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Sunset Trail over Manistee River

Kalkaska County, Michigan · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Sunset Trail over Manistee River in Kalkaska County, Michigan, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 89 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 15 inventoried bridges in Kalkaska County rated good (46.7%); 1 (6.7%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 159 ft
Location	19 Mi SE of Kalkaska
NBI structure number	000000000004701
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Us-131\|m-66\|m-72\|s over N Br Boardman River	1940	8,567	Fair
N Rapid City Road over Rapid River	1983	5,800	Good
Boardman Road over Boardman River	1988	1,700	Fair
Aarwood Road over Rapid River	2012	1,340	Good
M-66 over Manistee River	1979	1,150	Fair
W Sharon Road over Manistee River	1958	1,060	Good