Van Buren County, MI

17 public highway bridges

Van Buren County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Van Buren County, Michigan contains 17 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.2% are rated “Good,” 41.2% “Fair,” and 5.9% “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.

17
Total Bridges
41.2%
Good
41.2%
Fair
5.9%
Poor Condition

Condition Distribution

Good
41.2% (7)
Fair
41.2% (7)
Poor
5.9% (1)

All Bridges (17)

I-196 SB

Unknown

Over: 32 ND AVE (CR378)

5.1 MI NE OF BERRIEN COL, Van Buren, MI

Built 1963 ADT: 1,560

32ND ST (CR653)

Unknown

Over: I-94

5.0 MI W OF KALAMAZOO COL, Van Buren, MI

Built 1960 ADT: 42,225

BLUE STAR MEM HWY

Fair

Over: BRANDYWINE CREEK

1.2 MI N OF CR 378, Van Buren, MI

Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,600

CR 665

Fair

Over: W BRANCH PAW PAW RIVER

2 MI N OF PAW PAW, Van Buren, MI

Built 1959 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 667

PHOENIX RD CR 388

Fair

Over: S BR BLACK RIVER

2.5 MI E OF SOUTH HAVEN, Van Buren, MI

Built 1985 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 5,374

3550TH STREET

Fair

Over: PAW PAW RIVER

1.7 MI SW JCT M-43 & M-40, Van Buren, MI

Built 1992 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 157

CR 687

Fair

Over: S BR BLACK RIVER

0.6 MI NORTH OF CR 380, Van Buren, MI

Built 1965 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 721

I-94 EB

Fair

Over: AMTRAK

0.1 MI W OF KALAMAZOO COL, Van Buren, MI

Built 1959 Load: 59.3 t ADT: 15,781

63RD AVENUE

Fair

Over: RED CREEK

0.4 MI E OF CR 365, Van Buren, MI

Built 1965 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 931

CR 687

Good

Over: HOWLETT & CONKLIN DRAIN

0.14 MI S OF 62ND AVE, Van Buren, MI

Built 2022 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 2,913

28TH AVENUE

Good

Over: BRANDWINE CREEK

WAVERLY TWP SEC 3/10, Van Buren, MI

Built 2005 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 208

63RD AVE

Good

Over: E BR PAW PAW RIVER

0.19 MI NE OF DRAPE RD, Van Buren, MI

Built 2019 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 225

PINE STREET

Good

Over: S BR BLACK RIVER

0.1 MI S OF MAIN STREET, Van Buren, MI

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,686

CR380 20TH AVE

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.25 MI EAST OF M-43, Van Buren, MI

Built 2015 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 1,925

CR 687

Good

Over: S BR BLACK RIVER

0.25 MI N OF M-43, Van Buren, MI

Built 1999 Load: 77.4 t ADT: 1,950

76TH STREET

Good

Over: DEERLICK CREEK

0.25 MI N OF BLUE STAR HY, Van Buren, MI

Built 1995 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 1,190

MAIN ST OVERPASS

Poor

Over: AMTRAK RAILROAD

MATTAWAN MICHIGAN, Van Buren, MI

Built 1980 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 5,023
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