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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.

Total bridges

576

Public highway bridges in Prince George's County

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

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Prince George's County and the 5 Maryland counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Baltimore County 783 3.2%
Prince George's County (this page) 576 3.1%
Montgomery County 515 4.9%
Frederick County 486 2.7%
Anne Arundel County 389 1.5%
Baltimore city County 374 8.6%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MD (1976 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 576 Good 211 Fair 347 Poor 18

Good-condition bridges (211)

MD 200 WB

Good

Over: I-95

0.9 mi S of Van Dusen Rd, Prince George's, MD

Built 2011 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 11,521

CEDARVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: MATTAWOMAN CREEK

1.14 MI EAST OF US 301, Prince George's, MD

Built 2017 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 4,441

MD 198 EB

Good

Over: LAFAYETTE AVE CSX TRANS

0.26 MILE WEST OF MD 197, Prince George's, MD

Built 1984 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 21,349

MD 198 WB

Good

Over: LAFAYETTE AVE CSX TRANS

0.26 MILE WEST OF MD 197, Prince George's, MD

Built 1944 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 20,511

MD 197

Good

Over: IS 595

1.43 MILES S OF MD 450, Prince George's, MD

Built 1990 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 31,802

IS 595 CD RD E-W

Good

Over: MD 3 & RAMP S-W(1)

MD 3 US 301 IS 595 INT, Prince George's, MD

Built 1992 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 14,577

MOLLY BERRY ROAD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.27 M N OF BDN NAYLOR RD, Prince George's, MD

Built 2005 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 927

VIRGINIA MANOR RD

Good

Over: MD 200 (ICC)

1.1 MI. E. OF I-95, Prince George's, MD

Built 2013 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 7,318

IS 95/495

Good

Over: MD 214

1.78 MILES S OF MD 202, Prince George's, MD

Built 2020 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 224,775

IS 95/495

Good

Over: MD 214

1.78 MILES S OF MD 202, Prince George's, MD

Built 2020 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 224,775

23RD PARKWAY

Good

Over: OXON RUN

0.10 MI SE OF WASH DC LN, Prince George's, MD

Built 2002 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 8,980

MD 198 EB

Good

Over: PATUXENT RIVER

ON ANNE ARUNDEL CO LINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1986 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 20,487

MD 198 WB

Good

Over: PATUXENT RIVER

ON ANNE ARUNDEL CO LINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1983 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 19,683

I-495

Good

Over: SUITLAND ROAD

0.4 MI SW OF SUITLAND RD, Prince George's, MD

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 175,200

KONTERRA DRIVE

Good

Over: I-95

1 MILE SOUTH OF MD 198, Prince George's, MD

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 9,800

WOODS WAY

Good

Over: MD 5

0.25 MI NW OF I-95, Prince George's, MD

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5,650

US 1

Good

Over: PAINT BR & PB TRAIL

0.65 MILE SOUTH OF MD 430, Prince George's, MD

Built 1980 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 35,500

FORESTVILLE RD

Good

Over: IS 95

2.37 MI N OF MD 5, Prince George's, MD

Built 1963 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 11,800

MD 382

Good

Over: FULL MILL BRANCH

0.42 M S/WHITES LNDNG RD, Prince George's, MD

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,500

SPRING ROAD

Good

Over: STREAM

100 FT N. OF 54TH PLACE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 271

CHURCH ROAD

Good

Over: BLACK BRANCH

1.3 MI. S. OF MD 214, Prince George's, MD

Built 2022 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 10,100

IS 95/495 EXP

Good

Over: IS 95/IS 495 RAMP Q

0.89 MILE WEST OF MD 210, Prince George's, MD

Built 2008 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 146,744

MD200 Ramp I-A

Good

Over: MD200 & I-95

MD200 EB RAMP I-A TO I-95, Prince George's, MD

Built 2010 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 12,656

SPINE RD

Good

Over: MD 5

9 MI S OF I95/495, Prince George's, MD

Built 2018 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 17,425

MD 381

Good

Over: TIMOTHY BRANCH

325 North of Kathleen La, Prince George's, MD

Built 2018 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 9,000

MD 725

Good

Over: WESTERN BRANCH

0.41 MILE EAST OF MD 717, Prince George's, MD

Built 1992 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 15,371

MD 202F (ARENA DR)

Good

Over: IS 95

.25 MI NW OF USAIR ARENA, Prince George's, MD

Built 1997 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 18,790

IS 595 RAMP D(7)

Good

Over: IS 95 IS 595 RAMP B(3)

0.17 MI E OF US 50, Prince George's, MD

Built 1990 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 19,423

IS 95/IS 495 RMP G

Good

Over: IS 95/IS 495 RAMP B

2.0 MILE WEST OF MD 210, Prince George's, MD

Built 2005 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 191,981

MD 5 NB

Good

Over: MD 223

2.83 MILES S OF MD 337, Prince George's, MD

Built 1992 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 97,872

MD 5 SB

Good

Over: MD 223

2.83 MILES S OF MD 337, Prince George's, MD

Built 1992 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 97,872

VAN BUREN STREET

Good

Over: CSX RAILROAD

0.1 MILES N. OF RIVERTECH, Prince George's, MD

Built 2017 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 3,000

S SPRINGFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: BURCH BRANCH

.2 MI S OF FLORAL PARK RD, Prince George's, MD

Built 2016 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 1,924

MD 214 WBR

Good

Over: US 301 NBR

0.34 MILE WEST OF MD 978B, Prince George's, MD

Built 1959 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 7,331

Livingston Rd.

Good

Over: MD 210 NORTHBOUND

1.6 MI. S. OF IS 495, Prince George's, MD

Built 2021 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 8,050

MD 214 EBR

Good

Over: US 301 NBR

0.34 MILE WEST OF MD 978B, Prince George's, MD

Built 1959 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 6,803

MD 3 NB

Good

Over: PATUXENT RIVER

ON ANNE ARUNDEL CO LINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1957 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 75,720

MD 3 SB

Good

Over: PATUXENT RIVER

ON ANNE ARUNDEL CO LINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1957 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 75,720

MD 202

Good

Over: US 50

0.28 M S OF KILMER STREET, Prince George's, MD

Built 1959 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 33,102

IS 95

Good

Over: SUITLAND PARKWAY (GV 119

0.79 MI. S. OF MD 4, Prince George's, MD

Built 2022 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 193,825

MATTAPONI ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO MATTAPONI CREEK

0.64 MI NORTH OF MD 382, Prince George's, MD

Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 133

US 1

Good

Over: MD 193

0.21 MILE NORTH OF MD 430, Prince George's, MD

Built 1988 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 47,562

MD 200 EB

Good

Over: Little Paint Branch

1.23 MI W of I-95, Prince George's, MD

Built 2011 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 26,084

MD 223

Good

Over: PISCATAWAY CREEK

2.40 MILES SOUTH OF MD 4, Prince George's, MD

Built 2012 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 20,322

MD 4 NB

Good

Over: MD 223

1.37 MILES S OF MD 4PB, Prince George's, MD

Built 2014 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 63,050

IS 295 RAMP E

Good

Over: IS 95/495 RMPS B T Q H

0.8 M S OF WASH DCLINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 2003 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 26,853

IS 95/IS 495 RMP J

Good

Over: IS 95 OLL RPS G B T Q H

2.0 MILES WEST OF MD 210, Prince George's, MD

Built 2005 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 7,492

PARKWOOD STREET

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO BEAVERDAM C

0.02 MI E OF GRAMBY ST, Prince George's, MD

Built 1995 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 2,024

54TH PLACE

Good

Over: STREAM

50 FT S. OF SPRING ST., Prince George's, MD

Built 1958 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 332

MD 4 EBR

Good

Over: PATUXENT RIVER

ON ANNE ARUNDEL CO LINE, Prince George's, MD

Built 1959 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 57,061

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