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I-72 / US 36 (WB) over Pigeon Creek

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

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

I-72 / US 36 (WB) over Pigeon Creek in Pike 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 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 220 of the 332 inventoried bridges in Pike County rated fair (66.3%); 34 (10.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 479 ft
Location	2.43M W IL96/HULL In
NBI structure number	075008500000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-72 / US 36 over Miss R/bnrr/nsrr/st	1999	16,500	Poor
I-72 over Trib Blue Creek	1988	9,900	Good
I-72 over Drainage Ditch	1988	9,410	Good
I-72 over Drainage Ditch	1986	9,400	Fair
I-72 over Drainage Ditch	1986	9,400	Fair
I-72 / US 36 over Drainage Ditch	1986	9,400	Fair