Structure 91006700000000 · Union County, IL

Ill RTE 127 over Mill Creek

Carries Ill RTE 127 over Mill Creek, 0.5 Mi N Mill Creek.

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 overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT74 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 8/9

74 ft end to end. Lengths and the car on the deck are drawn to the same scale. 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built198838 years old
Length74.5 ft22.7 m
Daily traffic900counted 2023
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 48 months

Location

StateIllinois
CountyUnion
Location0.5 Mi N Mill Creek
CarriesIll RTE 127
CrossesMill Creek
Coordinates37.35319, -89.25904

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length74.5 ft (22.7 m)
Max Span71.9 ft (21.9 m)
Deck Width33.1 ft (10.1 m)
Deck Area229.3 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1988

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic900 (2023)
Truck Traffic9%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 48 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure Number091006700000000

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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