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I-72 (EB) over Norfolk Southern Railway

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

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

I-72 (EB) over Norfolk Southern Railway in Piatt 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,450 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 246 inventoried bridges in Piatt County rated poor (5.7%); 14 (5.7%) 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 226 ft
Location	N of Monticello
NBI structure number	074006900000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-74 over Madden Creek Trib	1971	22,800	Good
I-74 over Madden Creek Trib	1971	22,800	Fair
I-74 over Stream	1970	21,500	Fair
I-72 over Stream	1976	11,400	Fair
I-72 over Wolf Run	1976	11,400	Fair
I-74 (EB) over S Branch Salt Creek	1970	10,750	Fair