Oldest Bridges in Illinois

The oldest bridge in Illinois dates to 1863. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

Bridge	County	Year Built	Condition	Daily Traffic
Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau Creek	Bureau	1863	Poor	275
Dellos RD over Aux Sable CR	Will	1873	Fair	200
Fau 9187a & Met Li over Miss Riv/rr/mss6000	St. Clair	1874	Fair	6,550
Maeystown RD over Maeystown Creek	Monroe	1881	Fair	1,550
Fas 600 over Bay Creek	Pike	1885	Fair	225
E Keltner Road over E Fork Plum River	Carroll	1886	Poor	25
Tr-129 over Apple Creek	Greene	1890	Good	25
Tr 270 over Br Of Oat Creek	Henry	1890	Poor	25
Coyne ST over Trib To Kankakee R.	Kankakee	1890	Fair	550
S Lake Shore Drive over Jackson Pk Lagoon In	Cook	1891	Fair	36,700
Fas 861 over Riley Creek	Randolph	1893	Fair	150
Tr 173 over Stream	Stark	1893	Poor	25
Candlewood LN over Farm Creek	Tazewell	1894	Poor	150
Tr 263 over Oppossum Ck.	Christian	1895	Fair	75
Tr 117 over S Branch Brouilletts	Edgar	1895	Poor	75
Ch 23 over Little Wabash River	Shelby	1895	Good	225
Tr 254 over E Br Panther CR	Woodford	1895	Good	25
Fullerton AVE over N Br Chicago River	Cook	1896	Fair	17,600
Ft Armstrng Av over Us67 Missrvr L&d15 Cprr	Rock Island	1896	Fair	18,000
US 136 Main ST over Stony Creek	Vermilion	1896	Good	9,800
W Winnesheik RD over Ducks Misery	Stephenson	1897	Fair	225
Tr 430 over East Branch	Vermilion	1897	Fair	25
Tr 0164 over Grindstone Creek	Adams	1898	Fair	75
Tr 258 over Lake Fork	Christian	1898	Poor	10
East Angle Road over Cedar Creek	Stephenson	1898	Fair	75
Tr 0349 over Mill Creek	Adams	1899	Fair	500
South 8th Street over Curtis Creek	Adams	1899	Good	2,900
Tr 10-b over King Creek	Bureau	1899	Poor	10
North Meyers Road over Br E Fork Plum River	Carroll	1899	Poor	50
Fai 70/fr 2442 over Stream	Fayette	1899	Fair	10
Tr 203 over Creek	Macoupin	1899	Fair	275
Tr 268 over Town Creek	McDonough	1899	Good	50
Tr 294 over Trib Tournear Creek	Adams	1900	Fair	20
Tr 0274 over Crooked Creek	Adams	1900	Fair	50
Tr 0276 over Brushy Crk	Adams	1900	Fair	50
Tr 39 over Thurman Creek	Adams	1900	Fair	50
Tr 0300 over Tourmeal Crk	Adams	1900	Fair	150
Tr 0262 over Tourmeal Crk	Adams	1900	Fair	100
Tr 0116 over Mill Creek	Adams	1900	Fair	575
Ch 8 over Jenkins Creek	Adams	1900	Fair	100
Tr 77 over Oak CR	Adams	1900	Fair	50
Tr 0362 over Bear Crk	Adams	1900	Fair	75
Tr 0457 over Branch Of Mckee Crk	Adams	1900	Fair	100
Fas 946 over Pigeon Roost Creek	Alexander	1900	Fair	350
Irene RD over Unnamed Crk	Boone	1900	Good	3,200
Tr 111 over Br Logan Creek	Brown	1900	Poor	25
Tr 113 over Rocky Creek	Brown	1900	Fair	100
Fas 582 over Star Ditch	Brown	1900	Fair	50
Tr 144 over North Fork	Brown	1900	Poor	25
Tr 84a over Little Missouri	Brown	1900	Poor	75
Tr 84a over So Br Lt Missouri	Brown	1900	Poor	75
Tr 3 over Br Of Crow CR	Bureau	1900	Good	75
Tr 83 over Spoon River	Champaign	1900	Poor	35
Tr 314 over Stream	Champaign	1900	Fair	75
Tr 304 over Salt Fork Trib	Champaign	1900	Good	400
Tr-79 over Trib. To Big Ditch	Champaign	1900	Good	275
Tr 109 A over Stream	Champaign	1900	Poor	100
Tr 113 B over Stream	Champaign	1900	Fair	50
Tr 946 over Saline Branch	Champaign	1900	Fair	350
E Byron St(ms 2600 over Stream	Champaign	1900	Fair	225
Coler Av(ms 6120) over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	Poor	225
Springfield(fau 71 over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	Fair	5,500
Griggs ST over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	Fair	300
Broadway(ms 6540) over Boneyard Creek	Champaign	1900	Fair	3,000
Atlas St(ms 8350) over Stream	Champaign	1900	Poor	50
Fau 7202/scottsdal over Phinney Branch	Champaign	1900	Good	900
Tr 28 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900	Fair	50
Tr 65 over Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	50
Tr 71 over Buckhart Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 165 A over Delman Branch	Christian	1900	Fair	100
Big Bend Road over Rio Buena Vista	Christian	1900	Good	350
Tr 185 over Oak Branch	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 190 over Buckhart Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 197 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	35
Tr 204 over Cotton Creek	Christian	1900	Fair	150
Tr 221 over Clear Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 224 over Locust Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 229 A over Big George Branch	Christian	1900	Poor	10
Tr 290 over Big George Branch	Christian	1900	Fair	225
Tr 303 over Lake Fork	Christian	1900	Fair	20
Tr 307 over Willow Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	35
Tr 310 over Willow Branch	Christian	1900	Poor	50
Tr 327 over Springside Branch	Christian	1900	Poor	1,100
Tr 327 over Lake Pana	Christian	1900	Fair	1,100
Tr 343 over S. Fork Sangamon R.	Christian	1900	Poor	25
Tr 343 over S. Fork Sangamon R.	Christian	1900	Poor	25
Tr 107 over Spring Branch	Christian	1900	Fair	50
Tr 95 over Skaggs Creek	Christian	1900	Fair	35
Tr 36 A over Clear Creek	Christian	1900	Poor	20
Tr 46 over Lake Fork Trib	Christian	1900	Fair	50
Joliet RD over Des Plaines River	Cook	1900	Fair	10,550
Il 72 (higgins RD over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	Fair	26,600
Il 68 (dundee Rd) over Wheeling Drn Dtch	Cook	1900	Fair	24,900
Il 62 Algonquin R over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	Good	25,200
Western AVE over Butterfield Creek	Cook	1900	Good	5,550
Hicks RD over Salt Creek	Cook	1900	Good	15,400
West-ele Service R over 26th ST Connection	Cook	1900	Poor	100
171st ST over Midlothian Creek	Cook	1900	Fair	5,250
108th AVE over Marley CR	Cook	1900	Fair	7,500
Tr 45 over N Fork Salt Creek	De Witt	1900	Fair	50
Tr 203 over Coon Creek	De Witt	1900	Poor	50
Fas 483(ch 17) over Drainage Ditch	De Witt	1900	Good	250
Tr 57 over Drainage Ditch	Douglas	1900	Good	50
Tr 224 over Jordan Slough	Douglas	1900	Good	25
Ch 3 over Drainage Ditch	Douglas	1900	Good	75
Tr 84 A over Stream	Douglas	1900	Good	50
Tr 118 A over Stream	Edgar	1900	Poor	50
Tr 31 over Salt Fork	Edgar	1900	Fair	50
Tr 119 over Shiloh Drain Ditch 3	Edgar	1900	Fair	25
Tr 237 over Stream	Edgar	1900	Fair	350
Fas 1880 Crocker R over Little Muddy River	Franklin	1900	Good	300
Ch 15 over Little Muddy River	Franklin	1900	Good	150
Tr 388 over Thompson Reservoir	Franklin	1900	Poor	50
Cs 0720 over Benton Lake	Franklin	1900	Good	550
Tr 99 over Trib Big Muddy	Franklin	1900	Good	35
Tr 265 over Middle Fork Creek	Franklin	1900	Fair	20
Fas 1874 Rend Cty over Branch Big Muddy Riv	Franklin	1900	Fair	1,750
Tr 135 over Moses Lake	Franklin	1900	Good	325
Cs 1000 (benton) over Trib To Sugar Creek	Franklin	1900	Good	2,150
Tr 97 over Trib Md Fork	Franklin	1900	Good	20
Tr 193 over Trb Akin Creek	Franklin	1900	Good	50
Tr 296 over Ewing Ck	Franklin	1900	Fair	20
Bear Paw RD - Tr 1 over Stream	Fulton	1900	Poor	25
Randolph RD - Tr 1 over Put Creek	Fulton	1900	Fair	75
Mile Load Rd-tr 42 over Bn Rr (063478l)	Fulton	1900	Fair	50
Tr 157 over Drainage Ditch	Gallatin	1900	Fair	10
Fas 892 over Saline River	Gallatin	1900	Poor	350
Tr 3 over Abandoned Rr	Gallatin	1900	Poor	10
4th St/ms 1020 over Spilling Creek	Hancock	1900	Poor	150
Market Street over Unnamed Stream	Hardin	1900	Poor	10
Tr 2 D over Sheldon Ditch #1	Iroquois	1900	Good	75
Tr 2 D over Sheldon Ditch #1	Iroquois	1900	Fair	75
Colfax ST over Trib Of Spring CR	Iroquois	1900	Poor	125
Blackwood DR over Drainage Ditch	Jackson	1900	Poor	10
Twp Road 338 over Creek	Jackson	1900	Good	200
Tr 352a over Indian Creek	Jackson	1900	Good	100
Il 142 over Ditch	Jefferson	1900	Fair	6,500
I-57 over Creek	Jefferson	1900	Fair	21,000
Side Street over Union Pacific Rr	Johnson	1900	Fair	25
Owens Road over Big Rock Creek	Kane	1900	Fair	50
Meredith Road over Virgil Dd No 1	Kane	1900	Good	1,450
Henderson ST over Cedar CR DR Dit	Knox	1900	Good	4,450
Tr 51 over Foreman Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	75
Tr 57 over Trib To Walnut Creek	Knox	1900	Poor	25
Tr 151 over Trib To Caldwell Cre	Knox	1900	Fair	50
Tr 159 over Caldwell Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	25
Tr 194 over Littlers Creek	Knox	1900	Good	50
Tr 206 over Foreman Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	10
Tr 210 over Walnut Creek	Knox	1900	Poor	50
Tr 263 over Trib To Spoon River	Knox	1900	Fair	50
Tr 323 over Indian Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	10
County Highway 37 over Trib.s.henderson Crk	Knox	1900	Fair	350
Tr 114 over Pope Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	25
Tr 172 over Trib To Spoon River	Knox	1900	Fair	50
Tr 192 over Walnut CR	Knox	1900	Good	25
Tr 273 over Pig Creek	Knox	1900	Fair	25
Ebl Of Ill 18 over Vermilion River	LaSalle	1900	Poor	3,250
Tr-2601 Main ST over Squaw Creek	Lake	1900	Poor	1,600
Tr 141 1600 N over Trib N Fork Vermilli	Livingston	1900	Fair	75
Fas 566 over Local Drainage	Logan	1900	Fair	1,200
Tr 19 over Kickapoo Ck Overflow	Logan	1900	Fair	50
Skunk Hollow RD over Kickapoo Creek Trib	Logan	1900	Poor	50
Tr 245 over Local Drainage	Logan	1900	Good	20
Tr 207 over Lake Fork Ck Trib.	Logan	1900	Fair	20
0083 over Local Drainage	Logan	1900	Fair	20
Tr 3 over Local Drainage	Logan	1900	Fair	50
Ch 33 over Joes Crk	Macoupin	1900	Fair	20
Ch 34 over Solomon Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Poor	50
Tr 64 Hunter RD over Joes Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	35
Tr 13 over Sugar Creek	Macoupin	1900	Poor	20
Tr 47 over Otter Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	50
Tr 61 over Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	25
Tr 64c Sage RD over Goose Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	25
Tr 119 over Horse Crk	Macoupin	1900	Fair	20
Tr 148 over Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	150
Tr 170 over Macoupin Crk	Macoupin	1900	Poor	50
Tr 181 over Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	20
Tr 220 over Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	35
Tr 230 over Kent Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	150
Tr 251 over Sugar Creek	Macoupin	1900	Fair	50
Tr 253/crosscreek over Shaw Pt Br	Macoupin	1900	Poor	20
Tr 266 over Lick Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	20
Tr 279 over Macoupin Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	50
Tr 285 over Honey Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Poor	35
Tr 359 over Cahokia Creek	Macoupin	1900	Poor	50
Tr 359 over Cahokia Creek	Macoupin	1900	Poor	50
Tr 408 over Otter Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	125
Tr 473 over E Fk Wood R	Macoupin	1900	Fair	100
Tr 473 over Sherry Crk.	Macoupin	1900	Good	175
Tr 474a over Shaws Pt Br	Macoupin	1900	Fair	75
Tr 496 over Macoupin CR	Macoupin	1900	Fair	20
Tr 498 over Creek	Macoupin	1900	Poor	35
Township Road 451 over Girder CR	Macoupin	1900	Poor	200
Tr 402 over Sugar CR	Macoupin	1900	Poor	100
Tr 189 over Anderson Branch	Macoupin	1900	Poor	100
Tr 187 over Bear Cr.	Macoupin	1900	Fair	50
Tr-498a (sullens R over Conner Branch	Marion	1900	Fair	25
Tr 268 over Rogers Ditch	Mason	1900	Fair	50
Pell Road over Stream E Of US 45	Massac	1900	Poor	550
Tr 6-anderson Pit over Paterson Branch	Massac	1900	Fair	25