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M-22|northwood Hwy over Bowens Creek

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

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

M-22|northwood Hwy over Bowens Creek in Manistee County, Michigan, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,206 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 35 inventoried bridges in Manistee County rated fair (51.4%); 5 (14.3%) 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 24 ft
Location	2.5 Mi S of Benzie Col
NBI structure number	000000000006443
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-31 over Manistee River	1933	17,789	Fair
M-115 over Betsie River	1940	4,219	Fair
M-55 over Pine Creek	1932	4,202	Fair
M-55 over Manistee River	2021	3,408	Good
M-55 over Pine River	1934	3,175	Fair
East Lake Road over Little Manistee River	1964	3,000	Fair