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Reader Ave over Unnamed Stream

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

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

Reader Ave over Unnamed Stream in Pulaski 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 1900, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 108 inventoried bridges in Pulaski County rated poor (9.3%); 10 (9.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	Mounds
NBI structure number	077600500000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 57 & US 51 over Tr 7 Butter Ridge Rd	1995	12,600	Fair
I 57 over Stream	1967	11,900	Fair
I 57 SB & US 51 SB over Cache River	1964	6,300	Fair
I 57 NB & US 51 NB over Cache River	1964	6,300	Fair
I 57 NB & US 51 NB over Cache River Overflow	1964	6,300	Fair
I 57 SB & US 51 SB over Cache River Overflow	1964	6,300	Fair