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Ch 18 over Gum Branch

Wayne County, Illinois · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ch 18 over Gum Branch in Wayne County, Illinois, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 125 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 146 of the 265 inventoried bridges in Wayne County rated good (55.1%); 21 (7.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 71 ft
Location	0.3 Mi W Sam Dale Lk
NBI structure number	096341600000000
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fai-64 over Watson Creek	1974	11,300	Fair
Fai-64 over Auxier CR Br	1974	10,250	Fair
Fai 64 EB over Pond Creek Branch	1974	5,650	Fair
Fai-64 WB over Pond Creek Branch	1974	5,650	Fair
Fai-64 WB over Fap-88 (US-45)	1974	5,650	Fair
Fai-64 EB over Fap-88 (US-45)	1974	5,650	Fair