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Hughes Road over Blackberry Creek

Kane County, Illinois · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Hughes Road over Blackberry Creek in Kane County, Illinois, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 339 inventoried bridges in Kane County rated poor (7.1%); 24 (7.1%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 85 ft
Location	NE SEC16T 39nr7e
NBI structure number	045314700000000
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Illinois department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-88 WB over Fox R - RR - Il 25	1958	86,200	Fair
I-88 EB over Fox R - RR - Il 25	2008	86,200	Fair
I-90 over S Br Kishwaukee Riv	2014	76,200	Good
I-90 over Stream	1958	58,700	Good
I-90 over Sleepy Hollow Rd	2014	52,600	Good
I-90 over Sleepy Hollow Rd	2014	52,600	Good