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County Highway over Bear Creek

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

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

County Highway over Bear Creek in Ransom 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 35 inventoried bridges in Ransom County rated fair (31.4%); 4 (11.4%) 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 tee beam
Length	about 32 ft
Location	4W 10S of Fort Ransom
NBI structure number	000000037101180
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nd Highway 32 over Timber Coulee	1950	2,960	Fair
Nd Highway 27 over Sheyenne River	1953	2,380	Good
Nd Highway 32 over Sheyenne River	1936	2,350	Fair
Nd Highway 46 over Cp Railway	1994	1,970	Good
Nd Highway 46 over Maple River	1994	1,900	Good
Nd Highway 32 over Dead Colt Creek	1991	1,850	Fair