County Highway over Wild Rice River

Sargent 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 Wild Rice River in Sargent 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 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1967, making it 58 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 6 of the 31 inventoried bridges in Sargent County rated poor (19.4%); 6 (19.4%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• It was rated fair in the 2024 inventory and is now poor (substructure 5 to 0).
• Status change: newly closed since 2024.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated June 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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