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Emmet County, MI

37 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.6% rated Good, 32.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

37
Public bridges: 67.6%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Emmet County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 2%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 37
public highway bridges: 1988
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.

Emmet County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Emmet County ranks #2 of 83 Michigan counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Emmet County, Michigan contains 37 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.6% are rated “Good,” 32.4% “Fair,” and 0% “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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Emmet County

Good condition

67.6%

25 of 37 rated 7-9

Fair condition

32.4%

12 of 37 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 37 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#2 of 83

Among Michigan counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 37 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.6% (25)

Fair

32.4% (12)

Poor

0% (0)

37.8% of Emmet County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

14 of the 37 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 67.6% 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.

1930s

3
1940s

2
1950s

5
1960s

2
1970s

3
1980s

1
1990s

3
2000s

3
2010s

10
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1988, 12 years newer than the Michigan average of 1976.

How Emmet County compares with Michigan's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Michigan counties nearest Emmet County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 14 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 82 Michigan counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Emmet County and the 5 Michigan counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Missaukee County	39	48.7%	38.5%	12.8%	1979
Dickinson County	37	43.2%	40.5%	16.2%	1971
Presque Isle County	37	43.2%	45.9%	10.8%	1972
Emmet County (this page)	37	67.6%	32.4%	0%	1988
Manistee County	35	40%	45.7%	14.3%	1979
Grand Traverse County	33	51.5%	42.4%	6.1%	1971

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 Emmet 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 Emmet County, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MI (37 bridges here).

Sitka City and County, AK · 37 bridges
Suwannee County, FL · 37 bridges
Teton County, ID · 37 bridges
Isanti County, MN · 37 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MI (1988 here).

Travis County, TX · avg 1988 · 1,544 bridges
Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 37 Good 25 Fair 12 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (25)

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Emmet County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

37.8% of Emmet County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Emmet County compares with Michigan's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (25)

E. ROBINSON RD

ELY BRIDGE ROAD

CLICK ROAD

I-75 S APPR

BRIDGE STREET

I-75

PLEASANT VIEW RD

LAKE STREET

MITCHELL ROAD

STANDISH STREET

I-75 N APPR

WOODLAND ROAD

BRUTUS ROAD

ROBINSON ROAD

GILL RD

MUNGER RD

REED ROAD

US-23 SB

MIDDLE ROAD

PICKEREL LAKE ROAD

DOUGLAS LAKE RD

BANWELL RD

ROBINSON RD

MAPLE RIVER ROAD

OLIVER ROAD

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