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County Trail over Coulee

Benson County, North Dakota · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Trail over Coulee in Benson County, North Dakota, 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 1942, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 40 inventoried bridges in Benson County rated poor (17.5%); 7 (17.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	6 E 1 N Minnewaukan
NBI structure number	000000003134200
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Irrft Nd Hiway 57 over Devils Lake Narrows	1999	4,000	Fair
US Highway 2 over Creek	1984	1,900	Good
US Highway 281 over Creek	2005	1,300	Good
US Highway 281 over Creek	2005	1,300	Good
US Highway 281 over Creek	2006	1,300	Good
Nd Highway 19 over Mauvais Coulee	2001	1,260	Fair