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Spruce St. over Power Canal

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

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

Spruce St. over Power Canal in Chippewa County, Michigan, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,995 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 73 of the 112 inventoried bridges in Chippewa County rated fair (65.2%); 13 (11.6%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 284 ft
Location	In Sault Ste Marie
NBI structure number	000000000001675
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-75 BS\|3 Mile Rd over I-75 NB	1962	15,700	Fair
I-75 Bs (ashmun) over Power Canal	1934	10,180	Fair
Easterday Ave. over Ashmun Creek	1994	8,347	Good
Easterday Ave over I-75 NB	1962	7,774	Fair
West Portage Ave. over Power Canal	1970	7,637	Fair
Fort Street over Power Canal	2004	5,883	Good