New Castle County, DE
533 public highway bridges
New Castle County Bridge Snapshot
New Castle County, Delaware contains 533 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 22.9% are rated “Good,” 41.8% “Fair,” 0.9% “Poor,” and 0.9% 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.
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
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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| Sources | FHWA National Bridge Inventory, public U.S. government datasets |