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Gloucester County, NJ

243 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.3% rated Good, 66.3% Fair, 2.5% Poor.

243
Public bridges
31.3%
Good condition
2.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Gloucester County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 5%
lowest Poor share in state
2.5%
Poor-condition share
243
public highway bridges
1967
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.

Gloucester County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Gloucester County ranks #1 of 21 New Jersey counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.5%). Gloucester County, New Jersey contains 243 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.3% are rated “Good,” 66.3% “Fair,” and 2.5% “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.

Total bridges

243

Public highway bridges in Gloucester County

Good condition

31.3%

76 of 243 rated 7-9

Fair condition

66.3%

161 of 243 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.5%

6 of 243 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#1 of 21

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

Condition distribution

Share of 243 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
31.3% (76)
Fair
66.3% (161)
Poor
2.5% (6)

Gloucester County's Poor-condition bridges carry 75,486 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 12,581 crossings a day against 15,381 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 243 of 243 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.2% of Gloucester County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

139 of the 243 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 31.3% 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 31.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 322 over MAIN ST & MECHANIC ST, built 1974, carries 23,560 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 75,486 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Gloucester County's bridges were built

243 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 52 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1967) matches the New Jersey average (1966).

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

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

The 5 New Jersey counties nearest Gloucester County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.5% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1967 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 Gloucester County and the 5 New Jersey counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Warren County 268 4.5%
Camden County 261 6.5%
Gloucester County (this page) 243 2.5%
Ocean County 241 2.9%
Atlantic County 207 5.8%
Hudson County 202 6.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NJ (243 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NJ (1967 here).

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

All 243 Good 76 Fair 161 Poor 6

All bridges (243)

FLOOD GATE ROAD

Fair

Over: REPAUPO CREEK

1.1m W of NJ 44, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 88

I-295 NB

Fair

Over: BROADWAY AVENUE

0.58mi S. of NJ 47, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 51,654

I-295 SB

Fair

Over: BROADWAY AVENUE

0.58mi S. of NJ 47, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 51,654

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: WEST JERSEY AVE & PRSL

5.2 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 54,953

COOPER STREET

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

4 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 30,641

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: MANTUA CREEK

5.3 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 54,952

CR 659 MALAGA ROAD

Fair

Over: HOSPITALITY BRANCH

1.4 mi SOUTH of US 322, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1936 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 7,958

US 130

Fair

Over: BIG BIRCH CREEK

0.5 MI N OF CO. 620 JCT, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 6,845

BACK CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

0.3 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 716

US 322(SWEDESBORO)

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

0.38 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 16,090

CR604-MONRVILLE RD

Fair

Over: REED BRANCH

0.7 Mi West of RT 538, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1928 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,240

CR 553

Fair

Over: MANTUA CREEK

1.23 MI NORTH of NJ RT 55, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 10,240

NJ 44

Fair

Over: Mantua Creek

1.12 mi S of CR 653 JCT, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1935 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 5,800

WILLOW GROVE ROAD

Fair

Over: STILL RUN AT IONA LAKE

0.65 Mi. N of US 40, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1938 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 3,230

I-295 SB

Fair

Over: NJ 45 & CONRAIL

AT I-295 EXIT 24, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 40,785

NJ 41

Fair

Over: SO. BR. BIG TIMBER CREEK

0.75 MI N OF RT 42 JCT, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1927 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 29,783

WILLIAMSTOWN RD.

Fair

Over: LITTLE EASE RUN

0.04 mi. W OF NJ 55, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1929 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,341

FRANKLINVILLE RD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

1.3 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 4,764

OGDEN ROAD(CR 648)

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

5.7 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,671

PARKVILLE STATION

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

6 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 11,792

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

0.67 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 51,321

TANYARD ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

4.6 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 7,276

NJ RT47 (N DELSEA)

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

3.3 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 18,077

ROUTE NJ 45

Fair

Over: EDWARDS RUN

0.5 MI N OF JCT. CR 626, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1920 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,541

CR 553 (BUCK ROAD)

Fair

Over: STILL RUN

0.4 MI NORTH OF CR 608, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1927 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,389

E. COHAWKIN ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

3.5 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 6,682

ELM AVE

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

6 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 5,310

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: Kings Highway

3 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 51,321

ALMONESSON ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

2.1 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 14,148

E TOMLIN STATIONRD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

1.06 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,111

US 322

Fair

Over: CONRAIL(PENNSGROVE SECO)

0.27 MI EAST OF US 130, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1939 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 22,628

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: OLDMANS CREEK

5 MI SOUTH OF OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 51,321

OLDMANS CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

4.2 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,882

NJ TPK INT 2 RAMPS

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

AT INTERCHANGE 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 3,769

WARRINGTON MILL RD

Fair

Over: PARGEY CREEK

0.3 mi West of CR 607, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1921 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 434

SHOPPERS LANE

Fair

Over: BELLS LAKE BRANCH

0.4 Mi. West of NJ 42, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1986 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,008

I-295 NB

Fair

Over: NJ 45 & NSRR

0.65 MI SOUTH OF NJ 47, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40,525

SBORO-MONROEVILLE

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

1.44 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 4,692

E WOLFERT STATION

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

1.8 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 1,263

CR538(COLES ML RD)

Fair

Over: LITTLE EASE RUN

0.1 Mi East OF NJ RT 47, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1923 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 6,930

JACKSON ROAD

Fair

Over: FARAWAY BRANCH

1.9 MI. SOUTH OF CR 538, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1935 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,126

ALMONESSON ROAD

Fair

Over: I-295

0.31 Mi North of Exit 25, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 10,659

I-295 SB

Fair

Over: BIG TIMBER CREEK

0.55 MI N OF NJ 47 JCT, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 47,190

RAINEY ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

3.7 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 714

MANTUA RD (CR 678)

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

4.8 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,276

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: SO. JERSEY RAILROAD CO.

2.9 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 52,347

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: WOODSTOWN-SWEDESBORO RD

1.8 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 52,347

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: BIG TIMBER CREEK

1.5 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 3, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 54,952

CEDAR ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

3.1 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 3,578

CR 706 (COOPER ST)

Fair

Over: BIG TIMBER CREEK

0.97 mi EAST of RT NJ 55, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,095

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