MILLER POND ROAD
Carrying MILLER POND ROAD over BUCKLAND POND
150 FT N OF BUSH HILL RD, Unknown County, Connecticut
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
MILLER POND ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut sits above 96% of rated Connecticut bridges on inventory load rating (100 t), while its 2005 build year is earlier than 5% of Unknown County's recorded-year cohort (914 bridges).
MILLER POND ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 2005, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 7. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Good 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:06845
POST-2000 · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- POST-2000 2000+
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy load
- CAT-GOOD Good
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: MILLER POND ROAD
The MILLER POND ROAD bridge in Unknown County, Connecticut carries MILLER POND ROAD over BUCKLAND POND. It was built in 2005, making it 21 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 8.5 meters (28 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 215 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 good condition (see the full component ratings below). All reported major components score above the Poor range.
How MILLER POND ROAD compares
Age against the county: built in 2005, earlier than 45 of Unknown County's 914 bridges with a recorded construction year (5%), against a county median build year of 1969. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Connecticut bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (4,365 rated).
MILLER POND ROAD vs every rated Connecticut bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
100 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 914 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
- 2005
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 8.5 m (28 ft) 0
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 215 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 06845
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 MILLER POND 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 MILLER POND 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 MILLER POND ROAD?
MILLER POND ROAD in Unknown County, Connecticut on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is MILLER POND ROAD inspected?
MILLER POND 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 215 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. MILLER POND ROAD is currently shown as Good condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for MILLER POND ROAD?
MILLER POND ROAD has an NBI inventory load rating of 99.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining MILLER POND ROAD?
MILLER POND ROAD is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is MILLER POND ROAD and does age affect safety?
MILLER POND ROAD was built in 2005, making it 21 years old.
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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Component ratings, ADT, and condition category on this page are copied from the NBI record for this structure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.