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Fas 749 over Otter Creek

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

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

Fas 749 over Otter Creek in Jersey County, Illinois, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960 and reconstructed in 1996, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 43 of the 113 inventoried bridges in Jersey County rated fair (38.1%); 6 (5.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 161 ft
Location	3.0 Mi S Ill 16
NBI structure number	042300600000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 67 SB over Piasa Creek	2012	12,100	Good
US 67 NB over Piasa Creek	2012	12,100	Good
US 67 over De Arcy Creek	1921	5,300	Fair
Il 100 (NB) over Piasa Creek	1997	5,150	Fair
Ill 100 (SB) over Piasa Creek	1997	5,150	Good
Ill 100 over Elsah Creek	1961	4,150	Poor