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Sbi-163 over Sugar Creek

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

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

Sbi-163 over Sugar Creek in Crawford 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 1937, making it 88 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 198 inventoried bridges in Crawford County rated poor (5.6%); 11 (5.6%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 175 ft
Location	.25 Mi NE Palestine
NBI structure number	017002100000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap-781 (ill-33) over Little Creek	1987	7,250	Good
Fap-781 (ill-33) over Stream	1995	5,950	Good
Fap-781 (il 33) over Bennett Ck	1993	5,900	Fair
Fap-781 (ill-33) over Dogwood Creek	1996	5,400	Good
Fap-781 (ill-33) over Big Creek	1997	5,400	Fair
Fap-781 (ill-33) over Brush Creek	1996	5,400	Good