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Howie Rd over Drainage 021

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

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

Howie Rd over Drainage 021 in Sweet Grass County, Montana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1923 and reconstructed in 2001, making it 102 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 164 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 58 of the 94 inventoried bridges in Sweet Grass County rated fair (61.7%); 6 (6.4%) 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 23 ft
Location	3M NE Big Timber
NBI structure number	L49014000+05001
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 Spring Creek	1980	12,306	Fair
I 90 over Work Creek	1972	10,845	Fair
I 90 over Upper Deer Creek	1980	6,153	Fair
I 90 over Upper Deer Creek	1980	6,153	Fair
I 90 over Lower Deer Creek	1980	6,153	Fair
I 90 over Lower Deer Creek	1980	6,153	Good