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Lake Street over Amtrak Railroad

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

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

Lake Street over Amtrak Railroad 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1984, making it 41 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,024 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2002).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 126 ft
Location	City of Niles
NBI structure number	000000000001059
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