Home › Montana › Powell County › Lower Game Range R over Cottonwood Creek

Lower Game Range R over Cottonwood Creek

Powell County, Montana · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Lower Game Range R over Cottonwood Creek in Powell County, Montana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990 and reconstructed in 2024, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2025).
It is one of 70 of the 113 inventoried bridges in Powell County rated fair (61.9%); 7 (6.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	7M N Ovando
NBI structure number	000000000007048
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 90 over Dempsey Creek	1973	10,708	Fair
I 90 over Jr Grade Sep	1961	10,463	Fair
I 90 over Jr Grade Sep	1961	10,463	Fair
I 90 over Int Jens	1959	5,992	Fair
I 90 over Int Jens	1959	5,992	Fair
I 90 EB over Int Gold Creek	1959	5,992	Fair