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County Road over James River

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

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

County Road over James River in Foster 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 substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 19 inventoried bridges in Foster County rated fair (47.4%); 1 (5.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 60 ft
Location	15 E 4 S of Carrington
NBI structure number	000000016123130
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 52 over Cp Railway	2004	5,800	Good
US Highway 52 over Cp Railway	1979	2,290	Fair
US Highway 52 over Pipestem Creek	1965	1,830	Good
Nd Highway 200 over James River	1959	680	Good
Nd Highway 20 over Bn Railroad	1989	480	Good
County Highway over Pipestem Creek	1970	330	Fair