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Burlington County, NJ

356 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.4% rated Good, 63.5% Fair, 10.1% Poor.

356
Public bridges: 26.4%
Good condition: 10.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Burlington County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

20th
of 21 on Poor share: 10.1%
Poor-condition share: 356
public highway bridges: 1969
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.

Burlington County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Burlington County ranks #20 of 21 New Jersey counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.1%). Burlington County, New Jersey contains 356 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.4% are rated “Good,” 63.5% “Fair,” and 10.1% “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

356

Public highway bridges in Burlington County

Good condition

26.4%

94 of 356 rated 7-9

Fair condition

63.5%

226 of 356 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.1%

36 of 356 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#20 of 21

Among New Jersey counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 356 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

26.4% (94)

Fair

63.5% (226)

Poor

10.1% (36)

Burlington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 488,016 vehicle crossings a day

That is 8.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 13,556 crossings a day against 13,506 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 356 of 356 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

58.1% of Burlington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

207 of the 356 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 26.4% 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 14.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 130 over POMPESTON CREEK, built 1925, carries 72,151 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 36-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 488,016 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

2
1900s

14
1910s

6
1920s

19
1930s

21
1940s

12
1950s

51
1960s

34
1970s

69
1980s

31
1990s

36
2000s

19
2010s

39
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1969) matches the New Jersey average (1966).

How Burlington County compares with New Jersey's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 New Jersey counties nearest Burlington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1965 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 20 New Jersey counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Burlington County and the 5 New Jersey counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Mercer County	414	40.3%	50.5%	9.2%	1975
Union County	409	17.8%	78%	4.2%	1967
Somerset County	397	33%	57.4%	9.6%	1970
Hunterdon County	373	20.1%	72.4%	7.5%	1949
Burlington County (this page)	356	26.4%	63.5%	10.1%	1969
Passaic County	333	22.2%	74.5%	3.3%	1963

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 Burlington 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 Burlington County, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NJ (356 bridges here).

Richland County, OH · 356 bridges
Ross County, OH · 356 bridges
Northampton County, PA · 356 bridges
Mendocino County, CA · 357 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NJ (1969 here).

Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
Cuyahoga County, OH · avg 1969 · 871 bridges
Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges

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

All 356 Good 94 Fair 226 Poor 36

Fair-condition bridges (226)

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Burlington County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Burlington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 488,016 vehicle crossings a day

58.1% of Burlington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 14.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Burlington County compares with New Jersey's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (226)

TPK RAMPS ST & TN

FLORENCE-COLUM RD

RISING SUN ROAD

NEW ALBANY ROAD

WASHINGTON STREET

BIRM-ARNEY MT. RD

WRIGHTSTOWN-SYKESV

LAKEHURST ROAD

Elbow Lane

I-295 NB

I-295 SB

OXMEAD ROAD

I-295 SB

RTE 41.

NECK ROAD

FOUNDRY RD.

Commerce Street

NJ RT 73

INT. 7 RAMPS WT&TE

US 206

I-295 NB

I-295 SB

CR 653

CO RT 413

NJ TURNPIKE

ROUTE I-295 SB

C.R.628

BURRS MILL ROAD

NJ 73 NB

WOODLANE RD(CR630)

CR 641

C.R. 542

NJ TURNPIKE

US 206

PLEASANT VALLEY RD

CO RT 674

COUNTY ROUTE 616

BUCK SWAMP ROAD

INT 7 RAMP WT & TE

US 130

US 130 NB

I-295 NB

PEARL STREET-CR656

PHILLIPS ROAD

US 206

BRIDGE RD CR 612

CR 645

CARMEN RD (CO.543)

NJ TURNPIKE

NJ 70

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