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Missaukee County, MI

39 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.7% rated Good, 38.5% Fair, 12.8% Poor.

39
Public bridges
48.7%
Good condition
12.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Missaukee County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

49th
of 83 on Poor share
12.8%
Poor-condition share
39
public highway bridges
1979
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.

Missaukee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Missaukee County ranks #49 of 83 Michigan counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.8%). Missaukee County, Michigan contains 39 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.7% are rated “Good,” 38.5% “Fair,” and 12.8% “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

39

Public highway bridges in Missaukee County

Good condition

48.7%

19 of 39 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.5%

15 of 39 rated 5-6

Poor condition

12.8%

5 of 39 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#49 of 83

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

Condition distribution

Share of 39 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
48.7% (19)
Fair
38.5% (15)
Poor
12.8% (5)

Missaukee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,977 vehicle crossings a day

That is 8.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 595 crossings a day against 241 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 39 of 39 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.5% of Missaukee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

15 of the 39 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 48.7% 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 44.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FORWARD ROAD over CLAM RIVER, built 1958, carries 1,316 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,977 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Missaukee County's bridges were built

39 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 8 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Michigan average (1976).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Michigan counties nearest Missaukee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Missaukee County and the 5 Michigan counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Roscommon County 43 0%
Missaukee County (this page) 39 12.8%
Dickinson County 37 16.2%
Emmet County 37 0%
Presque Isle County 37 10.8%
Manistee County 35 14.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MI (39 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MI (1979 here).

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

All 39 Good 19 Fair 15 Poor 5

Good-condition bridges (19)

VANDERMEULEN ROAD

Good

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK

SECTION 26/27 T22N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 480

BLUE ROAD

Good

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK

SECTION 26/35 T22N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300

MERRITT RD

Good

Over: WEST BR MUSKEGON RIVER

SECTION 29 T23N R5W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1990 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 356

STEVENS ROAD

Good

Over: W BRANCH MUSKEGON RIVER

SECTION 22/23 T23N R6W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1985 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 204

CADILLAC ROAD

Good

Over: MUSKEGON RIVER

SECTION 34 T22N R5W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1981 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 331

STAR CITY RD

Good

Over: W BR OF MUSKEGON RIVER

SECTION 25 T23N R6W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2016 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 200

CALL RD

Good

Over: MARKS CREEK

SEC 5/6 T21N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2000 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 180

BURKETT ROAD

Good

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK

SECTION 21/22 T22N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2003 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 56

VANDERMEULEN ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH BRANCH CLAM RIVER

SECTION 22/23 T21N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2002 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 78

MCGEE ROAD

Good

Over: MOSQUITO CREEK

SEC 21/22 T22N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2000 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 112

VANDERMEULEN ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE BRANCH CLAM RIVER

SECTION 34/35 T21N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1984 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 181

7 MILE ROAD

Good

Over: CLAM RIVER

SECTION 19/20 T21N R6W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2006 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 910

CALL ROAD

Good

Over: CLAM RIVER

SECTION 5/6 T21N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1986 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 180

BRINKS ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH BRANCH CLAM RIVER

SECTION 36 T21N R7W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2013 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 200

DOLPH RD

Good

Over: MUSKEGON RIVER

SECTION 11 T21N R5W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2023 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 78

DICKERSON ROAD

Good

Over: HOPKINS CREEK

SEC 34/35 T24N R8W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 110

LUCAS ROAD

Good

Over: HOPKINS CREEK

SECTION 16 T24N R8W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2016 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 200

LUCAS ROAD

Good

Over: MANISTEE RIVER

SECTION 5 T24N R8W, Missaukee, MI

Built 1979 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 380

MCVETY RD

Good

Over: BUTTERFIELD CREEK

SECTION 28/29 T22N R5W, Missaukee, MI

Built 2010 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 50

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.