Bridges of Illinois: Where the state ranks on a national level of safety – WICS (Springfield)

According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, in the land of Lincoln, the state has 26,873 bridges. Of them, 4,125 bridges need repairs, and 2,472 bridges are classified as structurally deficient. "In Illinois we don't have any large cargo ships in our navigable waterways, however, we do have many barges on our waterways, and barge impacts, they do occur," said Paul Wappel, of the Illinois Department of Transportation.