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County Highway over West Branch Short Creek

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

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

County Highway over West Branch Short Creek in Burke 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 substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1929 and reconstructed in 1949, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 29 inventoried bridges in Burke County rated poor (10.3%); 3 (10.3%) 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 66 ft
Location	4 North 1 West Larson
NBI structure number	000000007104030
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
U.S. Highway 52 over Upper Des Lacs Lake	1983	1,260	Fair
US Highway 52 over Cp Railroad	2005	1,180	Fair
U.S. Highway 52 over Creek	1967	1,150	Fair
Nd Highway 50 over Creek	1937	530	Fair
Nd Highway 5 over E. Branch of Short Creek	1976	460	Fair
Nd Highway 5 over Creek	1967	420	Fair