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Ashton Rd-ch 23 over Beach Creek

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

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

Ashton Rd-ch 23 over Beach Creek in Lee 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 184 of the 373 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated fair (49.3%); 42 (11.3%) 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 38 ft
Location	1 Mi SE of Ashton
NBI structure number	052321200000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 52 & Il 2 & Il over Rock River	2002	22,100	Fair
I 39&US 51 over Steward Creek Branch	1984	19,500	Fair
I 39&US 51 over Dry Run Creek	1982	19,100	Fair
I 39&US 51 over Stream	1984	19,100	Fair
I 39&US 51 over Harmon Creek South	1982	19,100	Fair
I 39&US 51 over Willow Creek	1983	18,700	Fair