140)
FairOver: RACCOON CK
W HAGARSTOWN, Fayette, IL
Built 1948 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 475
FAP-777 (ILL-185)
FairOver: STREAM
4 MI NW VANDALIA, Fayette, IL
Built 1931 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,550
TR-51
FairOver: MITCHELL CREEK
2 MI SE HERICK, Fayette, IL
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50
TR-206
FairOver: CASSAR CREEK
1 MI SW SHOBONIER, Fayette, IL
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100
FAS-651
FairOver: RAMSEY CREEK
3.5 MI NW RAMSEY SP, Fayette, IL
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100
FAP-750 (ILL-185)
FairOver: LONE GROVE BR
1.2 MI E. ST PETER, Fayette, IL
Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200
FAP-750 (ILL-185)
FairOver: FAI-57
FARINA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,650
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: HICKORY CREEK
3.5 MI S US-40, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 3,500
FAI-70 EB
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
2.9 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 12,900
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
2.9 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 12,900
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: CASSAR CREEK
1 MI S SHOBONIER, Fayette, IL
Built 1960 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 2,950
FAP-322 (US-51)
FairOver: OLD HICKORY CREEK
2.5 MI S US-40, Fayette, IL
Built 1921 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 3,500
FAI-57 SB
FairOver: DISMAL CREEK
5.5 MI N FARINA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1969 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 9,450
FAI-57 NB
FairOver: DISMAL CREEK
5.5 MI N FARINA INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1970 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 9,450
TR-530
FairOver: Trib. Dismal Creek
4.5M N Farina, Fayette, IL
Built 1935 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 50
FAI-70 EB
FairOver: FR-1187/CAMP CREEK
1.75 MI E VANDALI IN, Fayette, IL
Built 1948 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 11,350
SBI-11 (ILL-140)
FairOver: OWL CREEK
.3 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1992 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 600
FAS-2720
FairOver: STREAM
N I-70 INT - ST ELMO, Fayette, IL
Built 1963 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,150
FAS-2720
FairOver: FAI-70
ST ELMO INTERCHANGE, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,000
FAS-716
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
2 MI N ST ELMO, Fayette, IL
Built 1940 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,050
FAU 8413 (US-40)
FairOver: RACCOON CREEK
0.25 Mi. W 600E Rd, Fayette, IL
Built 1976 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 3,800
FAI-70 EB
FairOver: HURRICANE CK OVFL 2
2.7 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 12,900
FAI-70 WB
FairOver: HURRICANE CK OVFL 2
2.7 MI E BOND CO LN, Fayette, IL
Built 1965 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 12,900
FAP-752 (US-40)
FairOver: CAMP CREEK OVERFLOW
1.4 MI E US-51, Fayette, IL
Built 1988 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 3,950
FA 752 (US-40)
FairOver: FAI-70
BROWNSTOWN INT, Fayette, IL
Built 1962 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 2,950
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