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Ch-2 over Raccoon Creek

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

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

Ch-2 over Raccoon Creek in Lawrence County, Illinois, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 74 of the 185 inventoried bridges in Lawrence County rated fair (40.0%); 42 (22.7%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 113 ft
Location	4.5 Mi E Helena
NBI structure number	051301800000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap-327wb (US-50) over Fas-1827	1958	7,200	Poor
Fap-327eb (US-50) over Fas-1827	1958	7,200	Fair
Fap-327eb (US 50) over Beaver Pond Ditch	1957	7,200	Poor
Fap-327wb (US-50) over Beaver Pond Ditch	1957	7,200	Poor
Fap-327eb (US-50) over Allison Ditch No 1	1957	7,200	Poor
Fap-327wb (US-50) over Allison Ditch No 1	1957	7,200	Poor