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I-70 (EB) over Cottonwood Creek

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

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

I-70 (EB) over Cottonwood Creek in Cumberland County, Illinois, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,550 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 66 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Cumberland County rated fair (39.1%); 12 (7.1%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 176 ft
Location	6.5MI E Eff Co Line
NBI structure number	018005400000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-70 over Crooked Creek	1969	23,100	Fair
I-70 (WB) over Range Creek	1970	11,750	Fair
I-70 (EB) over Range Creek	1970	11,750	Fair
I-70 (EB) over Fas 1657	1969	11,550	Fair
I-70 (WB) over Fas 1657	1969	11,550	Fair
I-70 (WB) over Muddy Creek	1968	11,550	Poor