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Lowe Street over Dowagiac Creek

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

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

Lowe Street over Dowagiac Creek in Cass 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 2003, making it 22 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 709 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Cass County rated good (24.5%); 8 (15.1%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 55 ft
Location	0.1 Mi N of Jefferson Ave
NBI structure number	000000000001464
Condition class	Good

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