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M-38 over W Br Sturgeon River

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

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

M-38 over W Br Sturgeon River in Houghton County, Michigan, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1934, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 679 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 59 inventoried bridges in Houghton County rated fair (32.2%); 2 (3.4%) 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 100 ft
Location	2.7 Mi W of Baraga Col
NBI structure number	000000000003398
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Us-41&m-26 Rr(abn) over Portage Lake & EB M-26	1960	24,754	Fair
US-41 over Pilgrim River	1916	5,543	Fair
M-26 over Quincy Creek	2021	5,200	Good
US-41 over Sturgeon River Slough	1956	3,985	Fair
US-41 over Snake River	1934	3,883	Fair
US-41 over Backwater Portage River	1929	3,883	Fair