Home › Illinois › Coles County › Tr 79 A over Drainage Ditch

Tr 79 A over Drainage Ditch

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

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

Tr 79 A over Drainage Ditch in Coles County, Illinois, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 159 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Coles County rated fair (52.6%); 21 (7.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 40 ft
Location	1 Mi SE of Bushton
NBI structure number	015336500000000
Condition class	Fair

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