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Bivens Road over Highbank Creek

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

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

Bivens Road over Highbank Creek in Barry 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 1900 and reconstructed in 2000, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 133 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2003).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 69 inventoried bridges in Barry County rated fair (50.7%); 15 (21.7%) 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 29 ft
Location	5 M E 4.5 M S of Hastings
NBI structure number	000000000000572
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
M-43 over Thornapple River	1963	12,750	Fair
M-37 over Duncan Creek	1957	10,700	Fair
Main Street over Thornapple River	2015	8,000	Good
Michigan Ave over Thornapple River	2012	7,215	Good
M-66 over Thornapple River	1999	6,177	Fair
M-66 over Quaker Brook	2019	6,083	Good