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Deep Cut Road over Union Pacific RR

McHenry County, Illinois · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Deep Cut Road over Union Pacific RR in McHenry County, Illinois, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2004, making it 21 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 87 of the 227 inventoried bridges in McHenry County rated fair (38.3%); 48 (21.1%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 166 ft
Location	.7M N of Nelson Rd
NBI structure number	056316200000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Il 62 over Fox River	1988	43,100	Fair
Il 31 over RR - UP	1971	34,400	Fair
Algonquin Road over Woods Creek	2004	31,600	Fair
Algonquin Road over Crystal Creek	2004	31,600	Fair
Algonquin Road over Gravel Pit Creek	2004	31,600	Fair
Rakow Rd (ch V-29) over Crystal Creek	1994	30,600	Good