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Frank Smith Road over M Br Pere Marquette Riv

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

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

Frank Smith Road over M Br Pere Marquette Riv in Lake 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 1929 and reconstructed in 1992, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 112 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 31 inventoried bridges in Lake County rated poor (16.1%); 5 (16.1%) 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 21 ft
Location	In Chase
NBI structure number	000000000005286
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
M-37 over Pere Marquette River	1922	4,771	Fair
M-37 over Baldwin Creek	1929	4,771	Fair
US-10 over Baldwin Creek	1931	3,813	Fair
US-10 over Sanborn Creek	1934	3,813	Fair
M-37 over Little Manistee River	1939	2,500	Good
56 Th Street FH32 over Pere Marquette River	1997	1,400	Good