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Ill 9 & 47 over Drummer Creek

Ford County, Illinois · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ill 9 & 47 over Drummer Creek in Ford County, Illinois, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 137 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Ford County rated good (45.4%); 24 (7.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 145 ft
Location	0.08 Mi N of Ill 54
NBI structure number	027008500000000
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fai 57 over Stream	1968	17,600	Fair
Fai 57 Sbl over Big Four Ditch	1968	10,550	Fair
Fai 57 Nbl over Big Four Ditch	1968	10,550	Poor
Il 9/FAP 697 over Il Cent. RR	2001	5,750	Fair
Ill 9 over Fai 57	1969	5,050	Fair
Ill 47 over Drummer Creek	1998	3,850	Good