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Fr 153 Basswood over Cooks Run River

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

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

Fr 153 Basswood over Cooks Run River in Iron County, Michigan, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1922, making it 103 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 119 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2000).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 54 inventoried bridges in Iron County rated poor (22.2%); 12 (22.2%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 37 ft
Location	4.0 NW of Beechwood
NBI structure number	000000000004186
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
W Genesee(old US2) over Iron River Buried	1918	8,200	Poor
US-2\|ADAMS St over Iron River	1997	7,655	Fair
US-2 over Chicagoan Creek	1929	3,653	Poor
US-2 over Fortune Lake Outlet	1942	3,653	Fair
M-69 over Paint River	1924	3,080	Fair
US-141 over Paint River	1970	3,039	Fair