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Carmean Road over Betsie River

Benzie County, Michigan · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Carmean Road over Betsie River in Benzie County, Michigan, 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 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 89 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2008).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 25 inventoried bridges in Benzie County rated poor (28.0%); 7 (28.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	2.5 Mi N of Thompsonville
NBI structure number	000000000000765
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-31 over Platte River	1926	11,984	Fair
US-31 over Commercial St	2000	9,566	Fair
Us-31\|m-115\|honor over Betsie River	1984	8,344	Fair
US-31\|HONOR Hwy over Platte River	1927	8,172	Fair
M-22\|lake St over Betsie River	1924	4,712	Fair
M-115 over Betsie River	1940	2,595	Fair