CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD
Carrying CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD over RIPPOWAM RIVER
0.75 MI W OF ROUTE 137, Unknown County, Connecticut
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut sits above 45% of rated Connecticut bridges on inventory load rating (38 t), while its 1933 build year is earlier than 91% of Unknown County's recorded-year cohort (861 bridges).
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1933, it carries 3 rated components on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 3. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Poor result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure CT:04067
PRE-1950 · STEEL · SINGLE-SPAN · SUPER-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- PRE-1950 Pre-1950
- STEEL Steel
- SINGLE-SPAN Single span
- SUPER-LED Superstructure-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-POOR Poor
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD
The CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD bridge in Unknown County, Connecticut carries CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD over RIPPOWAM RIVER. It was built in 1933, making it 93 years old today. The structure is built primarily of steel and spans 1 section, stretching 9.8 meters (32 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 3,390 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of Connecticut bridges. It is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). At least one major component here scores 4 or below, which produces a Poor condition classification under FHWA's current reporting rules.
How CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD compares
Age against the county: built in 1933, earlier than 784 of Unknown County's 861 bridges with a recorded construction year (91%), against a county median build year of 1962. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Connecticut bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (4,365 rated).
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD vs every rated Connecticut bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
38 Top 55% higher than 45% of 4,365 bridges
rated Connecticut bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Reported 0–9 component ratings from the FHWA NBI. The highlighted component is the lowest reported input to this record’s current condition category; it is not a closure or live crossing-safety decision.
Unknown County inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 861 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 1933
- Material
- Steel
- Number of Spans
- 1
- Structure Length
- 9.8 m (32 ft)
- Deck Width
- 10.4 m (34 ft)
- Owner
- City/Municipal Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 3,390 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 04067
Condition Analysis
- • The deck (driving surface) rates fair at 5/9, minor deterioration that routine maintenance should address.
- • The superstructure (beams and supports above the deck) rates poor at 3/9, with advanced deterioration recorded on the latest inspection.
- • The substructure (piers and abutments) rates fair at 6/9, minor deterioration that routine maintenance should address.
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD is in the federal Poor condition category. That is a component-based result, not a closure order.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Understand what Poor condition does and does not mean before drawing conclusions. Poor condition explained
- Compare CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD against other structures in Unknown County and across Connecticut. Connecticut bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD?
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut has a deck rating of 5/9, superstructure rating of 3/9, and substructure rating of 6/9 on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD inspected?
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 3,390 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD is currently shown as Poor condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD?
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD has an NBI inventory load rating of 37.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD?
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
How old is CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD and does age affect safety?
CEDAR HEIGHTS ROAD was built in 1933, making it 93 years old.
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