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County Highway over James River

Stutsman County, North Dakota · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Highway over James River in Stutsman County, North Dakota, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 196 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 32 of the 78 inventoried bridges in Stutsman County rated good (41.0%); 7 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 134 ft
Location	3 East of Buchanan
NBI structure number	000000047135180
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 281 over I-94/US 281 Interchange	1957	13,300	Fair
US Highway 281 SB over James River	1960	10,370	Fair
US Highway 281 over James River	1933	10,370	Fair
Interstate 94 over Creek	1958	8,400	Good
US Highway 52 over James River	1939	5,600	Fair
Interstate 94 over Bnrr & SE Jamestown Int	2017	4,560	Fair