Oldest Bridges in Michigan

The oldest bridge in Michigan dates to 1867. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

Bridge	County	Year Built	Condition	Daily Traffic
Whites Bridge RD over Flat River	Ionia	1867	Fair	144
Covered Bridge RD over Flat River	Kent	1871	Fair	122
Maple Road over Huron River	Washtenaw	1876	Fair	1,963
Covered Bridge RD over ST Joseph River	St. Joseph	1885	Fair	1,144
Second Street over Kalamazoo River	Allegan	1886	Fair	2,582
Sixth Street over Grand River	Kent	1886	Fair	4,550
Kinley Road over S Fork Of Hayworth	Clinton	1890	Poor	119
Bridge Street over Grand River	Ionia	1890	Fair	1,100
Tow Road over Fish Creek	Montcalm	1895	Fair	30
Collins Road over North Macon Drain	Monroe	1897	Fair	21
Brennan Road over South Branch Bad River	Saginaw	1898	Poor	143
M-139 over Big Meadow Drain	Berrien	1899	Fair	9,000
Marshall Avenue over Rice Creek	Calhoun	1899	Fair	1,853
Cloverdale Road over High Bank Creek	Barry	1900	Poor	197
Bivens Road over Highbank Creek	Barry	1900	Fair	133
Nostwick Road over Betsie River	Benzie	1900	Poor	95
Haze Road over Betsie River	Benzie	1900	Poor	32
Klink Road over Tekonsha Creek&powers	Branch	1900	Poor	30
Gower Road over Coldwater River	Branch	1900	Poor	111
Iron Bridge Road over Sturgeon River	Charlevoix	1900	Poor	3
New Nature AVE over Sturgeon River	Cheboygan	1900	Poor	25
Stephan Bridge RD over Au Sable River	Crawford	1900	Fair	560
Johnson Road over River Styx Drain	Gratiot	1900	Fair	111
Taft Road over Bovee Drain	Gratiot	1900	Poor	56
Wood Bush Road over Traprock River	Houghton	1900	Poor	80
Dennis Road over West Cedar Drain	Ingham	1900	Poor	250
Chicagon Mine RD over Chicagon Creek	Iron	1900	Poor	142
Psutka Road over Betsie River	Manistee	1900	Poor	100
Lakeshore Drive over Bass Lake Outlet	Mason	1900	Fair	1,000
Scottville Road over Swan Creek	Mason	1900	Fair	2,200
Wilson Road over S Br Pere Marquette Rivr	Mason	1900	Poor	100
Hawley Road over Carr Creek	Mason	1900	Fair	300
Tyndall Road over Big Sable River	Mason	1900	Poor	200
22 Mile RD over N Br Chippewa River	Mecosta	1900	Fair	67
Currie Parkway over Tittabawassee River	Midland	1900	Fair	4,550
Ottawa Lake Road over Ottawa Lake Drain	Monroe	1900	Poor	480
Sternberg Road over Norris Creek	Muskegon	1900	Fair	2,310
Life Guard Road over Sadony Bayou	Muskegon	1900	Poor	440
Lakeshore Drive over Ruddiman Creek	Muskegon	1900	Good	12,520
Amity ST over C O Railroad	Muskegon	1900	Poor	1,972
Pontiac RD over Sylvan Lake	Oakland	1900	Fair	180
South Shore Drive over Montello Park Drain	Ottawa	1900	Poor	1,920
Bath Road over Rowley Creek	Shiawassee	1900	Fair	733
East Delhi Road over Huron River	Washtenaw	1900	Fair	750
Powers Street over Clam River	Wexford	1900	Poor	560
S. Forman RD over Baldwin River	Lake	1901	Fair	0
Van Buren Trail over Paw Paw River	Van Buren	1901	Fair	0
Picnic Way over Canoe Stream	Wayne	1901	Fair	935
Woodside Drive over Canoe Stream	Wayne	1901	Good	296
Pierce Road over Bad River Drain	Gratiot	1903	Fair	113
Baseline Road over Coldwater River	Isabella	1903	Poor	192
Mlk Jr DR over Grand River	Jackson	1903	Poor	6,343
Mccamly Street over Battle Creek River	Calhoun	1904	Fair	7,500
Queens Highway over M Br Pere Marquette Riv	Lake	1904	Poor	180
Brink Road over Hog Creek Drain #40	Branch	1905	Poor	111
Stancer Road over Coldwater River	Branch	1905	Poor	108
6 1/2 Mile Road over Barnum Creek	Calhoun	1905	Fair	163
Amsden Road over Dickerson Creek	Montcalm	1905	Poor	37
Leslie Road over Middle Br Cass River	Sanilac	1905	Fair	160
Diffin Road over Werners Creek	Alger	1906	Fair	50
Reynolds Road over Betsie River	Benzie	1906	Fair	54
Bauer Road over Hayworth Creek	Clinton	1906	Poor	102
Leroy Street over Shiawassee River	Genesee	1906	Good	10,918
Copps Mine Road over Presque Isle River	Gogebic	1906	Poor	10
Alamando Road over Salt River	Midland	1906	Poor	73
Kings Mill Road over Mill Race	St. Joseph	1906	Fair	233
No 19 Road over Manistee River	Wexford	1906	Poor	106
Heslop Road over N Br Pine River	Arenac	1907	Fair	226
12 Mile Road over Charlotte River	Chippewa	1907	Poor	50
Warnick Road over Dead Creek	Saginaw	1907	Poor	133
Arnold Road over Middle Br Cass River	Sanilac	1907	Fair	150
Glassman Road over Galien River	Berrien	1908	Fair	35
M-99 (superior St) over Kalamazoo River	Calhoun	1908	Fair	7,449
64th Street over M Br Pere Marquette Riv.	Lake	1909	Poor	34
Hagelgans Road over Washburn Creek	St. Joseph	1909	Fair	99
Woodland Road over Au Train River	Alger	1910	Poor	0
Alec Johnson Road over Whitefish River	Alger	1910	Poor	5
Kivamaki Road over Whitefish River	Alger	1910	Poor	5
King Road over Whitefish River	Alger	1910	Poor	50
Karvonen Road over Laughing Whitefish River	Alger	1910	Fair	50
Maple River Road over Wise Creek	Clinton	1910	Fair	100
Hyde Road over Hayworth Creek	Clinton	1910	Fair	102
Bellevue HWY over Spring Brook	Eaton	1910	Fair	1,130
Shaytown Road over Sebewa Creek	Eaton	1910	Poor	91
Ferris Road over Bass Lake Drain	Gratiot	1910	Poor	72
Concord Road over S Br Kalamazoo River	Hillsdale	1910	Fair	2,189
Brott Road over W Br ST Joseph Of Maumee	Hillsdale	1910	Fair	42
Tuttle Road over E Br ST Joseph Of Maumee	Hillsdale	1910	Poor	22
Elm Road over Mallory Lake Drain	Hillsdale	1910	Poor	46
Campbell Road over Pinnebog River	Huron	1910	Fair	65
Berne Road over Pigeon River	Huron	1910	Poor	465
Hoxie Road over Wolf Creek	Ingham	1910	Fair	50
Broadway ST over Chippewa River	Isabella	1910	Fair	2,352
Lincoln ST over Chippewa River Channel	Isabella	1910	Fair	2,161
Kniss Road over North Br Manistee River	Kalkaska	1910	Poor	19
Leffew Road over Big Bear Creek	Manistee	1910	Poor	10
Freeland Road over Jo Drain	Midland	1910	Fair	2,318
N County Line Road over North Macon Creek	Monroe	1910	Poor	30
Nelson Road over Dickerson Creek	Montcalm	1910	Poor	24
Reed Road over Handy Creek	Montcalm	1910	Fair	120
Yale Road over N Branch White River	Oceana	1910	Fair	20
88th Avenue over Cedar Creek	Oceana	1910	Fair	100
96th Avenue over Cedar Creek	Oceana	1910	Fair	100
Schultz RD over Whitmore Drain	Saginaw	1910	Poor	10
Cole Road over Birch Run Creek	Saginaw	1910	Poor	7
Pettit Road over Silver Creek	Saginaw	1910	Poor	44
Morris Road over Beals & Frizzle Drain	Sanilac	1910	Fair	225
County RD 601 over Michigamme River	Marquette	1911	Fair	81
Magrudder Road over Bush Creek	Midland	1911	Fair	61
Townsend Road over Stony Creek	Clinton	1912	Fair	176
40th Street over Little Portage Creek	Kalamazoo	1912	Poor	70
88th Avenue over N Br Pentwater River	Oceana	1912	Poor	20
Ravenswood Road over Smiths Creek	St. Clair	1912	Fair	105
Us-12br M-17 over Huron River	Washtenaw	1912	Poor	18,300
Grosse Ile Toll Br over Trenton Channel	Wayne	1913	Fair	0
Central AVE over Canoe Stream	Wayne	1913	Fair	150
Watson Road over SE Branch Of Maple River	Clinton	1914	Poor	212
Resort DR over Briar Hill Creek	Iron	1914	Poor	50
Sand Lake Road over Sand River	Alger	1915	Fair	50
Cemetery Drive over Ox Creek	Berrien	1915	Fair	50
M-57 over Pine Run Creek	Genesee	1915	Fair	14,723
Pope Road over S Br Kalamazoo River	Hillsdale	1915	Fair	55
Stein Road over Shebeon Drain	Huron	1915	Fair	240
Us-127 Br / M-106 over Grand River	Jackson	1915	Poor	15,940
200th AVE over Brayton Creek	Oceana	1915	Fair	50
M-227(s Kalamazoo) over Kalamazoo River	Calhoun	1916	Fair	9,775
Grange Road over Stony Creek	Clinton	1916	Fair	1,299
Us-41 over Pilgrim River	Houghton	1916	Fair	5,543
M-21 Br over Plaster Creek	Kent	1916	Fair	16,531
Chapin Road over Lamb Creek	Saginaw	1916	Poor	675
Schroeder Road over Big Potato Creek	Saginaw	1916	Poor	39
Goodells Road over South Br Pine River	St. Clair	1916	Fair	585
Crawford Road over Big Creek A Drain	Arenac	1917	Fair	175
Lentner Road over Big Creek A Drain	Arenac	1917	Poor	5
Ostrander RD over Big Creek A Drain	Arenac	1917	Fair	90
Black Road over Big Creek A Drain	Arenac	1917	Poor	30
Porter Street over Tobacco River	Gladwin	1917	Fair	1,470
H Drive South over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1918	Poor	61
M-21 over Swartz Creek	Genesee	1918	Fair	12,900
M-21 over Csx Rr (abn)	Genesee	1918	Poor	15,341
Polegate RD over Molasses River	Gladwin	1918	Fair	155
Burt Road over Silver Creek	Hillsdale	1918	Poor	32
M-36 over Sycamore Creek	Ingham	1918	Poor	5,910
W Genesee(old Us2) over Iron River Buried	Iron	1918	Poor	8,200
4 Mile RD over Indian Mill Creek	Kent	1918	Fair	8,072
I-96 Bl over S Br Shiawassee River	Livingston	1918	Fair	10,370
M-94 over Manistique River	Schoolcraft	1918	Fair	10,220
M-94 over Au Train River	Alger	1919	Fair	1,848
J Drive South over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1919	Poor	43
12 Mile Road over Nottawassepee Creek	Calhoun	1919	Poor	439
Thomson RD over Abandoned Rr Row	Cass	1919	Poor	30
Burton Road over Mckinzie Creek	Cass	1919	Good	100
W Second Street over Swartz Creek	Genesee	1919	Poor	1,798
Crozer Street over Middle Br Ontonagon Riv	Gogebic	1919	Poor	395
Monroe Street over Grand River	Jackson	1919	Fair	4,500
W Maumee Street over S Br Raisin River	Lenawee	1919	Fair	9,323
M-52 over Beaver Creek	Lenawee	1919	Fair	18,099
Owosso Road over Stoner Creek	Livingston	1919	Fair	419
Paulson Road over Dexter Creek	Alger	1920	Poor	5
Noggle Road over Big Creek A Drain	Arenac	1920	Fair	198
Stancer Road over Stancer Dam Spillway	Branch	1920	Fair	100
J DR So over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1920	Poor	480
G DR So over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1920	Fair	290
13 Mile Road over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1920	Fair	207
Q Drive South over Nottawa Creek	Calhoun	1920	Fair	159
M Drive South over Nottawassepee Creek	Calhoun	1920	Poor	108
Taft Road over Stony Creek	Clinton	1920	Poor	132
Bauer Road over Stony Creek	Clinton	1920	Fair	65
Townsend Road over Lost Creek	Clinton	1920	Fair	138
Maple River Road over Maple River	Clinton	1920	Poor	100
Essex Center Road over S Fork Of Hayworth Creek	Clinton	1920	Fair	100
Parks Road over Maple River	Clinton	1920	Fair	107
Jason Road over Bad Creek	Clinton	1920	Poor	64
County RD 612 over Manistee River	Crawford	1920	Fair	250
East Boulevard over Gilkey Creek	Genesee	1920	Fair	467
Kearsley Park BLVD over Gilkey Creek	Genesee	1920	Fair	4,837
South Boundary RD over Presque Isle River	Gogebic	1920	Poor	81
Miller Road over Cisco Br Ontonagon River	Gogebic	1920	Poor	11
Roosevelt Road over Drain #142	Gratiot	1920	Poor	70
Tripp Road over Laird Creek	Hillsdale	1920	Poor	37
Lickley Road over Newton Drain	Hillsdale	1920	Poor	50
Elkton Road over West Br Pigeon River	Huron	1920	Fair	2,510
Elkton Road over East Br. Pigeon River	Huron	1920	Good	1,750
Crown Road over Pinnebog River	Huron	1920	Fair	50
Farver Road over West Br. Pigeon River	Huron	1920	Fair	20
Mcmillan Road over Moore Creek	Huron	1920	Poor	180
Pioneer Drive over Willow River	Huron	1920	Fair	180
Holt Road over Deer Creek	Ingham	1920	Good	1,192
Loomis Street over Nash Creek	Kent	1920	Fair	400
Route 577 over Little River	Menominee	1920	Poor	216
Macomb Street over River Raisin	Monroe	1920	Good	5,860
Stanton Road 522 over Fish Creek	Montcalm	1920	Fair	3,223
Boyer Road over Prairie Creek	Montcalm	1920	Fair	237
Pine Grove Road over S Branch Pine River	Montcalm	1920	Poor	333
Indian Bay Road over Flower Creek	Muskegon	1920	Fair	278
3 Mi RD over White River	Newaygo	1920	Poor	25
West Olive RD over Pigeon Creek	Ottawa	1920	Poor	1,050
Randall Street over Deer Creek	Ottawa	1920	Poor	6,976
Main St. over Deer Creek	Ottawa	1920	Poor	1,528
Ocqueoc Falls HWY over Ocqueoc River	Presque Isle	1920	Fair	250