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County Road 0506 over Souris River

Bottineau County, North Dakota · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Road 0506 over Souris River in Bottineau County, North Dakota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 390 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 62 of the 123 inventoried bridges in Bottineau County rated fair (50.4%); 26 (21.1%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 240 ft
Location	2 East of Westhope
NBI structure number	000000005125070
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 5 over Oak Creek	2006	5,900	Fair
US Highway 5 over Branch of Stone Creek	2006	2,750	Good
US Highway 83 over Creek	1966	1,980	Good
US Highway 83 over Spring Creek	1966	1,920	Fair
US Highway 5 over Creek	1947	1,480	Fair
City Street over Oak Creek	1977	1,450	Fair