Total bridges
110
Public highway bridges in Washington County
County profile · official public datasets
Washington County, ME
110 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.2% rated Good, 42.7% Fair, 19.1% Poor.
- 110
- Public bridges
- 38.2%
- Good condition
- 19.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Washington County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 12th
- of 16 on Poor share
- 19.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 110
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Washington County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #12 of 16 Maine counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 19.1%). Washington County, Maine contains 110 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.2% are rated “Good,” 42.7% “Fair,” and 19.1% “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
38.2%
42 of 110 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.7%
47 of 110 rated 5-6
Poor condition
19.1%
21 of 110 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#12 of 16
Among Maine counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 110 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 38.2% (42)
Fair 42.7% (47)
Poor 19.1% (21)
Washington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 21,293 vehicle crossings a day
That is 11.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 19.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,014 crossings a day against 2,415 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 110 of 110 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
55.5% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
61 of the 110 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 38.2% 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 21.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
ROUTE 1 over CHANDLER RIVER, built 1934, carries 4,513 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 21-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 21,293 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Washington County's bridges were built
110 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s 6
1970–1979
6 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
16 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
15 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 14.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1972) matches the Maine average (1970).
How Washington County compares with Maine's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maine counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 19.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 15 Maine counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | 135 | 41.5% | 48.1% | 10.4% | 1974 |
| Franklin County | 128 | 24.2% | 53.9% | 21.9% | 1968 |
| Washington County (this page) | 110 | 38.2% | 42.7% | 19.1% | 1972 |
| Waldo County | 92 | 16.3% | 66.3% | 17.4% | 1964 |
| Piscataquis County | 80 | 18.8% | 60% | 21.3% | 1966 |
| Hancock County | 70 | 21.4% | 55.7% | 22.9% | 1964 |
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 Washington 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 Washington County, both outside Maine so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside ME (110 bridges here).
- Lincoln County, AR · 110 bridges
- Sharp County, AR · 110 bridges
- Jerome County, ID · 110 bridges
- Comanche County, KS · 110 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside ME (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (110)
COUNTY RD
FairOver: EAST STREAM
1.0 MI E TOWNLINE, Washington, ME
Built 1919 Load: 4.2 t ADT: 2,211
INDIAN RIVER RD
FairOver: INDIAN RIVER
6.5 MI SO US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1921 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 2,051
US 1
FairOver: DENNYS RIVER
1MI SO #86, Washington, ME
Built 1955 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 1,694
US 1
FairOver: NEW HOBART STREAM
2 MI. S. #86, Washington, ME
Built 1955 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,559
SACARAPA RD
FairOver: TROUT BROOK
0.7 MI N OF HARRINGTON, Washington, ME
Built 1948 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 74
MAIN ST
FairOver: WAPSACONHAGAN
.1 MI N JCT 1, Washington, ME
Built 1930 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,936
BLACKS WOODS RD
FairOver: TUNK STREAM
0.1 MI E OF TWP10 MD, Washington, ME
Built 1933 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 999
NORTH ST
FairOver: NARRAGUAGUS RIVER
1 MI E JCT 182, Washington, ME
Built 1924 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 705
CHASES MILL RD
FairOver: EAST MACHIAS RIVER
.3 MI. E. RT. 191, Washington, ME
Built 1952 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 348
RIM RD
FairOver: MACHIAS RIVER
0.6 MI N OF JCT RTE 92, Washington, ME
Built 1972 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,250
MAIN ST
FairOver: ST CROIX RIVER
0.3 MI N OF JCT RTE US1, Washington, ME
Built 1957 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 2,560
VILLAGE RD
FairOver: TUNK STREAM
0.3 MI SW OF US 1 E jct, Washington, ME
Built 1927 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 316
SACO RD
FairOver: WESTERN LITTLE RIVER
4MI N JCT US1, Washington, ME
Built 1942 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 63
US HIGHWAY 1A
FairOver: HARRINGTON RIVER
.2MI S JCT US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1976 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 3,167
DYER BAY RD
FairOver: DYER CREEK
2 MI S JCT US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1949 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 547
STATION RD
FairOver: CHANDLER RIVER
2.5 MI W JCT US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1949 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 228
AIRLINE RD
FairOver: NARRAGUAGUS RIVER
0.5 M NE OF T22 MD, Washington, ME
Built 1957 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 2,872
LUBEC RD
FairOver: ORANGE RIVER
0.1 MI S JCT RTE US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1951 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,283
TIDE MILL RD
FairOver: CRANE MILL BROOK
.3 MI N/E RTE 1, Washington, ME
Built 1972 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 74
BUNKER HILL RD
FairOver: DENNYS RIVER
DENNYSVLE-EDMUNDS TL, Washington, ME
Built 1921 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 252
ROUTE 1
FairOver: WHITTEN BROOK
50 FT E OF T7 SD T L, Washington, ME
Built 1962 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 3,590
MILFORD RD
FairOver: MUSQUASH STREAM
0.5 MI E TOWN LINE, Washington, ME
Built 1997 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 515
VANCEBORO RD
FairOver: MAIN TOMAH STREAM
7.2 MI NE OF TOPSFIELD, Washington, ME
Built 1967 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 326
NORTH ST
FairOver: SAINT CROIX RIVER
.2 MI NO US #1, Washington, ME
Built 1967 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,016
RIDGE RD
FairOver: PENNAMAQUAN
1.4 MI NE OF RTE 214, Washington, ME
Built 1944 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 316
US 1
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
.2 MI N JCT RTE 190, Washington, ME
Built 1956 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 2,283
SPRINGFIELD RD
FairOver: BASKAHEGAN STREAM
0.1 MI W OF JCT US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1953 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,100
MAIN ST
FairOver: HARRINGTON RIVER
.7 MI W TOWN, Washington, ME
Built 1968 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 2,692
WATER ST
FairOver: PLEASANT RIVER
2.5 MI S JCT 1, Washington, ME
Built 1981 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 1,304
AIRLINE RD
FairOver: MACHIAS RIVER
0.1 MI E TOWNLINE, Washington, ME
Built 1971 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 2,872
CROSS RD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
1 MI. E. TIBBETTSTOWN RD., Washington, ME
Built 1954 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 53
S MAIN ST
FairOver: DAN HILL STREAM
0.8 MI N OF JONESBORO, Washington, ME
Built 2005 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 821
ROUTE 1
FairOver: PLEASANT RIVER
.7 MI E TOWNLINE, Washington, ME
Built 1961 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,408
CUTLER RD
FairOver: MEADOW BROOK
4 MI SE OF WHITING, Washington, ME
Built 1980 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 715
US HIGHWAY 1A
FairOver: MILL RIVER
MILBRIDGE/HARRNGTON T.L., Washington, ME
Built 1942 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 3,461
US 1
FairOver: PENNAMAQUAM RIVER
1.5 MI E JCT RTE 214, Washington, ME
Built 1951 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 2,093
ST RTE 191
FairOver: HOLMES STREAM
0.2 MI N OFCUTLER, Washington, ME
Built 1974 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 947
AIRLINE RD
FairOver: EAST MACHIAS RIVER
4 MI NE JCT OF RTE 192, Washington, ME
Built 1973 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 2,814
LAKEVIEW RD
FairOver: BIG MUSQUASH STREAM
2.5 MI W JCT US1, Washington, ME
Built 1938 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 973
LOVE LAKE RD
FairOver: INLET TO LOVE LAKE
1 MI E OF RTE 9 ONINV976, Washington, ME
Built 1996 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 32
ST RTE 6
FairOver: LITTLE TOMAH STREAM
5.0 MI NE OF TOPSFIELD, Washington, ME
Built 1982 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 410
MAIN ST
FairOver: EAST MACHIAS RIVER
AT JCT RTE 191, Washington, ME
Built 1902 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 2,979
MARSHVILLE RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
3 MI S TOWNLINE, Washington, ME
Built 1982 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 916
TIBBETTSTOWN RD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
3.0 MI N OF JCT RTE US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1961 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 284
OLD COUNTY RD
FairOver: PENNAMAQUAN RIVER
0.6 MI SW RT 1, Washington, ME
Built 1901 Load: 71.6 t ADT: 515
S MEADOW RD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
0.4 MI W JCT RTE US1, Washington, ME
Built 1944 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 631
UNIONVILLE RD
FairOver: TUNK STREAM
5.8 MI N JCT US 1, Washington, ME
Built 1952 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 221
MAIN ST
GoodOver: MIDDLE RIVER
.4 MI E TOWNLINE, Washington, ME
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 9,731
HOWARD MILL ROAD
GoodOver: W BRANCH MAGURREWOCK CRK
HOWARD MILL ROAD, Washington, ME
Built 2000 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
GOODALL HEATH ROAD
GoodOver: W BRANCH MAGURREWOCK CRK
GOODALL HEATH ROAD, Washington, ME
Built 2000 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1
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