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Paw Paw Lake Road over Paw Paw River

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

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

Paw Paw Lake Road over Paw Paw River in Berrien County, Michigan, 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 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,555 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 72 of the 270 inventoried bridges in Berrien County rated good (26.7%); 17 (6.3%) 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 204 ft
Location	E City Limit Coloma
NBI structure number	000000000000998
Condition class	Good

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