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Chestnut over Clam River

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

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

Chestnut over Clam River in Wexford 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 64 inventoried bridges in Wexford County rated poor (7.8%); 5 (7.8%) 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
E 36 Rd over US-131 NB	1997	77,777	Fair
US-131 Bl\|mitchell over Clam River	1935	23,406	Fair
M-115 over Cadillac Canal	1957	12,589	Fair
Mackinaw Trail Hwy over US-131 Nb\|m-55 EB	1966	12,310	Fair
M-55\|e 38 Rd over US-131 NB	1997	10,400	Fair
US-131 over Manistee River	2009	8,450	Fair