First Street over South Fork Pine Creek

Whitman County, Washington · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• First Street over South Fork Pine Creek in Whitman County, Washington, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1918, making it 107 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
• It is one of 154 of the 349 inventoried bridges in Whitman County rated fair (44.1%); 13 (3.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated good in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (culvert 8 to 5).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated January 2025, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 2): scour critical: extensive scour observed, foundations unstable.
• 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.

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

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