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Ill 146 over Hosick Creek

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

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

Ill 146 over Hosick Creek in Hardin 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 61 inventoried bridges in Hardin County rated poor (6.6%); 4 (6.6%) 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 129 ft
Location	1 Mi E Elizabethtown
NBI structure number	035001100000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ill 146 over Big Creek	2004	1,900	Good
Ill 34 & Ill 146 over Threemile Creek	2009	1,550	Fair
Ill 146 over Peters Creek	2013	1,500	Good
Ill 146 over Stream	1954	1,500	Good
Ill 34 over Rose Creek	1924	1,400	Fair
Ill 34 over Pinhook Creek	1924	1,200	Fair