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Elva Road over Steward Creek

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

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

Elva Road over Steward Creek in Lee 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 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 147 of the 373 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated good (39.4%); 42 (11.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 63 ft
Location	0.9 Mi E Il 251
NBI structure number	052453200000000
Condition class	Good

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