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Fai 255 NB over Horseshoe Lake Road

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

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

Fai 255 NB over Horseshoe Lake Road in Madison County, Illinois, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20,150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 46 of the 524 inventoried bridges in Madison County rated poor (8.8%); 46 (8.8%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 532 ft
Location	1.2MI W Ill 157
NBI structure number	060021600000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fai 270 over Mississippi River	1966	46,200	Fair
I-270 EB & WB over Chain of Rocks Canal	2014	46,200	Good
Fai 270 EB over Mississippi River	2024	46,200	Good
Fai 270 over Water Main	1964	46,200	Good
I-55/70 over Brush Creek	1962	46,000	Fair
Fai 70 over Canteen Ck	1939	45,600	Good