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Meridian Rd over Bear Creek 015

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

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

Meridian Rd over Bear Creek 015 in Ravalli County, Montana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1936 and reconstructed in 1982, making it 89 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 12 of the 150 inventoried bridges in Ravalli County rated poor (8.0%); 12 (8.0%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 93 over Mill Creek	2011	15,852	Good
US 93 over Corvallis Canal	1980	14,714	Good
US 93 over Bitterroot River	2005	14,573	Fair
US 93 over Blodgett Creek	2008	14,573	Fair
US 93 over S Fork Bear Creek	2011	13,924	Fair
US 93 over N Fork Bear Creek	2011	13,924	Good