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Tr-279 (locust Rd) over Dry Run Creek

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

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

Tr-279 (locust Rd) over Dry Run Creek in Lee County, Illinois, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 42 of the 373 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated poor (11.3%); 42 (11.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 51 ft
Location	0.1 Mi. N. of US 30
NBI structure number	052467300000000
Condition class	Poor

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