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Upper Highwood CR over Highwood Creek 069

Chouteau County, Montana · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Upper Highwood CR over Highwood Creek 069 in Chouteau County, Montana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2025).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 43 inventoried bridges in Chouteau County rated poor (4.7%); 2 (4.7%) 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 29 ft
Location	6M SE Highwood
NBI structure number	L08200006+01001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 87 over Abandoned Railroad	1974	1,727	Fair
Irr - US 87 over School Section Coulee	1970	1,694	Good
Irr - US 87 over Big Sandy Creek	1990	1,694	Good
US 87 over Marias River	1988	1,417	Good
S 80-13th St over Missouri River	1962	930	Poor
S 80 over RR	1953	849	Fair