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Approach Drive over Drain Ditch

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

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

Approach Drive over Drain Ditch in Grand Forks 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 36 of the 337 inventoried bridges in Grand Forks County rated poor (10.7%); 36 (10.7%) 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 28 ft
Location	3 East Johnstown
NBI structure number	000000018123041
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 2 over Red River of the North	1963	21,500	Fair
US Highway 2 over English Coulee	1988	20,450	Good
Columbia Road over Demers Ave & Bnrr	1984	19,000	Fair
Nd 297/DEMERS Ave over Bnrr-city Street	1972	18,500	Fair
Interstate 29 over English Coulee	1967	16,700	Fair
Nd Highway 297 over English Coulee	1970	14,000	Fair