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Nickle Plate Rd over Prairie Creek

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

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

Nickle Plate Rd over Prairie Creek in Ionia 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 1949, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 589 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 118 inventoried bridges in Ionia County rated fair (58.5%); 12 (10.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 46 ft
Location	3 Mi N M21 & 3.4 Mi E M66
NBI structure number	000000000004028
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-96 over Portland Trail	2013	35,000	Good
I-96 over Libhart Creek	1958	33,978	Fair
I-96 EB over Kent Rd	1959	20,074	Fair
I-96 WB over Kent Rd	1959	20,074	Fair
I-96 EB over Okemos Rd	1959	20,074	Fair
I-96 WB over Okemos Rd	1959	20,074	Fair