Total bridges
576
Public highway bridges in Prince George's County
County profile · official public datasets
Prince George's County, MD
576 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.6% rated Good, 60.2% Fair, 3.1% Poor.
- 576
- Public bridges
- 36.6%
- Good condition
- 3.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Prince George's County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- Top 29%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 576
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- 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.
Prince George's County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Prince George's County ranks #7 of 24 Maryland counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Prince George's County, Maryland contains 576 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.6% are rated “Good,” 60.2% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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
36.6%
211 of 576 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.2%
347 of 576 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.1%
18 of 576 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 24
Among Maryland counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 576 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36.6% (211)
Fair 60.2% (347)
Poor 3.1% (18)
Prince George's County's Poor-condition bridges carry 186,683 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 10,371 crossings a day against 35,515 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 576 of 576 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
53.6% of Prince George's County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
309 of the 576 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 36.6% 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 25% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
MD 4 WBR over MD 717, built 1959, carries 46,652 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 186,683 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Prince George's County's bridges were built
576 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 14
1930–1939
14 bridges
- 1940s 24
1940–1949
24 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
96 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
133 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
58 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
62 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
66 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
73 bridges
- 2010s 33
2010–2019
33 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 133 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Maryland average (1972).
How Prince George's County compares with Maryland's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maryland counties nearest Prince George's County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 23 Maryland counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore County | 783 | 29.9% | 66.9% | 3.2% | 1971 |
| Prince George's County (this page) | 576 | 36.6% | 60.2% | 3.1% | 1976 |
| Montgomery County | 515 | 38.8% | 56.3% | 4.9% | 1978 |
| Frederick County | 486 | 43.2% | 54.1% | 2.7% | 1971 |
| Anne Arundel County | 389 | 32.6% | 65.8% | 1.5% | 1980 |
| Baltimore city County | 374 | 16% | 75.4% | 8.6% | 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 Prince George's 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 Prince George's County, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MD (576 bridges here).
- Bergen County, NJ · 577 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · 579 bridges
- Reno County, KS · 573 bridges
- Iroquois County, IL · 570 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MD (1976 here).
- Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- New Castle County, DE · avg 1976 · 527 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (347)
MD 201
FairOver: CSX TRANS.
0.12 MILE NORTH OF MD 459, Prince George's, MD
Built 1953 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 32,080
MD 4 NB
FairOver: MD 980D
1.52 MILES N OF MD 717, Prince George's, MD
Built 1959 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 50,961
GOOD LUCK ROAD
FairOver: BALD HILL BRANCH
0.09 MI E CIPRIANO RD, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 13,471
SELLMAN ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE PAINT BRANCH
.5 MI W OF US RTE 1, Prince George's, MD
Built 1985 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 7,293
CHERRY LANE (EAST)
FairOver: CSX RAILROAD
0.66 MI W OF MD 197, Prince George's, MD
Built 1990 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 10,861
CHERRY LANE (WEST)
FairOver: CSX RAILROAD
0.66 MILES WEST OF MD 197, Prince George's, MD
Built 1979 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 10,860
MD 4 WB
FairOver: RACE TRACK RD
0.37 MILE SOUTH OF MD 717, Prince George's, MD
Built 1960 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 46,652
MD 950A
FairOver: IS 595 RAMPS H D & C
0.07 M N OF EBENEZER LANE, Prince George's, MD
Built 1993 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 9,110
ROBLEE DRIVE
FairOver: BACK BRANCH
1.0 MILE NORTH OF MD 4, Prince George's, MD
Built 1968 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,200
IS 95X NB
FairOver: IS 495 IL TRIB PAINT BR
0.03 MNS OF BR NO 1612200, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,760
ARDWICK-ARDMORE RD
FairOver: IS 95
@ IS 95, Prince George's, MD
Built 1958 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 13,595
MD 198 WB
FairOver: IS 95 RAMP B
1.59 MILES WEST OF MD 216, Prince George's, MD
Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 49,801
MUIRKIRK ROAD
FairOver: US 1 & CSXT
MUIRKIRK ROAD AT US 1, Prince George's, MD
Built 1970 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 22,647
IS 95X NB
FairOver: IS 495 OL
0.13 M S OF BR NO 1617600, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 3,760
IS 95/495
FairOver: MD 450
1.05 MILES N OF IS 595, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 204,147
IS 95 IL
FairOver: GOOD LUCK ROAD
1.15 MILES S OF MD 295, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 204,147
GLENARDEN PKWY
FairOver: IS 95
0.93 MI N OF MD 202, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,745
MD 214
FairOver: WESTERN BRANCH
0.48 MILE WEST OD MD 193, Prince George's, MD
Built 1987 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 48,951
US 301 SB
FairOver: WESTERN BRANCH
0.12 MILE S OF MD 976C, Prince George's, MD
Built 1949 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 35,812
IS 95X NB
FairOver: IS 95 RAMP F(7)
0.21 M S OF BR NO 1612700, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 1,880
IS 95 RAMP I
FairOver: IS95X NB IS495OL RAMP F
0.92 MILE NORTH OF US 1, Prince George's, MD
Built 1987 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 65,948
MD 410
FairOver: AMTRAK WMATA BEAVER CR
0.17 MILE EAST OF US 50, Prince George's, MD
Built 1988 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 20,822
RITCHIE ROAD
FairOver: TRIBUTARY TO SOUTHWEST
0.37 MI SOUTH OF MD 214, Prince George's, MD
Built 1980 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 21,862
LOTTSFORD VISTA RD
FairOver: LOTTSFORD BRANCH
2.23 MI SOUTH OF MD 704, Prince George's, MD
Built 1999 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 7,518
WILLIAM BEANES RD
FairOver: FEDERAL SPRING BRANCH
1.1 MI EAST OF OSBORNE RD, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 763
STUART LANE
FairOver: TRIBUTARY TO PISCATAWAY
0.2 MI WEST OF MD 5, Prince George's, MD
Built 1993 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 1,571
US 1 SB
FairOver: PATUXENT RIVER
ON HOWARD CO LINE, Prince George's, MD
Built 1970 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 16,752
MD 193
FairOver: NORTHWEST BRANCH
0.37 MILE WEST OF MD 193B, Prince George's, MD
Built 1956 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 29,880
IS 95X SB
FairOver: IS 495 IL
0.15 M N OF BR NO 1612100, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,760
IS 95 OL
FairOver: GOOD LUCK ROAD
1.15 MILES S OF MD 295, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 204,147
I-495 O.L.
FairOver: AMTRAK
0.18 MILE SOUTH OF MD 450, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 226,100
MD 5 NB
FairOver: PISCATAWAY CREEK
2.13 MILES N OF MD 373, Prince George's, MD
Built 1969 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 32,251
EAST MAPLE AVENUE
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.03 MI NE OF SYCAMORE RD, Prince George's, MD
Built 1984 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 875
OLD ARDWICK-ARDMOR
FairOver: TRIB TO BALD HILL BRANCH
1.04 MILES E OF IS 95, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5,463
S LANDOVER ACCESS
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
0.5 MI N MD 202, Prince George's, MD
Built 1979 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 853
N LANDOVER ACCESS
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
0.5 MI N MD 202, Prince George's, MD
Built 1979 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 853
MD 201 NB
FairOver: IS 95
0.53 MILE NORTH OF MD 193, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 16,375
MD 201 SB
FairOver: IS 95
0.53 MILE NORTH OF MD 193, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 16,375
IS 95 IL
FairOver: RITCHIE MARLBORO ROAD
1.64 MILES S OF MD 214, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 201,196
MD 410
FairOver: CSX TRANS. MU STS
0.24 MILE EAST OF US 1, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 37,792
4TH STREET
FairOver: TRIB TO PATUXENT RIVER
0.1 MI SOUTH OF MD 198 EB, Prince George's, MD
Built 1950 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,240
SUITLAND PARKWAY (
FairOver: HENSON CREEK
0.1 MILES EAST OF FORESTV, Prince George's, MD
Built 1996 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 19,550
MD 223
FairOver: PISCATAWAY CREEK
0.1 MILE NORTH OF MD 223A, Prince George's, MD
Built 1974 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 112
US 50
FairOver: AMTRAK WMATA
0.74 MILE WEST OF IS 95, Prince George's, MD
Built 1959 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 108,214
IS 95X NB
FairOver: PAINT BRANCH
0.44 M S OF BR NO 1612400, Prince George's, MD
Built 1967 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,880
IS 95 OL
FairOver: RHODE ISLAND AVENUE
0.34 MILE SOUTH OF US 1, Prince George's, MD
Built 1963 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 215,560
IS 95 OL
FairOver: RITCHIE MARLBORO ROAD
1.64 MILES S OF MD 214, Prince George's, MD
Built 1964 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 201,196
IS 95/IS 495
FairOver: POTOMAC RIVER
ON VIRGINIA LINE, Prince George's, MD
Built 2008 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 135,287
MD 198 EB
FairOver: IS 95
1.85 MILES WEST OF MD 216, Prince George's, MD
Built 1971 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 49,801
CARTER AVENUE
FairOver: AMTRAK RAILROAD
0.05 MI SOUTH OF MD 564, Prince George's, MD
Built 1979 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 16,914
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