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Lower Ford Crk Rd over Jim Ford Creek

Clearwater County, Idaho · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Lower Ford Crk Rd over Jim Ford Creek in Clearwater County, Idaho, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 480 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Clearwater County rated fair (50.0%); 6 (6.8%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 73 ft
Location	2.8 S. 2.3 E. Orofino
NBI structure number	000000000029045
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 7 over Clearwater River	1998	7,800	Fair
STC4782;GRANGEMONT over Whiskey Cr.;orofino CR.	1951	2,800	Fair
SH 7 over N.fk. Clearwater River	1999	2,100	Fair
Stc 4786;JOHNSON over Orofino Creek	1978	2,000	Good
STC4782;GRANGEMONT over Whiskey Creek;stanton Br	1954	1,900	Good
SH 8 over Ruby Creek	1976	1,000	Fair