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County Rd 438 over N Br W Br Escanaba R

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

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

County Rd 438 over N Br W Br Escanaba R in Marquette County, Michigan, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1928 and reconstructed in 1990, making it 97 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 67 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2001).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 147 inventoried bridges in Marquette County rated poor (12.9%); 19 (12.9%) 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 24 ft
Location	5 Miles West of Co Rd 557
NBI structure number	000000000006527
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Us-41\|m-28 over Carp River	1936	23,600	Fair
US-41 over Carp Creek	1979	14,675	Good
US-41 over Ls&i RR	1979	13,542	Fair
M-28 over Chocolay River	2005	9,335	Good
US-41 NB over Carp River	1955	8,662	Fair
US-41 SB over Carp River	1958	8,662	Fair