Total bridges
328
Public highway bridges in Henry County
County profile · official public datasets
Henry County, IL
328 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.4% rated Good, 39.6% Fair, 11% Poor.
- 328
- Public bridges
- 49.4%
- Good condition
- 11%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Henry County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 79th
- of 102 on Poor share
- 11%
- Poor-condition share
- 328
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Henry County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #79 of 102 Illinois counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11%). Henry County, Illinois contains 328 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.4% are rated “Good,” 39.6% “Fair,” and 11% “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
49.4%
162 of 328 rated 7-9
Fair condition
39.6%
130 of 328 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11%
36 of 328 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#79 of 102
Among Illinois counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 328 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.4% (162)
Fair 39.6% (130)
Poor 11% (36)
Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 76,285 vehicle crossings a day
That is 10.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,119 crossings a day against 833 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 327 of 328 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
39.6% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
130 of the 328 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 49.4% 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 14.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FAI 80 SB over CLEVELAND RD/FAP595, built 1965, carries 10,800 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 36-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 76,285 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Henry County's bridges were built
328 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 15
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
82 bridges
- 1970s 22
1970–1979
22 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
61 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
62 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
36 bridges
- 2010s 19
2010–2019
19 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 82 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Illinois average (1979).
How Henry County compares with Illinois's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Illinois counties nearest Henry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County | 336 | 48.2% | 45.5% | 6.3% | 1986 |
| Shelby County | 335 | 56.4% | 36.4% | 7.2% | 1978 |
| Pike County | 330 | 23.9% | 66.1% | 10% | 1979 |
| Henry County (this page) | 328 | 49.4% | 39.6% | 11% | 1978 |
| Christian County | 321 | 16.2% | 67% | 16.8% | 1969 |
| Adams County | 319 | 40.4% | 53.6% | 6% | 1976 |
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 Henry 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 Henry County, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IL (328 bridges here).
- Nassau County, NY · 328 bridges
- Jones County, MS · 329 bridges
- Knox County, NE · 329 bridges
- Mercer County, OH · 329 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IL (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Buncombe County, NC · avg 1978 · 555 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (328)
TR 252
FairOver: EDWARDS RIVER
6.0 MI SE CAMBRIDGE, Henry, IL
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
TR 378
FairOver: W BR WALKER CREEK
1 MI NW KEWANEE, Henry, IL
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
TR 408
FairOver: W. BR. INDIAN CREEK
4.0 MI S KEWANEE, Henry, IL
Built 1962 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 125
TR 169
FairOver: FAI 74
3.0 MI S JCT FAI 80, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 75
US 6
FairOver: MUD CREEK
.3 MI. E. OF IL 84, Henry, IL
Built 1992 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 4,300
IL 82
FairOver: HILLERY CREEK
3.2 MI S CAMBRIDGE, Henry, IL
Built 1994 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 750
US 150
FairOver: EDWARDS RIVER
1.6 MI S OF ILL 81, Henry, IL
Built 1981 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,300
FAI 74 SB
FairOver: OSCO-ORION RD/FS2224
2 MI E OF ORION, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 7,400
FAI 74 NB
FairOver: OSCO-ORION RD/FS2224
2 MI E OF ORION, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 7,400
FAI 80 SB
FairOver: FAI 74
3 MI SE COLONA, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 10,750
CH 13 FAS 1221
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
5.0 MI NW GENESEO, Henry, IL
Built 1975 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 550
POPPY GARDEN ROAD
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
0.2 MI EAST OF IL 84, Henry, IL
Built 1978 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,850
FAS 227 - OSCO ROA
FairOver: W. MINERAL CREEK
5 MI. SE OF COLONA, Henry, IL
Built 1991 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 275
I 80 SB
FairOver: IAIS RR
1.7 MI N JCT US 6, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 10,800
I 80 NB
FairOver: IAIS RR
1.7 MI N JCT US 6, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 10,800
OSCO ROAD
FairOver: N BRANCH CAMP CREEK
1.3 MI N JCT ILL 81, Henry, IL
Built 1932 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 500
FAI 74 & 280 WB
FairOver: TR 48
1.5 MI W JCT FAI 80, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 7,500
FAI 74 & 280 EB
FairOver: TR 48
1.5 MI W JCT FAI 80, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 7,500
FAI 80 NB
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
1.9 MI N JCT US 6, Henry, IL
Built 2014 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 10,800
ILL 78
FairOver: COAL CREEK
2 MILES N OF ANNAWAN, Henry, IL
Built 1979 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,700
US RT 6
FairOver: MUD CREEK
0.9 MI W OF ILL 78, Henry, IL
Built 1980 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,500
FAI 80 SB
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
1.9 MI N JCT US 6, Henry, IL
Built 2014 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 10,800
OPHIEM ROAD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
0.2 MI. W. OF US 150, Henry, IL
Built 1990 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 375
FAS 238
FairOver: STREAM
3.5MI SW OF ANNAWAN, Henry, IL
Built 1955 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 250
IL 81
FairOver: I-74
1.8 MI. W. ANDOVER, Henry, IL
Built 1999 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 2,000
CH 14 FAS 238
FairOver: ACME DITCH
7 MI SE ATKINSON, Henry, IL
Built 1983 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 250
FAI 74 SB
FairOver: OPHIEM RD/FAS240
3 MI S JCT ILL 81, Henry, IL
Built 1966 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 7,150
FAI 74 NB
FairOver: OPHIEM RD/FAS240
3 MI S JCT ILL 81, Henry, IL
Built 1966 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 7,150
FAI 80 EB
FairOver: TR 276
2.8 MI W ATKINSON RD, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 8,650
FAI 80 WB
FairOver: TR 276
2.8 MI W ATKINSON RD, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 8,650
US 150
FairOver: MUD CREEK
0.1 MI S OPHIEM RD, Henry, IL
Built 1930 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2,300
GREEN RIVER ROAD
FairOver: MINERAL CREEK
0.4 MI. N. OF US 6, Henry, IL
Built 1990 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 1,050
FAI 80 EB
FairOver: FAP 638/IL 82
S EDGE GENESEO, Henry, IL
Built 2003 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 10,300
FAI 80 WB
FairOver: FAP 638/IL 82
S EDGE GENESEO, Henry, IL
Built 2003 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 8,650
FAI 74 SB
FairOver: EDWARDS RIVER
2 MI S JCT ILL 81, Henry, IL
Built 1968 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 7,150
ILL RT 92
FairOver: MAIN UNION SP DITCH
0.9 MI W JCT ILL 78, Henry, IL
Built 2012 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 1,000
FAI 80 SB
FairOver: ROCK RIVER
AT ROCK ISLAND CO LN, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 11,250
FAI 80 NB
FairOver: ROCK RIVER
AT ROCK ISLAND CO LN, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 11,250
IL 78
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
2.0 MI S HOOPOLE RD, Henry, IL
Built 1981 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,300
FAI 80 SB
FairOver: MINERAL CREEK
0.7 MI N JCT US 6, Henry, IL
Built 1965 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 10,800
FAU5789 - US 6
FairOver: MOSQUITO CREEK
1 MI. E. COAL VALLEY, Henry, IL
Built 1991 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 4,550
ILL RT 84
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
S EDGE COLONA, Henry, IL
Built 1936 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 4,100
IL 78
FairOver: SPECIAL DITCH
0.3 MI. N. HOOPPOLE, Henry, IL
Built 1993 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 1,200
FAI 74 SB
FairOver: TR 379B
1 MI N JCT ILL 17, Henry, IL
Built 1967 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 7,150
ILL RT 82
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
4.5 MI S JCT ILL 92, Henry, IL
Built 2011 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 6,750
FAI 74 NB
FairOver: TR 379B
1 MI N JCT ILL 17, Henry, IL
Built 1967 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 7,150
IL 82
FairOver: S. BR EDWARDS RIVER
2.4 MI N OF IL 17, Henry, IL
Built 1989 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 350
US RT 6
FairOver: GENESEO CREEK
W SIDE OF GENESEO, Henry, IL
Built 1982 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 4,900
FAI 80 EB
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
3.7 MI E JCT ILL 82, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 8,650
FAI 80 WB
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
3.7 MI E JCT ILL 82, Henry, IL
Built 1961 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 8,650
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