State profile · Near median Poor share

Illinois bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Illinois.

26,928
Public bridges
45.6%
Good condition
9.3%
Poor condition

Illinois holds 26,928 public highway bridges (#2 of 52 by inventory) with a 9.35% Poor share (#12 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 9.3% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 41 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

26,928

Public highway bridges in Illinois

Good Condition

45.6%

12,289 bridges rated 7-9

-4.4pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

9.3%

2,517 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

1.8pp vs national avg 7.5%

Illinois vs national bridge condition

Illinois - Good condition share 45.6%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Illinois - Poor-condition share 31.2%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Illinois in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Illinois has 26,928 bridges and a 9.3% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #41 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Illinois has 26,928 bridges and a 9.3% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #41 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Illinois vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

26,928 2nd of 54 higher than 52 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Illinois

The highlighted point is Illinois: 26,928 bridges and 9.35% in Poor condition, rank #41 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Illinois on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Massachusetts: 5,295 bridges · 8.88% Poor
  • Missouri: 24,618 bridges · 8.95% Poor
  • Illinois: 26,928 bridges · 9.35% Poor
  • New York: 17,642 bridges · 9.43% Poor
  • North Dakota: 4,255 bridges · 10.98% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Illinois

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 26,928 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Illinois’s inventory

State agency holds 31.3% of the 26,928 public highway bridges filed under Illinois in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Illinois’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 11.2% of the 26,928 bridges with a recorded original year in Illinois. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Illinois45.6%45%9.3%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Illinois (FHWA NBI)

Counties (102)

Adams 319 Alexander 93 Bond 162 Boone 109 Brown 71 Bureau 375 Calhoun 81 Carroll 179 Cass 77 Champaign 727 Christian 321 Clark 230 Clay 166 Clinton 190 Coles 304 Cook 1721 Crawford 197 Cumberland 169 De Witt 192 DeKalb 261 Douglas 232 DuPage 344 Edgar 278 Edwards 79 Effingham 253 Fayette 357 Ford 302 Franklin 310 Fulton 210 Gallatin 82 Greene 162 Grundy 269 Hamilton 165 Hancock 292 Hardin 61 Henderson 142 Henry 328 Iroquois 570 Jackson 228 Jasper 181 Jefferson 260 Jersey 113 Jo Daviess 193 Johnson 118 Kane 336 Kankakee 344 Kendall 132 Knox 304 LaSalle 528 Lake 251 Lawrence 185 Lee 371 Livingston 579 Logan 292 Macon 346 Macoupin 242 Madison 523 Marion 296 Marshall 155 Mason 86 Massac 132 McDonough 209 McHenry 227 McLean 624 Menard 89 Mercer 163 Monroe 132 Montgomery 261 Morgan 234 Moultrie 172 Ogle 377 Peoria 352 Perry 136 Piatt 246 Pike 330 Pope 88 Pulaski 108 Putnam 50 Randolph 149 Richland 151 Rock Island 272 Saline 185 Sangamon 466 Schuyler 114 Scott 99 Shelby 335 St. Clair 486 Stark 93 Stephenson 342 Tazewell 358 Union 192 Vermilion 494 Wabash 89 Warren 199 Washington 233 Wayne 266 White 214 Whiteside 278 Will 649 Williamson 201 Winnebago 467 Woodford 223

Illinois vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Illinois on the same metric.

MA

Massachusetts

8.88% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,295

MO

Missouri

8.95% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,618
Selected

IL

Illinois

9.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$26,928

NY

New York

9.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$17,642

ND

North Dakota

10.98% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,255

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Illinois

Six lowest-condition bridges in Illinois, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

TR 416

Poor

Over: MCKEE CRK

4.7 MI W KELLERVILLE, Adams, IL

Built 1905 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

CH 11

Poor

Over: SOUTH FORKBEAR CREEK

3.96 MI N CAMP POINT, Adams, IL

Built 1975 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 725

FAS 945

Poor

Over: CLEAR CREEK DITCH

2.5 MI E OF MCCLURE, Alexander, IL

Built 1959 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,100

CH 4

Poor

Over: SPRING BRANCH

4.5M N KEYSPORT, Bond, IL

Built 1973 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

TR-164

Poor

Over: Little Beaver Creek

2 MI S DUDLEYVILLE, Bond, IL

Built 1965 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

TR 85

Poor

Over: MASTERS CREEK

3 MI SE OF OHIO, Bureau, IL

Built 1965 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 25

All Bridges in Illinois

DELHI RD/FAS 748

Good

Over: LITTLE PIASA CREEK

1.4 MI W OF BRIGHTON, Jersey, IL

Built 1975 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,300

GERMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BR OF GREEN RIVER

0.6 M S HERMAN ROAD, Lee, IL

Built 1964 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 50

TR-302

Good

Over: KICKAPOO CREEK

3.5 MI SW DOWNS, McLean, IL

Built 1973 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 50

TR 288

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

0.5 MI N IRVING, Montgomery, IL

Built 1969 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 125

EAST LINE RD

Good

Over: BR KILBUCK CR

1.0 MI NE CRESTON, Ogle, IL

Built 1971 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 50

TR 69

Good

Over: STREAM

0.5 MI W AMITY, Richland, IL

Built 2006 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 25

ILL 161

Good

Over: TRIB TO SILVER CREEK

0.1 MI E ILL 4, St. Clair, IL

Built 1933 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 6,650

TR 465 18S

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

3.5 SE OF PAWNEE, Sangamon, IL

Built 1965 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 25

TR 128

Good

Over: MUD RUN

NE-33-T12NR7E, Stark, IL

Built 1995 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 10

E. RIDOTT ROAD

Good

Over: WICKHAM CREEK

1.5 MI N OF US RT 20, Stephenson, IL

Built 1959 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 150

CH 14

Good

Over: ELLISON CR

CTR-19-T9NR3W, Warren, IL

Built 1948 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 100

BLACK RD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

5 MI SW OF MORRISON, Whiteside, IL

Built 1965 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 725

RUSH ROAD

Good

Over: BR OF ROCK RIVER

3 MI NE OF LYNDON, Whiteside, IL

Built 1974 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 50

TR 212

Good

Over: HUNTER SLOUGH

4 MI E CORNLAND, Logan, IL

Built 1959 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 20

TR 272

Good

Over: FLATVILLE DRAIN DIT

1.5 MI N FLATVILLE, Champaign, IL

Built 1970 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 325

COVINGTON RD/TR 11

Good

Over: SANTA FE DITCH

1 MI SE OFBARTELSO, Clinton, IL

Built 1969 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 700

TR 41

Good

Over: KASKASKIA RIVER

1.15 MI NW FICKLIN, Douglas, IL

Built 1971 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 150

FAS 1707 (US-40)

Good

Over: STREAM

2.5 MI W MONTROSE, Effingham, IL

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 3,950

TR 33

Good

Over: N FORK SALINE R

2.5 MI SW OF OMAHA, Gallatin, IL

Built 1965 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 50

TR 0468

Good

Over: COAL CREEK

2.0 MI NE ANNAWAN, Henry, IL

Built 1974 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 100

S ELIZ.SCALES MD R

Good

Over: APPLE RIVER

.5 MI W ELIZABETH, Jo Daviess, IL

Built 1963 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 900

BERM ACCESS ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE ARGYLE SPLWY

W. CTR-6-T5NR3W, McDonough, IL

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 50

ARMOUR RD

Good

Over: BR STILLMAN CREEK

1.5 MI SE STILLMAN V, Ogle, IL

Built 1971 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 150

PRAIRIE DELL RD

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

7 MI NW FORRESTON, Ogle, IL

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 25

RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED CR

4.8 MI N OF OREGON, Ogle, IL

Built 1958 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,000

NORTH SUNNYSIDE RD

Good

Over: BR OF YELLOW CREEK

4.0 MI SW OF LENA, Stephenson, IL

Built 1971 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 50

SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: COOLIDGE CREEK

1 MI E HOISINGTON RD, Winnebago, IL

Built 1970 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,050

FAS 945

Good

Over: SEXTON CREEK

7 MI E OF MCCLURE, Alexander, IL

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 650

SOUTH SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: BR OF ROCK CREEK

0.5 M SOUTH CHADWICK, Carroll, IL

Built 1957 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

TR 166

Good

Over: N FORK BROUILLETTS C

5 MI NNW CHERRY PT, Edgar, IL

Built 1970 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

TR 64 ROGERS

Good

Over: STREAM

4080N 1700E, Ford, IL

Built 1969 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 50

CH3-KINKAID STONE

Good

Over: KINKAID CREEK

1.54 MI S CH 20, Jackson, IL

Built 1998 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 300

CH 5 INLET RD

Good

Over: GREEN RIVER

5.0 MI NE AMBOY, Lee, IL

Built 1961 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 400

TR 128

Good

Over: BRANCH SUGAR CREEK

1.0 MILE NW SHIRLEY, McLean, IL

Built 1967 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 75

TR 134

Good

Over: KINGS MILL CREEK

1.2MI NNW TWIN GROVE, McLean, IL

Built 1967 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 75

HAY RD.

Good

Over: BR. CLEAR CREEK

3.5 S.W. DAYSVILLE, Ogle, IL

Built 1959 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 75

HARPER RD

Good

Over: BRANCH LEAF RIVER

4.5 MI NW FORRESTON, Ogle, IL

Built 1974 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 10

TR 110 9 W

Good

Over: SAMPSON CREEK

2.5 NE OF LOAMI, Sangamon, IL

Built 1967 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 175

WEST GREENBUSH ROA

Good

Over: BR OF YELLOW CREEK

2.5 MI SW OF LENA, Stephenson, IL

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 75

S FARWELL BRIDGE R

Good

Over: SUMNER CREEK BRANCH

1.0 MI S OF US RT 20, Stephenson, IL

Built 1969 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 150

N LORAN ROUTE

Good

Over: BR. E. FK. PLUM RIV

6 MI NE MT CARROLL, Carroll, IL

Built 1955 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 200

TR 18

Good

Over: Clear Creek

1.5 mi SW Tovey, Christian, IL

Built 2020 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 100

TR 27/EMERALD ROAD

Good

Over: BR OF FLAT BRANCH

7 MI N OF CARLYLE, Clinton, IL

Built 1940 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 500

FAS 700

Good

Over: RANGE CREEK

2.8 E UNION CENTER, Cumberland, IL

Built 1939 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 100

TR 5A

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

2 MI NE FARMER CITY, McLean, IL

Built 1972 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 75

I-290 EB

Good

Over: GRAND AVE

0.2 M SE OF IL 83, DuPage, IL

Built 1969 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 61,850

TR-309

Good

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

1 MI SW WINTERROWD, Effingham, IL

Built 1909 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 35

CO HWY 24 FAS-1356

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

.75 MI S OF MCDOWELL, Livingston, IL

Built 1962 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 100

TR 96

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

2625 N 1290 E, Livingston, IL

Built 1958 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 100

TR 268

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

NE-35-T7NR3W, McDonough, IL

Built 1899 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 50

Showing 12,301-12,350 of 26,928 bridges

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