Total bridges
252
Public highway bridges in Oxford County
County profile · official public datasets
Oxford County, ME
252 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25% rated Good, 57.5% Fair, 17.5% Poor.
- 252
- Public bridges
- 25%
- Good condition
- 17.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Oxford County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 9th
- of 16 on Poor share
- 17.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 252
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Oxford County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Oxford County ranks #9 of 16 Maine counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.5%). Oxford County, Maine contains 252 public highway bridges. Roughly 25% are rated “Good,” 57.5% “Fair,” and 17.5% “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.
Good condition
25%
63 of 252 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.5%
145 of 252 rated 5-6
Poor condition
17.5%
44 of 252 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#9 of 16
Among Maine counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 252 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 25% (63)
Fair 57.5% (145)
Poor 17.5% (44)
Oxford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 65,556 vehicle crossings a day
That is 16.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,490 crossings a day against 1,824 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 252 of 252 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58.7% of Oxford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
148 of the 252 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 25% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 17.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
MAIN ST over TANNERY (BIRD) BROOK, built 1929, carries 11,655 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 44-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 65,556 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Oxford County's bridges were built
252 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
20 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
40 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
32 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
29 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
22 bridges
- 1990s 14
1990–1999
14 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
24 bridges
- 2020s 12
2020–2029
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1968) matches the Maine average (1970).
How Oxford County compares with Maine's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maine counties nearest Oxford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 15 Maine counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penobscot County | 301 | 20.9% | 61.1% | 17.9% | 1972 |
| Oxford County (this page) | 252 | 25% | 57.5% | 17.5% | 1968 |
| York County | 236 | 32.6% | 58.1% | 9.3% | 1976 |
| Aroostook County | 229 | 17.9% | 71.6% | 10.5% | 1970 |
| Kennebec County | 188 | 19.1% | 67.6% | 13.3% | 1965 |
| Somerset County | 173 | 19.7% | 56.6% | 23.7% | 1967 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Oxford County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Oxford County, both outside Maine so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside ME (252 bridges here).
- Montgomery County, IN · 252 bridges
- Morgan County, IN · 252 bridges
- Harlan County, KY · 252 bridges
- Colfax County, NE · 252 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside ME (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (145)
GREEN WOODS RD
FairOver: E BRANCH NEZINSCOT RIVER
250 FT NLY OF SUMNER TL, Oxford, ME
Built 1959 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 361
FRYE CROSSOVER RD
FairOver: SWIFT RIVER
0.1 MI W OF RTE 17, Oxford, ME
Built 1958 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 630
WILSONS MILLS
FairOver: COLD BROOK
2.0 MI WLY RANGELEY T.L., Oxford, ME
Built 1962 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 402
TURNER ST
FairOver: WHITNEY BROOK
AT JCT WITH ROUTE 140, Oxford, ME
Built 1970 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 4,222
ANDOVER RD
FairOver: ELLIS RIVER
75 FT N OF JCT RTE 5, Oxford, ME
Built 1961 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 402
WATERFORD RD
FairOver: DUCK POND BROOK
1.5 MI WLY OF WATERFORD, Oxford, ME
Built 1967 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 372
SEBAGO RD
FairOver: HANCOCK BROOK
1.5 MI E OF JCT RTE 117, Oxford, ME
Built 1941 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 270
E B HILL RD
FairOver: FRYE BROOK
0.1 MI W OF ANDOVER TL, Oxford, ME
Built 1963 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 155
HILL ST
FairOver: STONY BROOK
AT JUNCTION ROUTE 119, Oxford, ME
Built 1990 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 3,973
MAYVILLE RD
FairOver: CNR&RR ST
US 2 OVER CNRR & RTE 26, Oxford, ME
Built 1962 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 6,027
MORRILL ST
FairOver: NEZINSCOT RIVER(W.BR.)
.1 MI N JCT 117, Oxford, ME
Built 1978 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 3,360
KING ST
FairOver: THOMPSON LAKE OUTLET
0.1 MI S OF JCT RTE 121, Oxford, ME
Built 1954 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 2,051
PARIS HILL RD
FairOver: BASIN FALLS BROOK
2.1 MI W N. BUCKFIELD RD, Oxford, ME
Built 1967 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 402
LOVELL RD
FairOver: OLD COURSE OF SACO RIVER
2.0 MI S OF LOVELL, Oxford, ME
Built 1986 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 2,680
MAIN ST
FairOver: W BR NEZINSCOT RIVER
4.7 MI W OF HARTFORD, Oxford, ME
Built 1960 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 1,416
BRIDGTON RD
FairOver: SACO RIVER
4 MI W OF BRIDGTON, Oxford, ME
Built 1984 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,991
STATION RD
FairOver: BICKNELL BROOK
.5 MI E JCT 124, Oxford, ME
Built 1938 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 753
HIGH ST
FairOver: LITTLE ANDROSCOGGIN RIV
30 FT SE OF JCT RTE 219, Oxford, ME
Built 1926 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 867
S ARM RD
FairOver: BIRCH BROOK
2 MI N TOWNLINE, Oxford, ME
Built 1968 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 144
E MAIN ST
FairOver: LITTLE ANDRO RIVER
.2 MI E 26, Oxford, ME
Built 1938 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 8,333
MAYVILLE RD
FairOver: BEAR RIVER
100 FT NE OF BETHEL TL, Oxford, ME
Built 1929 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 5,738
REDDING RD
FairOver: W BRANCH NEZINSCOT RIVER
1.0 MI W.BLACK MTN RD, Oxford, ME
Built 1998 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 112
BETHEL RD
FairOver: MOOSE POND BROOK
0.6 MI S OF JCT RTE 219, Oxford, ME
Built 1923 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 6,718
ELLIS RIVER RD
FairOver: HOWE VALLEY BROOK
0.5 MI S OF ANDOVER TL, Oxford, ME
Built 1980 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 846
MCINTIRE RD
FairOver: CROOKED RIVER
0.2 MI N OF RTE 118, Oxford, ME
Built 1974 Load: 51.5 t ADT: 21
WILSONS MILLS
FairOver: MAGALLOWAY R
403 MI WLY ADAMSTOWN TWP, Oxford, ME
Built 1982 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 310
LEBANON RD
FairOver: CONCORD RIVER
0.2 MI NW OF MILTON TWP, Oxford, ME
Built 1967 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 341
W FRYEBURG RD
FairOver: MILL BROOK
0.4 MI NE OF N.H., Oxford, ME
Built 1963 Load: 55.4 t ADT: 1,090
PARK ST
FairOver: MOODY BROOK
0.7 MI S OF WEST PARIS, Oxford, ME
Built 1964 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 6,615
PENLEY AV
FairOver: LITTLE ANDROSCOGGIN RIV
0.2 MI WLY OF MAIN ST, Oxford, ME
Built 1978 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 630
BEAR RIVER RD
FairOver: SWIFT CAMBRIDGE RIVER
6.2 MI NW OF NEWRY, Oxford, ME
Built 1937 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 820
UPTON RD
FairOver: STONEY BROOK
2.2 MI W JCT RTE 5 & 120, Oxford, ME
Built 1951 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 248
POND BROOK RD
FairOver: POND BROOK
1.3 MI SLY OF JCT RTE 16, Oxford, ME
Built 1987 Load: 59.6 t ADT: 52
MAIN ST
FairOver: PENNESSEEWASSEE STREAM
.7 MI WLY BEGIN RTE 118, Oxford, ME
Built 1964 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 9,804
MINERAL SPRINGS RO
FairOver: SPEARS STREAM
0.4 MI E OF DICKVALE RD, Oxford, ME
Built 1983 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 117
CAMP RD
FairOver: 0.5 MI SE RTE 140
0.5 MI SE RTE 140, Oxford, ME
Built 1988 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 222
CHRISTIAN RIDGE RD
FairOver: STONY BROOK
0.25 MI. W. RTE. 117, Oxford, ME
Built 1988 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 124
MAIN ST
FairOver: NEWTON BROOK
4.0 MI E JCT OF RTE 142, Oxford, ME
Built 2008 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 4,281
BEAR RIVER RD
FairOver: WIGHT BROOK
0.2 MI W OF GRAFTON TWP, Oxford, ME
Built 1978 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 835
PEQUAWKET TRL
FairOver: HANCOCK BROOK
300 S OF N JCT RTE 117, Oxford, ME
Built 1950 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 3,700
NORTH RD
FairOver: CHAPMAN BROOK
2.1 MI W RTE 2, Oxford, ME
Built 1981 Load: 83.6 t ADT: 159
SWEDEN RD
FairOver: MUTINY BROOK
0.9 MI W OF JCT RTE 35, Oxford, ME
Built 1953 Load: 88.5 t ADT: 671
VERNON ST
FairOver: MILL BROOK
2.2 MI SLY OF GREENWOOD, Oxford, ME
Built 1939 Load: 93.3 t ADT: 356
SUNDAY RIVER RD
FairOver: RILEY BROOK
0.4 MI NLY OF BETHEL, Oxford, ME
Built 1956 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 2,250
W PARIS RD
FairOver: LITTLE ANDROSCOGGIN RIVE
1.1 MI W OF WEST PARIS, Oxford, ME
Built 1967 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 399
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