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Risku Farm Road over Laughing Whitefish River

Alger County, Michigan · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Risku Farm Road over Laughing Whitefish River in Alger County, Michigan, 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 1958 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1995).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Alger County rated fair (56.6%); 7 (13.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	2 Mi N of Deerton
NBI structure number	000000000000080
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
M-28 over Anna River	1949	7,171	Fair
East Munising Ave over Anna River	1978	5,715	Fair
M-28 over Au Train River	1932	5,200	Fair
US-41 over Huber Creek	1987	3,609	Fair
M-28 over Sand River	1939	3,093	Fair
M-28 over Laughing Whitefish River	1939	3,093	Good