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Tr-6 over Drainage Ditch

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

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

Tr-6 over Drainage Ditch in Effingham 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1909, making it 116 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 254 inventoried bridges in Effingham County rated poor (4.7%); 12 (4.7%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 25 ft
Location	3.5 Mi NE Dieterich
NBI structure number	025304500000000
Condition class	Poor

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