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Dept of Lands Road over Elk Creek

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

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

Dept of Lands Road over Elk Creek in Clearwater County, Idaho, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 260 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
It is one of 38 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Clearwater County rated good (43.2%); 6 (6.8%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 49 ft
Location	0.6 N. 0.2 W. Elk River
NBI structure number	000000000029087
Condition class	Good

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