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Ch 5(FAS 703) over Muddy Creek

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

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

Ch 5(FAS 703) over Muddy Creek in Cumberland County, Illinois, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Cumberland County rated poor (7.1%); 12 (7.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 283 ft
Location	1.3 Mi S Jewett
NBI structure number	018301000000000
Condition class	Poor

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