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Fai-57 SB over Little Wabash River

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

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

Fai-57 SB over Little Wabash River in Effingham 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 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 121 of the 254 inventoried bridges in Effingham County rated fair (47.6%); 12 (4.7%) 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 451 ft
Location	.5 Mi S Watson Int
NBI structure number	025007200000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fai-70 over Second Salt Ck	1960	25,800	Fair
Fap-774 (il-32/33) over Fai-70	1959	23,900	Fair
Fai-70 over Big Creek	1962	23,900	Fair
Fai-70 over Coon Creek	1961	23,700	Fair
FAI57 SB / 70 WB over US 45 & Cn RR	2015	22,500	Fair
Fai 57 NB / 70 EB over US 45 & Cn RR	2015	22,500	Fair