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Tr 250 A over Polecat Creek

Coles County, Illinois · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Tr 250 A over Polecat Creek in Coles County, Illinois, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Coles County rated poor (7.0%); 21 (7.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 37 ft
Location	3.8 Mi SW Ashmore
NBI structure number	015315200000000
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Illinois department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-57 over Stream	1968	22,700	Fair
I-57 over Stream	1966	21,000	Fair
I-57 over Kickapoo Creek	1965	19,800	Fair
I-57 over Stream	1965	19,800	Good
Il 16 EB (fap 91) over Eastern IL RR	1961	15,100	Fair
Il 16 WB (fap 91) over Eastern IL RR	1961	15,100	Fair