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City Street over Drain Ditch

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

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

City Street over Drain Ditch in Walsh 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 110 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 54 of the 257 inventoried bridges in Walsh County rated poor (21.0%); 54 (21.0%) 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 35 ft
Location	North East Corner Minto
NBI structure number	000000050144185
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nd Highway 17 over Creek	1981	3,870	Good
Nd Highway 17 over Drain	2018	3,870	Good
US Highway 81 over Park River	1971	3,270	Fair
US Highway 81 over Grafton Flood Deversion	2018	3,270	Good
US Highway 81 over Drainage Ditch	1995	2,550	Good
US Highway 81 over Creek	1951	2,490	Fair