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County Highway over James River

Wells 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 James River in Wells 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 1915, making it 110 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 41 inventoried bridges in Wells County rated poor (7.3%); 3 (7.3%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 52 over Sheyenne River	1962	1,300	Fair
US Highway 52 over Pipestem Creek	1979	1,290	Fair
US Highway 52 over James River	1962	1,230	Good
US Highway 52 over Pipestem Creek	1979	1,160	Fair
US Highway 52 over Rocky Run Creek	1968	940	Fair
Nd Highway 3 over N Rockford Canal Nr1-1	1986	690	Good