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70TH Avenue over Franz Creek

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

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

70TH Avenue over Franz Creek in Osceola 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 367 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 103 inventoried bridges in Osceola County rated poor (6.8%); 7 (6.8%) 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	3	Serious condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-131 NB over E Br Hersey River	1957	12,782	Fair
US-131 NB over Hersey Creek	1985	11,841	Fair
US-131 SB over Hersey Creek	1985	11,841	Fair
US-10 over Twin Creek	1997	11,184	Good
US-10 over Hersey River	1958	6,569	Fair
US-131 NB over Johnson Creek	1984	6,391	Fair