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Watkins Street over Deer Creek

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

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

Watkins Street over Deer Creek in Wayne 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1909, making it 116 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 265 inventoried bridges in Wayne County rated poor (7.9%); 21 (7.9%) 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 40 ft
Location	Cisne
NBI structure number	096600500000000
Condition class	Poor

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