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Thompson Road over Nippersink Creek

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

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

Thompson Road over Nippersink Creek 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2011, making it 14 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 148 ft
Location	0.03 N Wndrmere Rd
NBI structure number	056600600000000
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