RTE 908M
Carrying RTE 908M over EAST MEADOW BROOK
3 MI W JCT RTS SSP+WSP, Nassau, New York
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
RTE 908M in Nassau, New York sits above 15% of rated New York bridges on inventory load rating (26 t), while its 1956 build year is earlier than 50% of Nassau's recorded-year cohort (328 bridges).
RTE 908M in Nassau, New York is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1956, 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 NY:000000001056549
INTERSTATE-ERA · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · HEAVY-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- INTERSTATE-ERA 1950–1979
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- HEAVY-ADT Heavy 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: RTE 908M
The RTE 908M bridge in Nassau, New York carries RTE 908M over EAST MEADOW BROOK. It was built in 1956, making it 70 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete continuous and spans 3 sections, stretching 10.4 meters (34 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 145,542 vehicles, placing it in the heavily-trafficked tier of New York bridges. It is owned and maintained by State Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in fair condition (see the full component ratings below). None of this bridge's reported major components fall into the Poor condition range.
How RTE 908M compares
Age against the county: built in 1956, earlier than 163 of Nassau's 328 bridges with a recorded construction year (50%), against a county median build year of 1956.
Live comparison across New York bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (17,641 of 17,642 rated).
RTE 908M vs every rated New York bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
26 Top 85% higher than 15% of 17,641 bridges
rated New York 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.
Nassau inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 328 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
- 1956
- Material
- Concrete Continuous
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 10.4 m (34 ft) 0
- Owner
- State Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 145,542 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000001056549
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 RTE 908M 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 RTE 908M against other structures in Nassau and across New York. New York 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 RTE 908M?
RTE 908M in Nassau, New York on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is RTE 908M inspected?
RTE 908M'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 145,542 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. RTE 908M 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 RTE 908M?
RTE 908M has an NBI inventory load rating of 25.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining RTE 908M?
RTE 908M is owned and maintained by State Highway Agency.
How old is RTE 908M and does age affect safety?
RTE 908M was built in 1956, making it 70 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.