Kent County, DE

192 public highway bridges

Kent County Bridge Snapshot

Kent County, Delaware contains 192 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 40.1% are rated “Good,” 38.5% “Fair,” 1.6% “Poor,” and 1.6% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in DE are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

192
Total Bridges
40.1%
Good
1.6%
Poor
1.6%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
40.1% (77)
Fair
38.5% (74)
Poor
1.6% (3)
SD
1.6% (3)

All Bridges (192)

KOREAN WAR VET HWY

Fair

Over: LEIPSIC RIVER

EAST OF GARRISONS LAKE, Kent, DE

Built 1992 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 21,018

SR 14 / VERNON RD

Fair

Over: MARSHYHOPE CREEK

VERNON, Kent, DE

Built 1968 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 3,903

COLLEGE RD

Fair

Over: FORK BRANCH

DEL STATE COLLEGE, Kent, DE

Built 1968 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 8,041

CYPRESS BRANCH RD

Fair

Over: CYPRESS BRANCH

SOUTH OF DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1993 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 1,848

FREDERICA RD

Fair

Over: MURDERKILL RIVER

FREDERICA, Kent, DE

Built 2000 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,576

LITTLE MASTENS COR

Fair

Over: BLACK SWAMP CREEK

SOUTH OF FELTON, Kent, DE

Built 1977 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 455

CEDAR GROVE CHURCH

Fair

Over: WHITE MARSH BRANCH

N. OF WHITELEYSBURG, Kent, DE

Built 1957 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 192

HOURGLASS RD

Fair

Over: TAPPAHANNA DITCH

N.E. OF MARYDEL, Kent, DE

Built 1958 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 881

M.L.K. JR. BLVD.

Fair

Over: ST. JONES RIVER

DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1957 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 9,607

CARPENTER BRIDGE

Fair

Over: MURDERKILL RIVER

S.W. OF FREDERICA, Kent, DE

Built 1962 Load: 55.4 t ADT: 2,333

MUDMILL RD

Fair

Over: MUDMILL POND & CHOPTANK

N/W OF SANDTOWN, Kent, DE

Built 1976 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 589

CANTERBURY RD/SR15

Fair

Over: McCOLLEY'S POND

McCOLLEY'S POND, Kent, DE

Built 1984 Load: 71.6 t ADT: 5,231

KILLENS POND RD

Good

Over: KILLEN POND SPILLWAY

S.E. OF FELTON, Kent, DE

Built 1969 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 2,903

HICKMAN RD / SR16

Good

Over: MARSHYHOPE CREEK

ADAMSVILLE, Kent, DE

Built 1958 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 4,287

SCARBOROUGH RD

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

NORTH OF DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1999 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 14,877

KENTON RD

Good

Over: CAHOON BROOK

WEST DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1934 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 7,058

DUPONT HWY/US13

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SMYRNA, Kent, DE

Built 1940 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 25,313

N. MAIN ST / RD 65

Good

Over: DUCK CREEK

NORTH SMYRNA, Kent, DE

Built 1960 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 3,626

MILFORD-HARRINGTON

Good

Over: BROWNS BRANCH

EAST OF HARRINGTON, Kent, DE

Built 1922 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 7,277

SMYRNA LANDING RD

Good

Over: DUCK CREEK

EAST OF SMYRNA, Kent, DE

Built 1998 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 772

FOX HOLE RD

Good

Over: CULBRETH MARSH DITCH

S.E. OF MARYDEL, Kent, DE

Built 1974 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 336

CHURCH ST

Good

Over: MISPILLION RIVER

MILFORD, Kent, DE

Built 1994 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 99

FOX CHASE RD

Good

Over: HUDSON BRANCH

EAST OF CANTERBURY, Kent, DE

Built 2011 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,016

CARPENTERBRIDGE RD

Good

Over: ASH GUT

WEST OF FREDERICA, Kent, DE

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,725

WHITE OAK RD

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

EAST DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,421

COON DEN RD

Good

Over: NANTICOKE RIVER

SE OF FARMINGTON, Kent, DE

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 126

WALMART DRIVE

Good

Over: NEWELL BRANCH

S/E OF CAMDEN, Kent, DE

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 99

JEBB ROAD

Good

Over: ROSS PRONG

WEST OF WYOMING, Kent, DE

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 113

REEVES CROSSING RD

Good

Over: MURDERKILL RIVER

SOUTH OF FELTON, Kent, DE

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,430

INGRAM BRANCH RD

Good

Over: PRICE PRONG

WEST OF HARRINGTON, Kent, DE

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 239

BARRETT'S CHPL RD

Good

Over: HUDSON BRANCH

EAST OF CANTERBURY, Kent, DE

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,095

KILLENS POND RD

Good

Over: BROWNS BRANCH

N. OF MELVINS CROSSROADS, Kent, DE

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,605

RISING SUN RD

Good

Over: TIDBURY CREEK

SOUTH OF CAMDEN, Kent, DE

Built 1969 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 3,857

POW MIA PARKWAY

Good

Over: N/S RR & PUNCHEON RUN

WEST DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 2017 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 3,782

STRAUSS AVE

Good

Over: HARRINGTON BEAVERDAM DIT

MARYDEL, Kent, DE

Built 2011 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 173

POW MIA PARKWAY

Good

Over: N/S RR & PUNCHEON RUN

WEST DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 2017 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 3,782

JACKSON DITCH RD

Good

Over: BROWNS BRANCH

EAST OF HARRINGTON, Kent, DE

Built 1974 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,469

SEWELL BRANCH RD

Good

Over: SEWELL BRANCH

BLACKISTON WILDLIFE AREA, Kent, DE

Built 1975 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 405

BIG STONE BEACH RD

Good

Over: SWAN CREEK

N. MILFORD CITY LIMITS, Kent, DE

Built 2008 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 554

VICTORY CHAPEL RD

Good

Over: PENROSE BRANCH

WEST OF DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 2012 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 387

ALLEY MILL ROAD

Good

Over: PROVIDENCE CREEK

WEST OF CLAYTON, Kent, DE

Built 1968 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 659

WILLOW GROVE RD

Good

Over: MEREDITH BRANCH

EAST OF SANDTOWN, Kent, DE

Built 1959 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 3,341

SHADY BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: CULBRETH MARSH DITCH

SOUTH OF MARYDEL, Kent, DE

Built 2004 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 102

NORTH STATE ST

Good

Over: SILVER LAKE

DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1937 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 13,040

WILLOW GROVE RD.

Good

Over: COW MARSH BRANCH

S/W OF WILLOW GROVE, Kent, DE

Built 1959 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 3,341

IRISH HILL RD.

Good

Over: THORNDYK DITCH

S.W. OF MAGNOLIA, Kent, DE

Built 2019 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,191

HOLLERING HILL RD

Good

Over: COW MARSH CREEK

WEST OF WOODSIDE, Kent, DE

Built 2015 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 280

THOMPSONVILLE RD

Good

Over: FISHING BRANCH

NORTH OF MILFORD, Kent, DE

Built 1996 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 1,928

BROWNSVILLE RD

Good

Over: MARSHYHOPE CREEK

WEST OF HARRINGTON, Kent, DE

Built 2022 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 189

MCKEE RD.

Good

Over: FORK BRANCH

NORTH DOVER, Kent, DE

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,505

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial