Total bridges
139
Public highway bridges in Garrett County
County profile · official public datasets
Garrett County, MD
139 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.1% rated Good, 68.3% Fair, 11.5% Poor.
- 139
- Public bridges
- 20.1%
- Good condition
- 11.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Garrett County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 24th
- of 24 on Poor share
- 11.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 139
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Garrett County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Garrett County ranks #24 of 24 Maryland counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.5%). Garrett County, Maryland contains 139 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.1% are rated “Good,” 68.3% “Fair,” and 11.5% “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
20.1%
28 of 139 rated 7-9
Fair condition
68.3%
95 of 139 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.5%
16 of 139 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#24 of 24
Among Maryland counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 139 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 20.1% (28)
Fair 68.3% (95)
Poor 11.5% (16)
Garrett County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,511 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 344 crossings a day against 1,655 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 139 of 139 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
48.9% of Garrett County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 139 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 20.1% 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 30.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 219 over YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, built 1900, carries 1,660 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 5,511 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Garrett County's bridges were built
139 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s 5
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
36 bridges
- 1980s 14
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s 6
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
19 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Maryland average (1972).
How Garrett County compares with Maryland's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maryland counties nearest Garrett County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 23 Maryland counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil County | 193 | 32.1% | 63.7% | 4.1% | 1972 |
| Garrett County (this page) | 139 | 20.1% | 68.3% | 11.5% | 1970 |
| Wicomico County | 99 | 27.3% | 66.7% | 6.1% | 1975 |
| Charles County | 94 | 44.7% | 46.8% | 8.5% | 1974 |
| Queen Anne's County | 88 | 21.6% | 77.3% | 1.1% | 1971 |
| Worcester County | 82 | 30.5% | 67.1% | 2.4% | 1978 |
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 Garrett 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 Garrett County, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MD (139 bridges here).
- Bulloch County, GA · 139 bridges
- St. Helena County, LA · 139 bridges
- Midland County, MI · 139 bridges
- Leflore County, MS · 139 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MD (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (139)
GORMAN STREET
FairOver: NYDEGGER RUN
0.32 MI NORTH OF MD 560, Garrett, MD
Built 2002 Load: 12.2 t ADT: 53
FRICKS CROSSING RO
FairOver: LITTLE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVE
0.6 M N INT GARRETT RD, Garrett, MD
Built 2000 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 138
GROVE ROAD
FairOver: MILL RUN
0.01 MI S MILL RUN ROAD, Garrett, MD
Built 1986 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 12
JENNINGS ROAD
FairOver: SOUTH BRANCH CASSELMAN R
0.06 MI E BEAR HILL RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1917 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 207
MD 39
FairOver: CSX TRANSPORTATION
0.05 MILE WEST OF US 219, Garrett, MD
Built 1994 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 5,671
MD 135
FairOver: LITTLE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVE
0.12 MILE WEST OF MD 560, Garrett, MD
Built 1959 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 10,972
ACCIDENT FRIENDSVI
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.01 MI S ACC FRNDVLLE RD, Garrett, MD
Built 2002 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 120
MANSFIELD ROAD
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
0.74 MI W OF US RTE 219, Garrett, MD
Built 1986 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 97
MD 742
FairOver: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER
0.48 MILE NORTH OF MD 42, Garrett, MD
Built 1932 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 1,184
BLOOMING ROSE ROAD
FairOver: IS 68
0.22 MI S OF MD 42, Garrett, MD
Built 1975 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,113
MD 42
FairOver: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER
0.11 MILE NORTH OF MD 742, Garrett, MD
Built 1976 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,791
US 219J
FairOver: IS 68/US 40
0.48 MI S OF US 40AL, Garrett, MD
Built 1975 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,612
KEMPTON ROAD
FairOver: LAUREL RUN
0.8 M S OF RED OAK ROAD, Garrett, MD
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 250
US 219
FairOver: SOUTH BRANCH BEAR CREEK
.07 MILE NORTH OF MD 826P, Garrett, MD
Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,900
PEA RIDGE SPUR
FairOver: ELK LICK RUN
150 E OF WESTERNPORT RD, Garrett, MD
Built 2000 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 70
US 40/US 219
FairOver: IS 68
0.47 MILE N OF MD 948H, Garrett, MD
Built 1975 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 4,402
NEW GERMANY ROAD
FairOver: IS 68 US 219
0.11 MI S OF US 40AL, Garrett, MD
Built 1974 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 430
OAKLAND-SANG RUN R
FairOver: DEEP CREEK
0.09 M N INT MAYHEW INN R, Garrett, MD
Built 1967 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 529
OLD MORGANTOWN RD
FairOver: INTERSTATE 68
4.48 MI E OF MD 742, Garrett, MD
Built 1975 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 999
BUFFALO RUN ROAD
FairOver: BUFFALO RUN
1.33 MI E OF MD RTE 42, Garrett, MD
Built 1982 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 40
DUNG HILL ROAD
FairOver: NORTH BRANCH CASSELMAN R
0.7 MI. WEST MD. RTE 495, Garrett, MD
Built 1956 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 676
US 40 ALT
FairOver: BIG SHADE RUN
0.62 MILE WEST OF MD 669, Garrett, MD
Built 1932 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 1,783
GREEN LANTERN RD
FairOver: IS 68
0.23 MI S OF US 40AL, Garrett, MD
Built 1975 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 999
SAVAGE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: CRABTREE CREEK
0.03 MI E SPRING LICK RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 598
SAVAGE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: MIDDLE FORK
0.7 MI N OF SPRING LICK R, Garrett, MD
Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 544
FRIENDSVILLE ADDIS
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.04 MI NE OF PARK AVE, Garrett, MD
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,055
ACCIDENT BEAR CREE
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.17 MI SE WALNUT ST, Garrett, MD
Built 1921 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,345
ARTHUR DEVINE ROAD
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.1 MI SW ACC BEAR CR RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27
MILL RUN ROAD
FairOver: MILL RUN
1.6 M NE FRNDSVLLEADDISON, Garrett, MD
Built 1950 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 29
CRANESVILLE ROAD
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
1.2 M N INT MAPPLE GLADE, Garrett, MD
Built 1953 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 372
DURST ROAD
FairOver: NORTH BRANCH OF THE CASS
0.5 MI SE INT AMISH ROAD, Garrett, MD
Built 1999 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 139
MD 135
FairOver: LITTLE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVE
0.28 MILE EAST OF MD 560, Garrett, MD
Built 1932 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 6,712
SAVAGE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: SAVAGE RIVER
0.78 MI S WESTERNPORT RD, Garrett, MD
Built 2001 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 610
OAKLAND-ROSEDALE R
FairOver: LITTLE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVE
0.14 MI NORTH OF MD 39, Garrett, MD
Built 2004 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 1,070
ORENDORF ROAD
FairOver: NORTH BRANCH CASSELMAN R
SOUTH OF US 40, Garrett, MD
Built 1988 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 100
US 219
FairOver: WILSON RUN
0.025 M N OF E GREEN ST, Garrett, MD
Built 1925 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,524
SAVAGE RIVER ROAD
FairOver: SAVAGE RIVER
0.9 MI NW OF MD 135, Garrett, MD
Built 2007 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 285
CRELLIN MINE ROAD
FairOver: SNOWY CREEK
0.2 MI WEST OF CRELLIN ST, Garrett, MD
Built 1960 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 35
HUMBERSON ROAD
FairOver: BUFFALO RUN
.5 MI NW OLD GOOD HOPE RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1935 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 133
MD 135
FairOver: CSX TRANS.
0.66 MILE EAST OF MD 495A, Garrett, MD
Built 1930 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 3,198
MD 495
FairOver: IS 68/US 219
0.19 M N OF NORTH PARK RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1974 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,581
MD 546
FairOver: US 40 ALT
.07 MILE NORTH OF MD 546F, Garrett, MD
Built 1973 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,551
ACCIDENT-FRIENDSVI
FairOver: SOUTH BRANCH OF BEAR CRE
0.43 MI SE ACC BEAR CR RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1984 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 146
MD 495
FairOver: N BR OF CASSLEMAN RIVER
1.98 M S OF NORTH PARK RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1931 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2,581
IS 68 EB
FairOver: MAPLE ST BEAR CREEK
0.48 MILE EAST OF MD 742, Garrett, MD
Built 1973 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 12,240
IS 68 WB
FairOver: MAPLE ST BEAR CREEK
0.48 MILE EAST OF MD 742, Garrett, MD
Built 1973 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 12,240
UNDERWOOD ROAD
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
0.5 MI N OF MANSFIELD RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1998 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,185
IS 68 EB
FairOver: LOWER NEW GERMANY ROAD
1.72 MILES EAST OF US 219, Garrett, MD
Built 1974 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 15,440
IS 68 WB
FairOver: LOWER NEW GERMANY ROAD
1.72 MILES EAST OF US 219, Garrett, MD
Built 1974 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 15,440
SILVER KNOB ROAD
FairOver: YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER
0.1 M SE INT UNDERWOOD RD, Garrett, MD
Built 1984 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 324
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