Total bridges
428
Public highway bridges in Hampden County
County profile · official public datasets
Hampden County, MA
428 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 17.1% rated Good, 75.5% Fair, 7.5% Poor.
- 428
- Public bridges
- 17.1%
- Good condition
- 7.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hampden County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 46%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 7.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 428
- public highway bridges
- 1956
- 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.
Hampden County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hampden County ranks #6 of 13 Massachusetts counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.5%). Hampden County, Massachusetts contains 428 public highway bridges. Roughly 17.1% are rated “Good,” 75.5% “Fair,” and 7.5% “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
17.1%
73 of 428 rated 7-9
Fair condition
75.5%
323 of 428 rated 5-6
Poor condition
7.5%
32 of 428 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#6 of 13
Among Massachusetts counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 428 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 17.1% (73)
Fair 75.5% (323)
Poor 7.5% (32)
Hampden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 470,163 vehicle crossings a day
That is 5.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 15,672 crossings a day against 11,783 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 425 of 428 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
82.2% of Hampden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
352 of the 428 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 17.1% 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 16.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I 291 CONN B & C over HWY DWIGHT ST, built 1967, carries 78,178 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 32-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 470,163 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hampden County's bridges were built
428 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 19
Built before 1900
19 bridges
- 1900s 8
1900–1909
8 bridges
- 1910s 7
1910–1919
7 bridges
- 1920s 18
1920–1929
18 bridges
- 1930s 46
1930–1939
46 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
164 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
74 bridges
- 1970s 21
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s 12
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s 19
1990–1999
19 bridges
- 2000s 15
2000–2009
15 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 164 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1956, 5 years older than the Massachusetts average of 1961.
How Hampden County compares with Massachusetts's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Massachusetts counties nearest Hampden County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1956 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 12 Massachusetts counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk County | 489 | 22.7% | 67.7% | 9.6% | 1967 |
| Berkshire County | 450 | 34.7% | 57.6% | 7.8% | 1961 |
| Hampden County (this page) | 428 | 17.1% | 75.5% | 7.5% | 1956 |
| Essex County | 395 | 15.9% | 66.8% | 17.2% | 1957 |
| Bristol County | 384 | 30.2% | 63.3% | 6.5% | 1962 |
| Norfolk County | 343 | 23.6% | 71.4% | 5% | 1962 |
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 Hampden 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 Hampden County, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MA (428 bridges here).
- Rutherford County, TN · 428 bridges
- Tioga County, PA · 429 bridges
- Smith County, TX · 427 bridges
- Plymouth County, IA · 432 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MA (1956 here).
- Philadelphia County, PA · avg 1956 · 585 bridges
- Cochise County, AZ · avg 1956 · 501 bridges
- Stanislaus County, CA · avg 1956 · 386 bridges
- Washington County, MD · avg 1956 · 300 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (323)
ST 23 OTIS STGE RD
FairOver: WATER PEEBLE BROOK
50 E OF BEECH HILL ROAD, Hampden, MA
Built 1930 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 1,552
HWY WEST ST
FairOver: WATER HIGHER BROOK
.5 MI N OF RTE 90, Hampden, MA
Built 1929 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 10,474
ST 23 BLANDFORD RD
FairOver: WATER POTASH BROOK
1.4 MI W OF US 20, Hampden, MA
Built 1915 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 2,887
I 90
FairOver: HWY LANE QUARRY RD
MM 43.0 ON I-90, Hampden, MA
Built 1957 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 45,776
I 91
FairOver: HWY NOBLE ST
MM 7.5 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1967 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 110,101
I 91
FairOver: HWY WEST LOOP
MM 9.4 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1966 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 73,585
US 20 STURBRDGE RD
FairOver: WATER MILL BROOK
0.1 MI E OF ST 19, Hampden, MA
Built 1955 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 11,897
I 91
FairOver: US 5 RIVERDALE ST
MM 9.2 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1966 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 87,448
I 91 & RMPS L & M
FairOver: I 291 & CITY STS
JCT I-291 & CITY STREETS, Hampden, MA
Built 1971 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 102,141
I 91
FairOver: HWY ARCH ST
JCT ARCH ST., Hampden, MA
Built 1968 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 107,542
HWY VALLEY VIEW
FairOver: WATER WESTFIELD RIVER
100 FT N OF WORONOCO RD, Hampden, MA
Built 1986 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 259
HWY DWIGHT ST
FairOver: WATER FIRST LEVEL CANAL
JUST NW OF 2ND CANAL, Hampden, MA
Built 1850 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 11,250
ST 23 BLANDFORD RD
FairOver: WATER POTASH BROOK
1.2 MI W OF US 20, Hampden, MA
Built 1956 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,882
HWY NOTRE DAME
FairOver: RR PVRR
.2 M W JCT US 202, Hampden, MA
Built 1850 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,500
US 5 NB RAMP A
FairOver: I 91
@ MM 4.2 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1954 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 14,000
I 291 RAMP P
FairOver: I 291 /US20
MM 2.7 ON I-291, Hampden, MA
Built 1970 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 77,100
I 91 NB
FairOver: US202 CHERRY ST
MM 14.2 ON I-91 NB, Hampden, MA
Built 1965 Load: 28.6 t ADT: 29,379
I 91 SB
FairOver: US202 CHERRY ST
MM 14.2 ON I-91 SB, Hampden, MA
Built 1965 Load: 28.6 t ADT: 36,357
HWY MILL ST
FairOver: WATER MILL RIVER
.5M SE OF RTE 116, Hampden, MA
Built 1925 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 17,844
I 90 EXIT 63 RAMP
FairOver: I 90
MM 62.6 ON I-90, Hampden, MA
Built 1957 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 14,095
I 91
FairOver: HWY EAST LOOP
MM 8.9 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1966 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 73,585
US 5
FairOver: HWY ACCESS RD
.09 MI S OF W SPRINGFIELD, Hampden, MA
Built 1953 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 289,666
HWY RACE ST
FairOver: WATER THIRD LEVEL CANAL
400 NE OF SOUTH STREET, Hampden, MA
Built 1850 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 905
HWY MAIN ST
FairOver: WATER QUABOAG RIVER
200 E INT BRIDGE ST, Hampden, MA
Built 1948 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 7,200
I 91 NB
FairOver: HWY PROSPECT AVE
MM 11.0 ON I-91 NB, Hampden, MA
Built 1967 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 36,681
I 91 SB
FairOver: HWY PROSPECT AVE
MM 11.0 ON I-91 SB, Hampden, MA
Built 1967 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 36,989
ST 23 BLANDFORD RD
FairOver: WATER POTASH BROOK
1.9 MI W OF US 20, Hampden, MA
Built 1915 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 2,884
US 20 HUNTNGTON RD
FairOver: WATER BRADLEY BROOK
300 SOUTH OF MAIN ST, Hampden, MA
Built 1924 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 7,286
HWY BIRNIE AVE
FairOver: I 90
MM 45.0 ON I-90, Hampden, MA
Built 1957 Load: 29.6 t ADT: 10,474
I 91
FairOver: COMB STS/CSX/GWRR/GARAG
JCT CITY GARAGE & BMRR, Hampden, MA
Built 1971 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 143,144
I 91 NB
FairOver: HWY WESTFIELD RD
MM 13.6 ON I-91 NB, Hampden, MA
Built 1965 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 50,043
HWY BLISS ST
FairOver: WATER CHICOPEE BROOK
JUST SW OF RTE 32, Hampden, MA
Built 1850 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 4,784
HWY SUNRISE TERR
FairOver: WATER N BR MILL RIVER
150 E GRAYSON DR., Hampden, MA
Built 1934 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 8,017
ST 67 BOSTON RD
FairOver: WATER KINGS BROOK
0.6 MI S OF I-90, Hampden, MA
Built 1955 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,845
US 20 W MAIN ST
FairOver: WATER WALKER BROOK
@ HAMDEN ST INTERSECTION, Hampden, MA
Built 1924 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 2,342
I 91
FairOver: COMB CT R/GWRR & ST116
MM 8.5 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1966 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 85,066
HWY CHESTNUT ST
FairOver: I 291 CONN A/B/C/D&RMP F
MM 0.7 ON I-291, Hampden, MA
Built 1967 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 16,277
HWY I90&I91 CON
FairOver: HWY PROSPECT AVE
0.2 M S OF HIGHLAND AVE, Hampden, MA
Built 1968 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 18,234
HWY SARGEANT ST
FairOver: WATER SECOND LEVEL CANAL
AT INT OF RACE/SARGEANT, Hampden, MA
Built 1850 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 3,879
HWY N LOOMIS ST
FairOver: WATER MUNN BROOK
2 MI N OF GRANVILLE RD, Hampden, MA
Built 1956 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 1,293
HWY ARMORY ST
FairOver: RR CSX (ABANDONED)
S JCT OF ALBANY ST., Hampden, MA
Built 1934 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 20,285
I 391
FairOver: WATER CONNECTICUT RIVER
MM 4.5 ON I-391, Hampden, MA
Built 1979 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 36,130
I 91
FairOver: HWY MAIN ST (S END)
MM 4.5 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1963 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 91,200
HWY WHITNEY AVE
FairOver: I 91
MM 11.9 ON I-91, Hampden, MA
Built 1967 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 13,344
ST147 EB/MEM AVE
FairOver: US 5 RIVERDALE ST
AT JCT US 5 & MEMORIAL AV, Hampden, MA
Built 1953 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 10,893
HWY CRANE HLL RD
FairOver: WATER TWELVE MILE BROOK
0.3MI S OF RT20 NR I90, Hampden, MA
Built 1956 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 776
I 90 EXIT 54 RAMP
FairOver: I 90
MM 54.8 ON I-90, Hampden, MA
Built 1957 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 14,740
US 20 PALMER RD
FairOver: WATER FOSKETT MILL STRM
0.2 MI E OF PALMER TL, Hampden, MA
Built 1938 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 8,081
I 391 NB SB RAMP
FairOver: WATER N BR CHICOPEE RIV
MM 1.8 ON I-391, Hampden, MA
Built 1979 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 26,000
I 291 LINE N
FairOver: HWY MAIN ST & OTHERS
BET MAIN ST. & I-91 NB, Hampden, MA
Built 1969 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 20,000
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