Total bridges
214
Public highway bridges in White County
County profile · official public datasets
White County, IL
214 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 29.4% rated Good, 64% Fair, 6.5% Poor.
- 214
- Public bridges
- 29.4%
- Good condition
- 6.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
White County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 35%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 6.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 214
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
White County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, White County ranks #36 of 102 Illinois counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.5%). White County, Illinois contains 214 public highway bridges. Roughly 29.4% are rated “Good,” 64% “Fair,” and 6.5% “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
29.4%
63 of 214 rated 7-9
Fair condition
64%
137 of 214 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.5%
14 of 214 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#36 of 102
Among Illinois counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 214 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 29.4% (63)
Fair 64% (137)
Poor 6.5% (14)
White County's Poor-condition bridges carry 22,650 vehicle crossings a day
That is 9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,618 crossings a day against 1,259 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 214 of 214 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
26.6% of White County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
57 of the 214 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 29.4% 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 35.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I 64 EB over TR-422 & WABASH RV, built 1967, carries 8,100 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 22,650 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When White County's bridges were built
214 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 4
1900–1909
4 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 11
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
26 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
43 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
40 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 7 years newer than the Illinois average of 1979.
How White County compares with Illinois's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Illinois counties nearest White County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.5% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 101 Illinois counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McHenry County | 227 | 41.4% | 38.3% | 20.3% | 1983 |
| Woodford County | 223 | 26.9% | 62.8% | 10.3% | 1985 |
| White County (this page) | 214 | 29.4% | 64% | 6.5% | 1986 |
| Fulton County | 210 | 22.9% | 56.2% | 21% | 1977 |
| McDonough County | 209 | 53.6% | 39.7% | 6.7% | 1981 |
| Williamson County | 201 | 67.2% | 29.4% | 3.5% | 1985 |
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 White 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 White County, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IL (214 bridges here).
- Lee County, AL · 214 bridges
- White County, IN · 214 bridges
- Lee County, IA · 214 bridges
- Wayne County, MS · 214 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IL (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (214)
FAS-887 (CH-7)
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.5 MI NE NEW HAVEN, White, IL
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
FAP-332 (ILL 1)
FairOver: STREAM
S EDGE CARMI, White, IL
Built 1985 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 9,150
I 64 EB
FairOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
4.75 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1971 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 6,100
I 64 WB
FairOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
4.75 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1971 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 6,100
TR-332
FairOver: CREEK
1 MI NW CROSSVILLE, White, IL
Built 1909 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 10
FAS-888 (CH-8)
FairOver: LICK CREEK
2 MI NW HERALD, White, IL
Built 1988 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 325
FAP-857 (ILL-14)
FairOver: FOX RIVER SLOUGH
5 MI E CROSSVILLE, White, IL
Built 1932 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 250
FAS-815 (CH-20)
FairOver: FAI-64
BURNT PRAIRIE INT, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 400
CH-12
FairOver: SKILLET FORK
6 MI NE ENFIELD, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 50
FAP-328 (US-45)
FairOver: STREAM
1.7 MI S MILL SHOALS, White, IL
Built 1928 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 1,600
FAS-888
FairOver: TRIB LITTLE WABASH
0.5 MI NW HERALD, White, IL
Built 1991 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 325
FAP-332 (ILL-1)
FairOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
CARMI, White, IL
Built 1949 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 6,350
I 64 EB
FairOver: TRIB RANDOLPH DITCH
11.5 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 6,100
I 64 WB
FairOver: TRIB RANDOLPH DITCH
11.5 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 6,100
CH-13
FairOver: SKILLET FORK
4.5 MI NW CARMI, White, IL
Built 1998 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 125
FAP-782 (ILL-1)
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
1.5 MI S ILL-1/US-45, White, IL
Built 1929 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 4,400
I 64 WB
FairOver: FRENCH CREEK
1 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 6,100
I 64 EB
FairOver: FRENCH CREEK
1 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 6,100
FAP-328 (US-45)
FairOver: SKILLET FORK CREEK
.8 MI S MILL SHOALS, White, IL
Built 1978 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 1,600
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: TRIB CANE CREEK
3.5 MI E JCT ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1995 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 2,550
200 E
FairOver: TRIB TO BEAR CREEK
1.5MI N NORRIS CITY, White, IL
Built 2018 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 75
FAS-815
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1 MI E BURNT PRAIRIE, White, IL
Built 1940 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 450
TR-112
FairOver: BROAD RUN
2.5 MI NE ENFIELD, White, IL
Built 2012 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 25
CH-22
FairOver: LICK CREEK
3 MI S BROWNSVILLE, White, IL
Built 1986 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 225
FAP-328 (US-45)
FairOver: STREAM
1.5 MI S MILL SHOALS, White, IL
Built 1928 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,600
FAP-328 (US-45)
FairOver: EW RR
ENFIELD, White, IL
Built 1939 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 2,750
I 64 WB
FairOver: POND CREEK OVFL
0.1MI E WAYNE CO LN, White, IL
Built 1975 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 6,000
400 E
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
3.5 M NE SPRINGERTON, White, IL
Built 2014 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 10
FAS 1818
FairOver: WABASH LEVEE DITCH
1.5 MI W MAUNIE, White, IL
Built 2011 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 225
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
.9 MI E US-45 JCT, White, IL
Built 1957 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 3,250
FAP-857 (IL. 14)
FairOver: FOX RIVER
3.3 MI E CROSSVILLE, White, IL
Built 2008 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 250
FAP-855 (ILL-14)
FairOver: SEVEN MILE CREEK
3 MI E ENFIELD JCT, White, IL
Built 1996 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 3,000
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
NCL NEW HAVEN, White, IL
Built 1955 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 3,450
I 64
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
4.3 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1975 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 12,200
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
JUST E NEW HAVEN, White, IL
Built 1955 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 3,450
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2 MI NE NEW HAVEN, White, IL
Built 1955 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 3,700
FAP-877 (ILL-141)
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2.5 MI NE NEW HAVEN, White, IL
Built 1955 Load: 89.1 t ADT: 3,700
TR-345A
GoodOver: CREEK
1 MI S NORRIS CITY, White, IL
Built 1954 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 125
CH-13
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
3 MI W CENTERVILLE, White, IL
Built 1933 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 75
FAS-815
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2.75 MI E BURNT PRAI, White, IL
Built 1937 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 100
FAS-815
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2 MI E BURNT PRAIRIE, White, IL
Built 1937 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 100
I 64 EB
GoodOver: RANDOLPH DR DITCH
9.5 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1975 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 6,100
I 64 WB
GoodOver: RANDOLPH DR DITCH
9.5 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1975 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 6,100
FAS-1884 (CH-13)
GoodOver: FAI-64
4 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1972 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 100
TR-214
GoodOver: FAI-64
10 MI W ILL-1, White, IL
Built 1975 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 25
FAP-332 (ILL-1)
GoodOver: STREAM
2 MI S CARMI, White, IL
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,700
FAP-332 (ILL-1)
GoodOver: STREAM
1.5 MI S CARMI, White, IL
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,950
TR-158
GoodOver: SEVEN MILE CREEK
4 MI NE ENFIELD, White, IL
Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25
FAS-890
GoodOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
1 MI SW EMMA, White, IL
Built 1982 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50
TR-41
GoodOver: RANDOLPH DRAIN DITCH
1.25 MI NE CENTERVIL, White, IL
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25
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