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US-223 over Norfolk Southern RR

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

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

US-223 over Norfolk Southern RR in Lenawee 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 1941 and reconstructed in 1977, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,443 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2007).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 225 inventoried bridges in Lenawee County rated poor (11.6%); 26 (11.6%) 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 163 ft
Location	1.0 Mi S of Adrian
NBI structure number	000000000005522
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
M-52 over Beaver Creek	1919	18,099	Fair
M-52 over S Br Raisin River	1948	17,411	Fair
US-223 over Raisin River	1940	13,979	Fair
Bentoak Ave over S Branch Raisin River	1952	13,600	Fair
US-223 over Mdot RR Cor & M-34	2006	13,595	Fair
US-223 over S Br Raisin River	1953	13,253	Fair