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California Ave over RR

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

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

California Ave over RR in Lincoln 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 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,833 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 70 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Lincoln County rated good (36.6%); 29 (15.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 270 ft
Location	Libby-california Ave
NBI structure number	P00033000+05601
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 2 over Flower Creek	1970	8,882	Good
California Ave over Kootenai River	1959	5,674	Fair
US 2 over Big Cherry Creek	1976	5,295	Poor
US 2 over Callahan Creek	1989	3,671	Fair
US 2 over Lake Creek	1989	3,377	Fair
US 2 over Cedar Creek	1989	3,226	Fair