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Taft Road over Maple River

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

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

Taft Road over Maple River in Clinton 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 1924 and reconstructed in 1984, making it 101 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 86 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 34 of the 215 inventoried bridges in Clinton County rated poor (15.8%); 34 (15.8%) 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 25 ft
Location	0.1 Mi W of Shepardsville
NBI structure number	000000000002000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-127 NB over Ferdun Creek	1957	88,500	Fair
US-127 SB over Coleman Rd	1971	41,300	Fair
US-127 NB over Coleman Rd	1971	41,300	Fair
I-96 over Husted & Landenburg Drn	1957	38,938	Fair
I-69 over Chandler Drain	1973	37,978	Fair
I-69 over Chandler Drain	1973	37,978	Fair