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Kerry Road over Big Bear Creek

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

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

Kerry Road over Big Bear Creek in Manistee County, Michigan, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1993).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 35 inventoried bridges in Manistee County rated poor (14.3%); 5 (14.3%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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