Total bridges
99
Public highway bridges in Wicomico County
County profile · official public datasets
Wicomico County, MD
99 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 27.3% rated Good, 66.7% Fair, 6.1% Poor.
- 99
- Public bridges
- 27.3%
- Good condition
- 6.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wicomico County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 17th
- of 24 on Poor share
- 6.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 99
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Wicomico County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wicomico County ranks #17 of 24 Maryland counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.1%). Wicomico County, Maryland contains 99 public highway bridges. Roughly 27.3% are rated “Good,” 66.7% “Fair,” and 6.1% “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
27.3%
27 of 99 rated 7-9
Fair condition
66.7%
66 of 99 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.1%
6 of 99 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#17 of 24
Among Maryland counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 99 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 27.3% (27)
Fair 66.7% (66)
Poor 6.1% (6)
Wicomico County's Poor-condition bridges carry 28,716 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,786 crossings a day against 14,881 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 99 of 99 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.5% of Wicomico County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
50 of the 99 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 27.3% 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 52.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
NAYLOR MILL ROAD over NAYLORS POND STREAM, built 1963, carries 15,057 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 28,716 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wicomico County's bridges were built
99 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
11 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
14 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
17 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Maryland average (1972).
How Wicomico County compares with Maryland's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maryland counties nearest Wicomico County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett County | 139 | 20.1% | 68.3% | 11.5% | 1970 |
| Wicomico County (this page) | 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 |
| Caroline County | 70 | 27.1% | 64.3% | 8.6% | 1973 |
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 Wicomico 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 Wicomico County, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MD (99 bridges here).
- Washington County, FL · 99 bridges
- Crisp County, GA · 99 bridges
- Harris County, GA · 99 bridges
- Newton County, GA · 99 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MD (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (99)
SHAVOX ROAD
FairOver: NASSAWANGO CREEK
0.5 MI E FOREST GROVE RD, Wicomico, MD
Built 1992 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 605
US 50
FairOver: GODDARD ARMSTRONG PKWY
0.837 MILE WEST OF US 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 18,971
NORTH SCHUMAKER DR
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
1.34 MI S OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 1992 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 643
ROYAL OAK ROAD
FairOver: DENNIS CREEK
0.4 MI NW OF MD RTE 349, Wicomico, MD
Built 1995 Load: 64.9 t ADT: 735
MD 352
FairOver: GREEN HILL CREEK
3.82 MILES WEST OF MD 349, Wicomico, MD
Built 1931 Load: 68.5 t ADT: 1,452
SHEPPARDS CROSSING
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
0.75 MI E BETHEL RD, Wicomico, MD
Built 1994 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 370
US 13 SB
FairOver: PARKER POND
0.42 MILE SOUTH OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 1975 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 24,770
US 50 WB
FairOver: WICOMICO RIVER
0.591 M E OF JERSEY ROAD, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 74.8 t ADT: 18,971
ROYAL OAK ROAD
FairOver: PETERS CREEK
1 MI NW OF MD RTE 349, Wicomico, MD
Built 1995 Load: 79.4 t ADT: 718
ALLEN ROAD
FairOver: PASSERDYKE CREEK
ON SOMERSET CO LINE, Wicomico, MD
Built 1991 Load: 81.2 t ADT: 1,196
BETHEL ROAD
FairOver: BURNT MILL BRANCH
600 FT N POPLAR NECK RD, Wicomico, MD
Built 1967 Load: 82.1 t ADT: 867
US 50 EB
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
1.552 MILES EAST OF US 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 43,981
US 50 WB
FairOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
1.552 MILES EAST OF US 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 43,981
US 50 EB
FairOver: CAMPBELL DITCH
0.74 MILE EAST OF MD 992B, Wicomico, MD
Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 38,611
US 50 WB
FairOver: CAMPBELL DITCH
0.74 MILE EAST OF MD 992B, Wicomico, MD
Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 38,611
COOPER ROAD
FairOver: CUTMAPTICO CREEK
2 MI SW UPPER FERRY CROSS, Wicomico, MD
Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,060
US 13 SB
GoodOver: MD 346
0.37 MILE NORTH OF US 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 1972 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 36,390
MD 349
GoodOver: WINDSOR CREEK
4.42 MILES WEST OF MD 352, Wicomico, MD
Built 2017 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 942
US 13 SB
GoodOver: MD 350
0.87 MILE S OF US 50BU, Wicomico, MD
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,770
PRIVATE ENTRANCE
GoodOver: WETIPQUIN CREEK
2 MI N OF COXS CORNER, Wicomico, MD
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16
BEAGLIN PARK DRIVE
GoodOver: BEAVERDAM CREEK
1 MI S OF GLEN AVE, Wicomico, MD
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,176
BEAGLIN PARK DRIVE
GoodOver: MIDDLE NECK BRANCH
0.05 MI N of MD 12, Wicomico, MD
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,229
WETIPQUIN ROAD
GoodOver: WETIPQUIN CREEK
0.5 MI NW DEEP BRANCH RD, Wicomico, MD
Built 2009 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 170
US 13 NB
GoodOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
0.39 MILE NORTH OF MD 346, Wicomico, MD
Built 1972 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 36,390
MD 354
GoodOver: ADKINS MILL POND
0.20 MI N OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 2002 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,842
US 50 EB
GoodOver: US 13
3.197 MILES W OF US 50BU, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 18,971
US 50 WB
GoodOver: US 13
3.197 MILES W OF US 50BU, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 18,971
US 13 NB
GoodOver: LEONARD MILL POND
0.4 MILE SOUTH OF MD 675B, Wicomico, MD
Built 2004 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 38,793
MD 354
GoodOver: ADKINS MILL POND
0.23 MI N OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 2002 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,842
MD 54
GoodOver: MOCKINGBIRD CREEK
2.3 MI E OF US 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 2016 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 2,575
US 13 SB
GoodOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
0.39 MILE NORTH OF MD 346, Wicomico, MD
Built 1972 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 36,390
ATHOL ROAD
GoodOver: REWASTICO POND
2.5 Miles west of MD 347, Wicomico, MD
Built 2007 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 130
US 13 NB
GoodOver: PARKER POND
0.42 MILE SOUTH OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 1975 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 24,770
US 13 NB
GoodOver: MD 346
0.37 MILE NORTH OF US 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 1972 Load: 53.8 t ADT: 36,390
US 50
GoodOver: NORTHWOOD DRIVE
0.516 MILE WEST OF US 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 18,971
JERSEY ROAD
GoodOver: US 50
AT US 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 5,130
US 50
GoodOver: RAMP C
0.109 MILE WEST OF US 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 18,971
MORRIS ROAD
GoodOver: CAMPBELL DITCH
1.7 MI N OF MD 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 1998 Load: 60.3 t ADT: 122
US 13 NB
GoodOver: MD 350
0.87 MILE S OF US 50BU, Wicomico, MD
Built 1974 Load: 66.7 t ADT: 24,770
US 50 BUS WB
GoodOver: US 50
0.561 M W/NAYLOR MILL RD, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 9,641
NAYLOR MILL ROAD
GoodOver: US 50
AT US 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 81.2 t ADT: 13,290
US 50 EB
GoodOver: WICOMICO RIVER
0.591 M E OF JERSEY ROAD, Wicomico, MD
Built 2001 Load: 89.3 t ADT: 18,971
US 13 RAMP C (5)
GoodOver: US 13 BU
0.14 M S OF BR NO 2205300, Wicomico, MD
Built 1972 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 10,172
TWILLEYS BRIDGE RD
PoorOver: NASSAWANGO CREEK
3 MI S OF MD RTE 350, Wicomico, MD
Built 1951 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 59
NAYLOR MILL ROAD
PoorOver: NAYLORS POND STREAM
1.25 MI W OF US RTE 13, Wicomico, MD
Built 1963 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 15,057
MILL STREET
PoorOver: WICOMICO RIVER EAST BRAN
500 FT S OF US RTE 50, Wicomico, MD
Built 1958 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 11,996
CATCHPENNY ROAD
PoorOver: TERRY BRANCH
0.2 MI S OF MD RTE 349, Wicomico, MD
Built 1951 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 435
WASTE GATE ROAD
PoorOver: NASSAWANGO CREEK
0.67 M S OF MT HERMON, Wicomico, MD
Built 1986 Load: 72.1 t ADT: 272
THREE BRIDGES ROAD
PoorOver: BURNT MILL BRANCH
0.5 MI E OF MD RTE 94, Wicomico, MD
Built 1967 Load: 84.8 t ADT: 897
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