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Smith Ferry Drive over N.fk.payette River

Valley County, Idaho · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Smith Ferry Drive over N.fk.payette River in Valley County, Idaho, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 90 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 153 inventoried bridges in Valley County rated poor (6.5%); 10 (6.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 240 ft
Location	0.2 E. Smiths Ferry
NBI structure number	000000000028635
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Idaho department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 55 over N. Fk. Payette River	2013	7,800	Fair
SH 55 over N.fk.payette R;lardo	2014	7,400	Fair
SH 55 over Lake Fork Creek	1985	6,500	Fair
SH 55 over Boulder Creek	1999	6,000	Fair
SH 55 over Lake Fork Creek Canal	1998	6,000	Fair
SH 55 over N. Fk. Payette River	2015	5,700	Good