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US 212 over Powder River

Powder River County, Montana · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 212 over Powder River in Powder River County, Montana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,084 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 23 inventoried bridges in Powder River County rated good (52.2%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 625 ft
Location	1M SE Broadus
NBI structure number	P00023080+05591
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 212 over Little Powder River	1976	2,594	Fair
US 212 over E Fk Little Powder River	1983	2,594	Fair
US 212 over E Fork Otter Creek	1992	2,305	Good
US 212 over Pumpkin Creek	2012	2,197	Good
S 59 over Mizpah Creek	2001	742	Good
S 59 over Road Creek-stockpass	2001	742	Good