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Tr-357 over Trib Hickory Creek

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

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

Tr-357 over Trib Hickory Creek in Fayette 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 1925, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 356 inventoried bridges in Fayette County rated poor (4.5%); 16 (4.5%) 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 29 ft
Location	3 Mi SE St Elmo
NBI structure number	026317100000000
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 Owl Creek	1966	25,800	Fair
Fai-70 over Tr-32	1965	25,800	Fair
Fai-70 over Stream	1963	23,900	Fair
Fai 70 over Stream	1962	23,800	Fair
Fai-70 over Stream	1948	22,700	Fair
Fai-57 over East Fork Kaskaskia	1970	18,100	Fair