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Schow Road over Skeels Creek

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

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

Schow Road over Skeels Creek in Muskegon 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 74 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 143 inventoried bridges in Muskegon County rated poor (11.2%); 16 (11.2%) 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 20 ft
Location	0.05 Mi S of Meinert Rd
NBI structure number	000000000007678
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-31 over I-96	1959	62,644	Fair
US-31 NB over Mi Shore RR & Laketon Av	1960	32,065	Fair
US-31 NB over Black Creek	1959	31,322	Fair
US-31 SB over Black Creek	1949	31,322	Fair
I-96 over Hile Rd	1961	31,000	Fair
I-96 EB over Airline Road	1961	29,245	Fair