New Castle County, DE
533 public highway bridges
New Castle County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, New Castle County, Delaware contains 533 public highway bridges. Roughly 22.9% are rated “Good,” 41.8% “Fair,” and 0.9% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Condition Distribution
All Bridges (533)
I495SB TO US13
UnknownOver: US 13
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
ROGERS RD
UnknownOver: I 495
EAST OF WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 495 SB
UnknownOver: SR9
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 495 NB
UnknownOver: SR9
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 495
UnknownOver: TERMINAL AVE, RD 359
SOUTH OF WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 495
UnknownOver: CHRISTINA RIVER, N/S RR
WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
TWELTH ST
UnknownOver: I-495 RD 60
WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 495 NB
UnknownOver: EDGEMOOR RD
EDGEMOOR, New Castle, DE
I 495 SB
UnknownOver: EDGEMOOR RD
EDGEMOOR, New Castle, DE
I 495 NB
UnknownOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN&AMTRAK
S. OF BELLEFONTE, New Castle, DE
I 495 SB
UnknownOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN&AMTRAK
EDGEMOOR, New Castle, DE
MYRTLE AVE
UnknownOver: I495/VIETNAM VET MEM HGY
CLAYMONT, New Castle, DE
PHILA PIKE/MARKET
UnknownOver: I-495 RD 60
CLAYMONT, New Castle, DE
RAMP I 495 SB
UnknownOver: I 95 & I 295 EB
CHRISTIANA INTERCHANGE, New Castle, DE
SR 1
UnknownOver: SR7 / BEAR-CORBIT RD.
NORTH OF WRANGLE HILL, New Castle, DE
SR 1
UnknownOver: SR 7 / BEAR-CORBIT RD.
NORTH OF WRANGLE HILL, New Castle, DE
KOREAN WAR VET MEM
UnknownOver: C&D CANAL, RD 412
C&D CANAL, New Castle, DE
SR 1
UnknownOver: US 13
SOUTH OF ST GEORGES, New Castle, DE
SR 1
UnknownOver: US 13
N. OF ODESSA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: PINE TREE RD
N/E OF TOWNSEND, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: PINE TREE ROAD
N/E OF TOWNSEND, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: DUPONT HGWY/ US13
S. OF TOWNSEND, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: DUPONT HGWY/US13
S. OF TOWNSEND, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: DUPONT PKY&SANDOM BRNCH
BLACKBIRD AREA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: DUPONT PKY&SANDOM BRNCH
BLACKBIRD AREA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: BLACK DIAMOND RD
NORTH OF SMYRNA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: BLACK DIAMOND RD
NORTH OF SMYRNA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEMORIA
UnknownOver: US 13
NORTH OF ODESSA, New Castle, DE
SR 1
UnknownOver: US 13
NORTH OF ODESSA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: US 13 (DUPONT BLVD)
NORTH OF SMYRNA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: US 13 (DUPONT BLVD)
NORTH OF SMYRNA, New Castle, DE
KOREAN VET MEM HWY
UnknownOver: HARRIS RD.
SOUTH OF ODESSA, New Castle, DE
SR1 KOREAN WAR HWY
UnknownOver: HARRIS RD.
SOUTH OF ODESSA, New Castle, DE
FOURTH STREET
FairOver: CHRISTINA RIVER
WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
CAPITAL TRAIL/SR2
FairOver: MUDDY RUN
EAST OF NEWARK, New Castle, DE
S. WALNUT ST.
FairOver: CHRISTINA RIVER
WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
I 295 N & US 40 E
FairOver: DELAWARE RIVER
NEW CASTLE, New Castle, DE
RISING SUN LANE
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
N/W WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
PAPER MILL RD
FairOver: WHITE CLAY CREEK
NORTH NEWARK, New Castle, DE
SR7 & SR4
FairOver: WHITE CLAY CREEK
STANTON, New Castle, DE
FOURTH ST
FairOver: CSX RAILROAD
WILMINGTON, New Castle, DE
KIRKWOOD HWY/SR2
FairOver: LITTLE MILL CREEK
ELSMERE, New Castle, DE
ROCKLAND RD
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
ROCKLAND, New Castle, DE
DEL 896, US71,301S
FairOver: C&D CANAL
9 MI W OF REEDY POINT, New Castle, DE
DELAWARE RT. 9
FairOver: C&D CANAL
1/2 MI S OF DEL. CITY, New Castle, DE
SALEM CHURCH RD
FairOver: BECKS POND/BELLTOWN RUN
S/E OF NEWARK, New Castle, DE
OLD BALTIMORE PIKE
FairOver: TRIB. TO CHRISTINA CREEK
S. OF NEWARK, New Castle, DE
I 295 S & US 40 W
FairOver: DELAWARE RIVER
NEW CASTLE, New Castle, DE
OLD CAPITAL TRAIL
FairOver: RED CLAY CREEK
MARSHALLTON, New Castle, DE
LIBRARY AVE/SR 72
FairOver: AMTRAK
NEWARK, New Castle, DE
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