Oldest Bridges in Illinois

The oldest bridge in Illinois is the Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau Creek in Bureau County, built in 1863, and it still carries about 300 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Illinois, one timeline

1850190019502000today

1Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau CreekIL · 1863 · 275/day 2Fau 9187a & Met Li over Miss Riv/rr/mss6000IL · 1874 · 6.5k/day 3Maeystown RD over Maeystown CreekIL · 1881 · 1.6k/day 4Tr 270 over Br Of Oat CreekIL · 1890 · 25/day 5S Lake Shore Drive over Jackson Pk Lagoon InIL · 1891 · 37k/day 6Candlewood LN over Farm CreekIL · 1894 · 150/day 7Ft Armstrng Av over Us67 Missrvr L&d15 CprrIL · 1896 · 18k/day 8US 136 Main ST over Stony CreekIL · 1896 · 9.8k/day 9South 8th Street over Curtis CreekIL · 1899 · 2.9k/day 10Tr 10-b over King CreekIL · 1899 · 10/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Illinois by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

638

1900s'0030%

198

1910s'1044%

624

1920s'2026%

919

1930s'3017%

533

1940s'4020%

1.9k

1950s'5015%

3.3k

1960s'6018%

3.4k

1970s'7013%

5.1k

1980s'807%

4.1k

1990s'903%

3.2k

2000s'001%

2.3k

2010s'100%

658

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 26,906 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible. 304 of the 638 bridges in the 1900s bar are recorded as built in exactly 1900, which is likely an estimate rather than a date.

The Oldest Bridges in Illinois

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau Creek	Bureau	1863	1973	Wood or Timber	275	Poor
Fau 9187a & Met Li over Miss Riv/rr/mss6000	St. Clair	1874	2003	Steel	6,550	Fair
Maeystown RD over Maeystown Creek	Monroe	1881	1938	Masonry	1,550	Fair
Tr 270 over Br Of Oat Creek	Henry	1890		Concrete	25	Poor
S Lake Shore Drive over Jackson Pk Lagoon In	Cook	1891	2023	Steel	36,700	Fair
Candlewood LN over Farm Creek	Tazewell	1894		Masonry	150	Poor
Ft Armstrng Av over Us67 Missrvr L&d15 Cprr	Rock Island	1896		Steel	18,000	Fair
US 136 Main ST over Stony Creek	Vermilion	1896	1981	Concrete	9,800	Good
South 8th Street over Curtis Creek	Adams	1899	1995	Masonry	2,900	Good
Tr 10-b over King Creek	Bureau	1899		Steel	10	Poor
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Tr 294 over Trib Tournear Creek	Adams	1900		Steel	20	Fair
Tr 0274 over Crooked Creek	Adams	1900	1975	Prestressed Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 0276 over Brushy Crk	Adams	1900	1971	Prestressed Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 39 over Thurman Creek	Adams	1900	1977	Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 0300 over Tourmeal Crk	Adams	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	150	Fair
Tr 0262 over Tourmeal Crk	Adams	1900	1973	Prestressed Concrete	100	Fair
Tr 0116 over Mill Creek	Adams	1900	1975	Prestressed Concrete	575	Fair
Ch 8 over Jenkins Creek	Adams	1900	1976	Prestressed Concrete	100	Fair
Tr 77 over Oak CR	Adams	1900	1984	Steel	50	Fair
Tr 0362 over Bear Crk	Adams	1900	1973	Steel	75	Fair
Tr 0457 over Branch Of Mckee Crk	Adams	1900	1974	Steel	100	Fair
Fas 946 over Pigeon Roost Creek	Alexander	1900		Concrete	350	Fair
Irene RD over Unnamed Crk	Boone	1900	2008	Concrete	3,200	Good
Tr 111 over Br Logan Creek	Brown	1900		Steel	25	Poor
Tr 113 over Rocky Creek	Brown	1900		Steel	100	Fair
Fas 582 over Star Ditch	Brown	1900		Steel	50	Fair
Tr 144 over North Fork	Brown	1900		Steel	25	Poor
Tr 84a over Little Missouri	Brown	1900		Steel	75	Poor
Tr 84a over So Br Lt Missouri	Brown	1900		Steel	75	Poor
Tr 3 over Br Of Crow CR	Bureau	1900	2009	Prestressed Concrete	75	Good
Tr 83 over Spoon River	Champaign	1900		Concrete	35	Poor
Tr 314 over Stream	Champaign	1900		Concrete	75	Fair
Tr 304 over Salt Fork Trib	Champaign	1900		Concrete	400	Good
Tr-79 over Trib. To Big Ditch	Champaign	1900	2018	Concrete	275	Good
Tr 109 A over Stream	Champaign	1900		Concrete	100	Poor
Tr 113 B over Stream	Champaign	1900		Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 946 over Saline Branch	Champaign	1900		Prestressed Concrete	350	Fair
E Byron St(ms 2600 over Stream	Champaign	1900		Concrete	225	Fair
Coler Av(ms 6120) over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	1955	Concrete	225	Poor
Springfield(fau 71 over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900		Concrete	5,500	Fair
Griggs ST over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	1954	Concrete Continuous	300	Fair
Broadway(ms 6540) over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	1953	Concrete	3,000	Fair
Atlas St(ms 8350) over Stream	Champaign	1900		Steel	50	Poor
Fau 7202/scottsdal over Phinney Branch	Champaign	1900	2008	Concrete	900	Good
Tr 28 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	50	Fair
Tr 65 over Creek	Christian	1900	1922	Steel	50	Poor
Tr 71 over Buckhart Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Poor
Tr 165 A over Delman Branch	Christian	1900	1971	Steel Continuous	100	Fair
Big Bend Road over Rio Buena Vista	Christian	1900		Concrete	350	Good
Tr 185 over Oak Branch	Christian	1900	1974	Steel Continuous	20	Poor
Tr 190 over Buckhart Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Poor
Tr 197 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900	1974	Steel	35	Poor
Tr 204 over Cotton Creek	Christian	1900	1964	Steel	150	Fair
Tr 221 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Poor
Tr 224 over Locust Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Poor
Tr 229 A over Big George Branch	Christian	1900		Steel	10	Poor
Tr 290 over Big George Branch	Christian	1900	1963	Steel	225	Fair
Tr 303 over Lake Fork	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Fair
Tr 307 over Willow Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	35	Poor
Tr 310 over Willow Branch	Christian	1900		Steel	50	Poor
Tr 327 over Springside Branch	Christian	1900	1964	Steel Continuous	1,100	Poor
Tr 327 over Lake Pana	Christian	1900	1964	Steel	1,100	Fair
Tr 343 over S. Fork Sangamon R.	Christian	1900		Steel	25	Poor
Tr 343 over S. Fork Sangamon R.	Christian	1900		Steel	25	Poor
Tr 107 over Spring Branch	Christian	1900	1968	Steel	50	Fair
Tr 95 over Skaggs Creek	Christian	1900	1971	Steel	35	Fair
Tr 36 A over Clear Creek	Christian	1900		Steel	20	Poor
Joliet RD over Des Plaines River	Cook	1900	1982	Prestressed Concrete	10,550	Fair
Il 72 (higgins RD over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	2008	Prestressed Concrete	26,600	Fair
Il 68 (dundee Rd) over Wheeling Drn Dtch	Cook	1900	2011	Concrete	24,900	Fair
Il 62 Algonquin R over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	2011	Steel	25,200	Good
Western AVE over Butterfield Creek	Cook	1900	2012	Steel	5,550	Good
Hicks RD over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	1974	Concrete Continuous	15,400	Good
West-ele Service R over 26th ST Connection	Cook	1900	1964	Steel	100	Poor
171st ST over Midlothian Creek	Cook	1900	1989	Concrete	5,250	Fair
108th AVE over Marley CR	Cook	1900		Concrete Continuous	7,500	Fair
Tr 45 over N Fork Salt Creek	De Witt	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 203 over Coon Creek	De Witt	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	50	Poor
Fas 483(ch 17) over Drainage Ditch	De Witt	1900	1993	Concrete	250	Good
Tr 57 over Drainage Ditch	Douglas	1900	2018	Steel	50	Good
Tr 224 over Jordan Slough	Douglas	1900	1972	Prestressed Concrete	25	Good
Ch 3 over Drainage Ditch	Douglas	1900	1973	Prestressed Concrete	75	Good
Tr 84 A over Stream	Douglas	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	50	Good
Tr 118 A over Stream	Edgar	1900	1975	Steel	50	Poor
Tr 31 over Salt Fork	Edgar	1900	1973	Prestressed Concrete	50	Fair
Tr 119 over Shiloh Drain Ditch 3	Edgar	1900	1999	Steel	25	Fair
Tr 237 over Stream	Edgar	1900		Steel	350	Fair
Fas 1880 Crocker R over Little Muddy River	Franklin	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	300	Good
Ch 15 over Little Muddy River	Franklin	1900	1977	Prestressed Concrete	150	Good
Tr 388 over Thompson Reservoir	Franklin	1900		Steel	50	Poor
Cs 0720 over Benton Lake	Franklin	1900	1974	Prestressed Concrete	550	Good
Tr 99 over Trib Big Muddy	Franklin	1900	1975	Concrete	35	Good
Tr 265 over Middle Fork Creek	Franklin	1900	1965	Concrete	20	Fair
Fas 1874 Rend Cty over Branch Big Muddy Riv	Franklin	1900	1971	Concrete	1,750	Fair
Tr 135 over Moses Lake	Franklin	1900	1983	Prestressed Concrete	325	Good
Cs 1000 (benton) over Trib To Sugar Creek	Franklin	1900	1983	Concrete Continuous	2,150	Good
Tr 97 over Trib Md Fork	Franklin	1900	1983	Concrete	20	Good
Tr 193 over Trb Akin Creek	Franklin	1900	1984	Prestressed Concrete	50	Good
Tr 296 over Ewing Ck	Franklin	1900	1984	Prestressed Concrete	20	Fair

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