Total bridges
82
Public highway bridges in Worcester County
County profile · official public datasets
Worcester County, MD
82 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.5% rated Good, 67.1% Fair, 2.4% Poor.
- 82
- Public bridges
- 30.5%
- Good condition
- 2.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Worcester County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 21%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 82
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Worcester County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Worcester County ranks #5 of 24 Maryland counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Worcester County, Maryland contains 82 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.5% are rated “Good,” 67.1% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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
30.5%
25 of 82 rated 7-9
Fair condition
67.1%
55 of 82 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.4%
2 of 82 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#5 of 24
Among Maryland counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 82 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 30.5% (25)
Fair 67.1% (55)
Poor 2.4% (2)
Worcester County's Poor-condition bridges carry 200 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 4,275 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 82 of 82 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
47.6% of Worcester County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
39 of the 82 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 30.5% 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 55% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
HOTEL ROAD over CAREY BRANCH, built 1989, carries 110 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 200 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Worcester County's bridges were built
82 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
15 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1978, 6 years newer than the Maryland average of 1972.
How Worcester County compares with Maryland's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Maryland counties nearest Worcester County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 23 Maryland counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (this page) | 82 | 30.5% | 67.1% | 2.4% | 1978 |
| Caroline County | 70 | 27.1% | 64.3% | 8.6% | 1973 |
| St. Mary's County | 50 | 26% | 70% | 4% | 1968 |
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 Worcester 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 Worcester County, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MD (82 bridges here).
- Murray County, GA · 82 bridges
- Gallatin County, IL · 82 bridges
- Thomas County, KS · 82 bridges
- Nicholas County, KY · 82 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MD (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (82)
BAYSIDE ROAD
FairOver: TANHOUSE CREEK
1.29 MI SW OF MD 365, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 18.6 t ADT: 240
MD 90
FairOver: ASSAWOMAN BAY
1.17 MILES WEST OF MD 528, Worcester, MD
Built 1971 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 30,510
MD 90 EBR
FairOver: US 50
1.01 MILES WEST OF MD 346, Worcester, MD
Built 1974 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 8,118
US 50
FairOver: SINEPUXENT BAY
0.17 MILE WEST OF MD 528, Worcester, MD
Built 1942 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 33,920
MD 367
FairOver: BISHOPVILLE PRONG
0.05 MILE WEST OF MD 368, Worcester, MD
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,245
MD 611
FairOver: SINEPUXENT BAY
0.17 M S OF SOUTH PT RD, Worcester, MD
Built 1964 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,302
MD 90
FairOver: US 113
0.4 MILE WEST OF MD 575, Worcester, MD
Built 1976 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 14,132
MD 12
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
1.06 MILES S OF MD 354, Worcester, MD
Built 1932 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,865
PORTERS CROSSING R
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
0.95 MI E OF MD 354, Worcester, MD
Built 1990 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 260
MD 12
FairOver: NASSAWANGO CREEK
4.57 MILES N OF MD 354, Worcester, MD
Built 1927 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 4,540
MD 90
FairOver: ST MARTIN RIVER
2.8 MILES EAST OF MD 589, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 20,063
TIMMONSTOWN ROAD
FairOver: TIMMONSTOWN BRANCH
0.40 MI NW OF MD 374, Worcester, MD
Built 1999 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 130
US 13 BU
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
ON SOMERSET CO LINE, Worcester, MD
Built 1920 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 3,062
MD 12
FairOver: SPRING HILL BRANCH
0.61 MILE SOUTH OF MD 12A, Worcester, MD
Built 1954 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,560
MD 354
FairOver: DAVIS BRANCH
0.52 M S OF WICOMICO CO, Worcester, MD
Built 1932 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,532
US 113 SB
FairOver: BACHELORS BRANCH
3.1 MILES NORTH OF MD 756, Worcester, MD
Built 1939 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,662
MD 376
FairOver: TRAPPE CREEK
1.32 MILES EAST OF US 113, Worcester, MD
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,122
MD 90
FairOver: OCEAN PKWY & GOLF PATH
1.77 MILE EAST OF MD 589, Worcester, MD
Built 1971 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,062
OLD FURNACE ROAD
FairOver: NASSAWANGO CREEK
0.95 MI SW OF MD 12, Worcester, MD
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 435
OCEAN PARKWAY NB
FairOver: POND
200 NORTH OF MD 589, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,660
OCEAN PARKWAY SB
FairOver: POND
200 NORTH OF MD 589, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,660
US 113 BU
FairOver: PURNELL BRANCH
0.39 MILE S OF US 113, Worcester, MD
Built 1952 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 7,120
US 113 SB
FairOver: PILCHARD CREEK
0.68 MILE NORTH OF MD 756, Worcester, MD
Built 1969 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 2,751
MD 90
FairOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
2.19 MILES EAST OF MD 346, Worcester, MD
Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8,118
MD 90
FairOver: MD 575
0.4 MILE EAST OF US 113, Worcester, MD
Built 1976 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 14,132
CAMPBELLTOWN ROAD
FairOver: BIRCH BRANCH
1.55 MI S OF MD 610, Worcester, MD
Built 1994 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 275
US 13 NB
FairOver: WAGRAM CREEK
0.56 M N OF VA STATE LINE, Worcester, MD
Built 1954 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 12,933
NINEPIN BRANCH RD
FairOver: NINEPIN BRANCH
0.42 MI S OF MD 374, Worcester, MD
Built 1994 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 172
US 113
FairOver: PURNELL BRANCH
0.73 MILE NORTH OF MD 365, Worcester, MD
Built 1975 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 10,491
US 50 EB
FairOver: HERRING CREEK
0.19 MILE WEST OF MD 707A, Worcester, MD
Built 1942 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 21,431
US 50 WB
FairOver: HERRING CREEK
0.19 MILE WEST OF MD 707A, Worcester, MD
Built 1942 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 21,431
US 113 NB
FairOver: BACHELORS BRANCH
3.1 MILES NORTH OF MD 756, Worcester, MD
Built 1971 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 2,751
MD 376
FairOver: AYERS CREEK
0.71 MILE WEST OF MD 611, Worcester, MD
Built 1967 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 4,122
WHITON CROSSING RD
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
0.19 MILES EAST OF MD 354, Worcester, MD
Built 1996 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 138
MD 365
FairOver: PATTYS BRANCH
0.09 MILE EAST OF US 113, Worcester, MD
Built 1967 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,310
MD 374
FairOver: LIBERTYTOWN BR
4.01 M E OF WICOMICO CO, Worcester, MD
Built 1931 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 1,030
MD 346
FairOver: MD 90
1.34 MILES WEST OF US 50, Worcester, MD
Built 1974 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,131
HAYES LANDING ROAD
FairOver: NEWPORT CREEK
1.29 MI SE OF US RTE 113, Worcester, MD
Built 2000 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 130
MD 374
FairOver: POCOMOKE RIVER
ON WICOMICO CO LINE, Worcester, MD
Built 2001 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 1,196
FIVE BRIDGES ROAD
FairOver: DIVIDING CREEK
WOR-SOMER CO LINE, Worcester, MD
Built 1995 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 75
OCEAN PARKWAY
FairOver: CANAL
1000 NORTH OF MD 90, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 6,440
CLUBHOUSE DRIVE
FairOver: CANAL
1200 WEST OF OCEAN PKWY, Worcester, MD
Built 1970 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,250
US 13 SB
FairOver: WAGRAM CREEK
0.56 M N OF VA STATE LINE, Worcester, MD
Built 1945 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 12,933
US 113 NB
FairOver: PILCHARD CREEK
0.68 MILE N OF MD 756, Worcester, MD
Built 1912 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 5,662
HARRISON ROAD
FairOver: TRAPPE CREEK
0.07 MI S OF MD 376, Worcester, MD
Built 2005 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 313
US 113 NB
FairOver: CORKERS CREEK
1.80 MILES S OF US 113BU, Worcester, MD
Built 1971 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 3,644
WHITESBURG ROAD
FairOver: PUSEY BRANCH
0.25 MI N OF SAND ROAD, Worcester, MD
Built 1994 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 230
US 113 NB
FairOver: US 50
0.43 MILE SOUTH OF MD 818, Worcester, MD
Built 1976 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 12,902
US 113 SB
FairOver: US 50
0.43 MILE SOUTH OF MD 818, Worcester, MD
Built 1976 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 12,902
MD 90
FairOver: MD 589
1.58 MILES EAST OF MD 575, Worcester, MD
Built 1973 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 18,062
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