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16 Bridges Within 10 Miles of Geneva Rated 'Structurally Deficient'
National Report: Click here for an interactive map that will show you the deficient bridges in our area as well as the status of the bridges we cross every day.
Sixteen bridges within 10 miles of Geneva are rated "structurally deficient," according to a Transportation for America report. The good news is that none of them are in Geneva, Batavia or St. Charles city limits and none are major traffic thoroughfares across the Fox River. The bad news is that there is a deficient bridge as close as Wenmoth Road, which crosses Mill Creek, and another at Joliet and Wilson Streets in DuPage County, a 1933-vintage bridge crossing Kress Creek that handles 11,500 vehicles a day. Other deficient bridges you've probably crossed several times include Main Street in Winfield and on Illinois Route 56. The report also indicates the relative health of bridges we cross every day in Geneva, Batavia and St. Charles. …
Mark Wissing
7:47 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Mike B, The report used in this story is not new and did not describe that the inspection of Wenmoth Road Bridge was completed in 2009. The current engineering report is from 2012 and is filed with the State of Illinois, Kane County Department of Transportation, and Geneva Township Clerks office. Inspections of bridges are done every other year. The Wenmoth Road Bridge over Mill Creek is in good … more ›