Michigan bridge funding crisis: More than 100 bridges at risk of closure by 2035

An I-94 bridge in Southwest Michigan — over M-140 in Watervliet — has been rated in “poor” condition for more than 25 years.

It’s a critical corridor in and out of the Berrien County community, carrying approximately 43,000 vehicles every day. Without the bridge, local officials say the town’s businesses would be devastated.

Insufficient funding has put more than 100 state trunkline bridges at risk of closure by 2035, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Those potential closures would affect more than 1.8 million drivers daily statewide.

It’s not just bridges that demand more funding.

State officials said without a comprehensive transportation funding package, capital highway programs will support about 2,800 fewer construction jobs in 2026 than in 2025, and a