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I-94 WB over Galien River

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

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

I-94 WB over Galien River in Berrien County, Michigan, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2008, making it 17 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 18,879 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 181 of the 270 inventoried bridges in Berrien County rated fair (67.0%); 17 (6.3%) 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 single box beam
Length	about 194 ft
Location	2.5 Mi NE of New Buffalo
NBI structure number	000000000000783
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-94 over Blue Creek	1960	56,570	Fair
I-94 over Nokmes Creek	2020	45,139	Good
I-94 WB over Sawyer Road	1961	43,361	Fair
I-94 EB over St Joseph River	1960	34,063	Fair
I-94 WB over St Joseph River	1960	34,063	Fair
I-94 over Mill Creek	1959	30,064	Fair