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M-26 over Central Creek

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

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

M-26 over Central Creek in Keweenaw 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 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 849 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 12 inventoried bridges in Keweenaw County rated fair (58.3%); 1 (8.3%) 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 50 ft
Location	0.2 Mi N of US-41
NBI structure number	000000000005258
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 over Gratiot River	1953	3,430	Good
US-41 over East Branch Eagle River	1932	1,399	Fair
M-26 over Silver River	2023	1,100	Good
US-41 over Fanny Hooe Creek	1928	899	Fair
M-26 over Eagle River	1987	849	Fair
M-26 over Owls Creek Buried	1948	849	Good