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Middle Crossing Rd over Dowagiac River

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

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

Middle Crossing Rd over Dowagiac River in Cass 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 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,688 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Cass County rated poor (15.1%); 8 (15.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 45 ft
Location	2 Mi NW of Dowagiac
NBI structure number	000000000001443
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-12 over M-60	1960	9,010	Fair
M-51 over Dowagiac Creek	1949	8,127	Fair
US-12 over Christiana Creek	1941	8,072	Fair
US-12 over Brandywine Creek	1982	7,438	Fair
M-62 over Dowagiac Creek	1950	7,355	Fair
US-12 over Valley Creek	2011	7,350	Good