Structure 82034800000000 · St. Clair County, IL

Fai 70a over Mississippi River

Carries Fai 70a over Mississippi River, River Crossing Main.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
6,462 FT OVERALL1,000 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

6,462 ft end to end, longest span 1,500 ft: about 18 football fields, or 1.2 miles. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a cable-stayed bridge.

Built201412 years old
Length6461.9 ft1969.6 m
Daily traffic33,800counted 2024
Last inspectedMay 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIllinois
CountySt. Clair
LocationRiver Crossing Main
CarriesFai 70a
CrossesMississippi River
Coordinates38.64580, -90.17847

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStayed Girder
Total Length6461.9 ft (1969.6 m)
Max Span1500.0 ft (457.2 m)
Deck Width85.6 ft (26.1 m)
Deck Area51406.6 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built2014

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic33,800 (2024)
Truck Traffic17%
Lanes On Bridge5

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number082034800000000

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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