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Browns Road over Middle Br Tobacco River

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

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

Browns Road over Middle Br Tobacco River in Clare 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 1993, making it 32 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 215 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 96 inventoried bridges in Clare County rated fair (62.5%); 4 (4.2%) 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 44 ft
Location	Sec 26-35 Arthur Twp
NBI structure number	000000000001747
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-127 Br over S Br Tobacco River	1931	11,391	Fair
US-10 Wb\|us-127 NB over US-127 Br\|s Clare Ave	2001	10,697	Fair
US-10 Eb\|us-127 SB over US-127 Br\|s Clare Ave	2001	10,697	Fair
US-127 Br\|n Mcewan over Little Tobacco River	2021	10,224	Good
US-127 NB over S Br Tobacco River	1962	9,699	Fair
US-127 SB over S Br Tobacco River	1962	9,699	Fair