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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.

pre-1900

1
1910s

4
1920s

21
1930s

18
1940s

10
1950s

52
1960s

23
1970s

12
1980s

52
1990s

27
2000s

16
2010s

7

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).

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	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Warren County	268	19.4%	76.1%	4.5%	1952
Camden County	261	20.7%	72.8%	6.5%	1963
Gloucester County (this page)	243	31.3%	66.3%	2.5%	1967
Ocean County	241	45.6%	51.5%	2.9%	1981
Atlantic County	207	36.2%	58%	5.8%	1975
Hudson County	202	21.3%	72.3%	6.4%	1966

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).

Talladega County, AL · 243 bridges
Newton County, MS · 243 bridges
Pettis County, MO · 243 bridges
Columbia County, NY · 243 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Los Angeles County, CA · avg 1967 · 3,547 bridges
Allegheny County, PA · avg 1967 · 1,294 bridges
Sonoma County, CA · avg 1967 · 609 bridges
Merced County, CA · avg 1967 · 528 bridges

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

Fair-condition bridges (161)

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Gloucester County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

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

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

One structure carries 31.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Gloucester 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 (161)

GRANT AVENUE

NJ TURNPIKE

WASHINGTON AVENUE

I-295

US 322

RATTLING RUN ROAD

COLES MILL ROAD

TURKEY HILL ROAD

Swedesboro Ave

WILLOW GROVE RD

PINEY HOLLOW ROAD

MANTUA BVD (CR676)

US 40

A.C. EXPRESSWAY WB

CR617(S.MUL HL RD)

I-295 NB

CR632(MANT-WEN RD)

ALMONESSON ROAD

ROUTE NJ 47

NJ 47

ROUTE 55 RAMP BB

A.C. EXPRESSWAY EB

KINGS HWY CR 551

LEONARD CAKE ROAD

CR 551 (KINGS HWY)

WDBURY-GLASSB RD.

ROUTE NJ 45

I-295 & US 130

GOOD INTENT RD-534

ROUTE 55

Cohawkin Road

NJ 42 NB

RT NJ 42 SB

US 130 NB&RMP 1

CR602-HARRISONVILL

US 130 NB

NJ 44

ROUTE US 322

CR 705

NJ 45

NJ 55 NB

CR 610-ACADEMY ST

CR 643 (GROVE RD)

US 130 NB

I-295 NB

I-295 SB

I-295 & US 130

US 322 EB

ROUTE NJ 42

US 130 NB

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