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Nickle Plate Rd over Maple River Flood

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

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

Nickle Plate Rd over Maple River Flood in Ionia County, Michigan, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 404 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 118 inventoried bridges in Ionia County rated poor (10.2%); 12 (10.2%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	3	Serious condition

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