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Baseline Road over Black River

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

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

Baseline Road over Black River in Van Buren County, Michigan, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1984, making it 41 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 550 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1999).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 82 of the 130 inventoried bridges in Van Buren County rated fair (63.1%); 11 (8.5%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 113 ft
Location	1.0 Mi NE of South Haven
NBI structure number	000000000010788
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
41 St Street over I-94	1960	36,000	Fair
24 Th Street over I-94	1959	35,000	Fair
I-94 over Brush Creek	1960	31,286	Good
M-40 over E Br Paw Paw River	1960	19,936	Fair
I-94 EB over E Br of Paw Paw River	1960	18,138	Good
I-94 WB over E Br of Paw Paw River	1960	18,138	Good