Total bridges
216
Public highway bridges in Clinton County
County profile · official public datasets
Clinton County, MI
216 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 14.8% rated Good, 69.4% Fair, 15.7% Poor.
- 216
- Public bridges
- 14.8%
- Good condition
- 15.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Clinton County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 61st
- of 83 on Poor share
- 15.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 216
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Clinton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clinton County ranks #61 of 83 Michigan counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.7%). Clinton County, Michigan contains 216 public highway bridges. Roughly 14.8% are rated “Good,” 69.4% “Fair,” and 15.7% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
14.8%
32 of 216 rated 7-9
Fair condition
69.4%
150 of 216 rated 5-6
Poor condition
15.7%
34 of 216 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#61 of 83
Among Michigan counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 216 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 14.8% (32)
Fair 69.4% (150)
Poor 15.7% (34)
Clinton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,252 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 684 crossings a day against 2,889 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 216 of 216 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
37.5% of Clinton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
81 of the 216 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 14.8% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 18.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CLARK RD over BR OF LOOKING GLASS RIVR, built 1963, carries 4,198 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 34-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 23,252 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Clinton County's bridges were built
216 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 5
1910–1919
5 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
27 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 18
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s 18
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
52 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
44 bridges
- 2000s 20
2000–2009
20 bridges
- 2010s 14
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 52 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Michigan average (1976).
How Clinton County compares with Michigan's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Michigan counties nearest Clinton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 82 Michigan counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingham County | 241 | 15.8% | 68.9% | 15.4% | 1972 |
| Lenawee County | 225 | 47.6% | 39.6% | 12.9% | 1981 |
| Clinton County (this page) | 216 | 14.8% | 69.4% | 15.7% | 1975 |
| Calhoun County | 213 | 18.3% | 63.4% | 18.3% | 1971 |
| Eaton County | 200 | 30% | 63.5% | 6.5% | 1978 |
| Huron County | 192 | 31.8% | 62% | 6.3% | 1976 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Clinton County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Clinton County, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MI (216 bridges here).
- Coffee County, AL · 216 bridges
- Miller County, AR · 216 bridges
- Ascension County, LA · 216 bridges
- Choctaw County, OK · 216 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MI (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (216)
FRANCIS ROAD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
1/4 MI S OF HERBISON RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1986 Load: 9.4 t ADT: 3,149
UPTON ROAD
FairOver: MAPLE RIVER BRANCH
.2 MI S OF MAPLE RAPIDS R, Clinton, MI
Built 1994 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 162
TALLMAN ROAD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
0.1 MI S OF HERBISON, Clinton, MI
Built 1996 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 359
GRANGE ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
100 N OF PARKS RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1916 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 1,299
COLONY ROAD
FairOver: SO FORK HAYWORTH CREEK
1/4 MI W OF ANDERSON RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1965 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,593
PRICE RD
FairOver: BAD CREEK
3/4 MI E OF LOWELL RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1928 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 2,115
TOWNSEND ROAD
FairOver: LOST CREEK
0.7 MI W OF JONES RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1920 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 138
PARKS ROAD
FairOver: MAPLE RIVER
0.2 MI W OF SHEPARDSVILLE, Clinton, MI
Built 1920 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 107
WALKER ROAD
FairOver: US-127
1.2 MI E OF ST JOHNS, Clinton, MI
Built 1994 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 1,500
ESSEX CENTER ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.3 MI N OF COLONY RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1970 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 100
FRANCIS ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
1/4 MI S OF TAFT RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1947 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,031
LOWELL ROAD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
0.3 MI N OF CLARK RD, Clinton, MI
Built 2006 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 100
TAFT ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
0.3 MI E OF FOREST HILL, Clinton, MI
Built 1985 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 144
PRICE RD
FairOver: MORRIS DRAIN
1/2 MI W OF BAUER RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1991 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 971
CHADWICK ROAD
FairOver: VERMILION CREEK
0.8 MI E OF HOLLISTER RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1924 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 75
ISLAND ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.2 MI E OF BAUER RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1924 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 180
PRICE RD
FairOver: MUSKRAT CREEK
200 E OF DEXTER TRAIL RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1987 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,881
TOWNSEND ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
0.1 MI E OF CHANDLER RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1912 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 176
CHANDLER RD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
1/4 MI S OF ROUND LAKE RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1961 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 1,954
MAPLE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: WISE CREEK
0.4 MI N OF MEAD RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1910 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 100
FOREST HILL ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
0.2 MI N OF TAFT RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1986 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 80
US-127 BL
FairOver: HOLDEN DRAIN
4.3 MI S OF ST JOHNS, Clinton, MI
Built 1923 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,585
ESSEX CENTER ROAD
FairOver: S FORK OF HAYWORTH CREEK
0.1 MI S OF COLONY RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1920 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 100
CLARK RD
FairOver: I-69
0.75 MI SE OF DEWITT, Clinton, MI
Built 1980 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 450
CUTLER ROAD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
0.4 MI E OF BABCOCK RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1924 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 161
FOREST HILL ROAD
FairOver: COX DRAIN
1/4 MI S OF ISLAND RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1968 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,635
BAUER ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.1 MI N OF MOSS RD, Clinton, MI
Built 2004 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 173
I-96 WB
FairOver: CSX RR
0.3 MI N OF EATON CO LINE, Clinton, MI
Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 18,210
JONES RD
FairOver: I-96
1.3 MI SE OF IONIA COL, Clinton, MI
Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150
US-127 BR NB
FairOver: SPAULDING DRAIN
1.3 MI S OF ST JOHNS, Clinton, MI
Built 1940 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,643
US-127
FairOver: REMY CHANDLER DRAIN
0.25 MI N CLARK RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 28,718
FOREST HILL RD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
1/3 MI N OF COLONY RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,351
MERIDIAN RD
FairOver: ALDER CREEK
1/2 MI S OF WOODWORTH RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,532
DEXTER TRAIL
FairOver: MUSKRAT CREEK
0.1 MI N OF PRICE RD, Clinton, MI
Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 73
CUTLER ROAD
FairOver: VERMILION CREEK
0.8 MI E OF HOLLISTER RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 206
US-127
FairOver: KREPPS & EXTENTION DRAIN
3.5 MI S OF M-21, Clinton, MI
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,286
US-127
FairOver: SPAULDING EXTN DRAIN
2.0 MI S OF M-21, Clinton, MI
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23,088
TOWNSEND ROAD
FairOver: US-127
1.0 MI S OF M-21, Clinton, MI
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 900
M-21
FairOver: MAPLE RIVER
2.0 MI W OF OVID, Clinton, MI
Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,103
HOWE ROAD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
100 W OF GRANGE RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 345
GRATIOT ROAD
FairOver: OVERFLOW PINE RIVER
1/4 MI W OF MAPLE AVE, Clinton, MI
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,157
DEWITT ROAD
FairOver: STONY CREEK
BETWEEN JASON RDS, Clinton, MI
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 560
AIRPORT ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.2 MI S OF FRENCH RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 193
DEWITT ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.2 MI S OF FRENCH RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 867
WACOUSTA ROAD
FairOver: LOOKING GLASS RIVER
1/4 MI N OF CORRISON RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1955 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,821
WACOUSTA ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH DRAIN
100 N OF STONE RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1991 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 498
FARAGHER ROAD
FairOver: MAPLE RIVER
4 MI NW OF OVID, Clinton, MI
Built 1987 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 131
TAFT ROAD
FairOver: US-127
3.0 MI S OF M-21, Clinton, MI
Built 1993 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 900
HYDE ROAD
FairOver: HAYWORTH CREEK
0.4 MI W OF WACOUSTA RD, Clinton, MI
Built 1910 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 102
CLINTONIA RD
FairOver: I-96
AT IONIA CO LINE, Clinton, MI
Built 1958 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 50
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