13 St. Charles-Area Bridges 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.
There are 13 bridges within 10 miles of St. Charles that are rated “structurally deficient,” according to a Transportation for America report, which also notes that the Main Street/Route 64 bridge over the Fox River is safe but “functionally obsolete.” The good news is that none of the “structurally deficient” bridges are in St. Charles, Geneva, or Batavia city limits and none of the nearest ones are major traffic thoroughfares across the Fox River. While functionally obsolete might sound ominous, the Transportation for America report points out that it means the bridge “has older design features not built to current standards.” That does not mean the bridge is deficient — it just means the bridge might not be wide enough or high enough to…
