Lake Shore Drive
Carrying Lake Shore Drive over Buckeye Brook
.43 mi w of Warwick Ave, Kent, Rhode Island
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
Lake Shore Drive in Kent, Rhode Island sits above 70% of rated Rhode Island bridges on inventory load rating (46 t), while its 2016 build year is earlier than 8% of Kent's recorded-year cohort (115 bridges).
Lake Shore Drive in Kent, Rhode Island is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 2016, 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 RI:000000000011440
POST-2000 · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- POST-2000 2000+
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy 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.
Bridge Snapshot: Lake Shore Drive
The Lake Shore Drive bridge in Kent, Rhode Island carries Lake Shore Drive over Buckeye Brook. It was built in 2016, making it 10 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 6.4 meters (21 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 1,032 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of Rhode Island bridges. It is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection records show culvert at 6/9. The weakest component sits in fair condition. No reported major component scores in the Poor range under the current federal condition thresholds.
How Lake Shore Drive compares
Age against the county: built in 2016, earlier than 9 of Kent's 115 bridges with a recorded construction year (8%), against a county median build year of 1967. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Rhode Island bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (783 rated).
Lake Shore Drive vs every rated Rhode Island bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
46 Top 30% higher than 70% of 783 bridges
rated Rhode Island 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.
Kent inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 115 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
- 2016
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 6.4 m (21 ft) 0
- Owner
- City/Municipal Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 1,032 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000000011440
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 Lake Shore Drive 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 Lake Shore Drive against other structures in Kent and across Rhode Island. Rhode Island 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 Lake Shore Drive?
Lake Shore Drive in Kent, Rhode Island on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is Lake Shore Drive inspected?
Lake Shore Drive'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 1,032 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. Lake Shore Drive 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 Lake Shore Drive?
Lake Shore Drive has an NBI inventory load rating of 46.0 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining Lake Shore Drive?
Lake Shore Drive is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
How old is Lake Shore Drive and does age affect safety?
Lake Shore Drive was built in 2016, making it 10 years old.
Disclaimer: Bridge condition data is from the FHWA NBI and reflects the last reported inspection. A Poor condition rating is not a live declaration that a bridge is closed or unsafe for travel. For current closure, posting, or safety information, contact the responsible transportation agency.
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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.