MOOSE MEADOW ROAD
Carrying MOOSE MEADOW ROAD over FENTON RIVER
1.6 MILES NORTH OF RTE 74, Unknown County, Connecticut
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Built in 1990, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 6. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Fair 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:06243
LATE-CENTURY · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-FAIR Fair
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: MOOSE MEADOW ROAD
The MOOSE MEADOW ROAD bridge in Unknown County, Connecticut carries MOOSE MEADOW ROAD over FENTON RIVER. It was built in 1990, making it 36 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 10.1 meters (33 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 61 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Connecticut bridges. It is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in fair condition (see the full component ratings below). No reported major component scores in the Poor range under the current federal condition thresholds.
How MOOSE MEADOW ROAD compares
Age against the county: built in 1990, earlier than 42 of Unknown County's 208 bridges with a recorded construction year (20%), against a county median build year of 1971. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Connecticut bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (4,365 rated).
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD vs every rated Connecticut bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
33 Top 80% higher than 20% 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.
Unknown County inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 208 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
- 1990
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 10.1 m (33 ft)
- Deck Width
- 16.8 m (55 ft)
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 61 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 06243
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether MOOSE MEADOW ROAD is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare MOOSE MEADOW 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 MOOSE MEADOW ROAD?
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is MOOSE MEADOW ROAD inspected?
MOOSE MEADOW 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 61 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. MOOSE MEADOW ROAD is currently shown as Fair condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for MOOSE MEADOW ROAD?
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD has an NBI inventory load rating of 32.7 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining MOOSE MEADOW ROAD?
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is MOOSE MEADOW ROAD and does age affect safety?
MOOSE MEADOW ROAD was built in 1990, making it 36 years old.
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