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S 543 over Vail Creek

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

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

S 543 over Vail Creek in Garfield 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 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 77 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 26 inventoried bridges in Garfield County rated poor (7.7%); 2 (7.7%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 47 ft
Location	2M N Jordan
NBI structure number	S00543002+07001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
S 200-jordan Ave over Big Dry Creek	1993	1,078	Good
S 200 over Dugout Coulee	1973	551	Good
S 200 over Little Dry Creek	2022	537	Good
S 200 over Drainage	1938	537	Fair
S 200 over Vail Creek-stockpass	2004	520	Good
S 200 over Oliver Coulee	2004	520	Good