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US 45 over Q Ditch

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

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

US 45 over Q Ditch in Massac 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,950 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 132 inventoried bridges in Massac County rated fair (45.5%); 11 (8.3%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 119 ft
Location	3 Mi S of Mermet
NBI structure number	064000300000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 24 over Or 4 Ft Massac St Pk	1970	31,400	Good
Interstate 24 over Ohio River	1973	31,400	Fair
I 24 over Georges Creek	1971	20,500	Fair
I 24 over E Fork Gurley Ditch	1971	19,800	Good
I 24 EB over Future Park Road	1970	15,700	Good
I 24 WB over Future Park Road	1970	15,700	Good