Total bridges
243
Public highway bridges in Gloucester County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1910s 4
1910–1919
4 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
21 bridges
- 1930s 18
1930–1939
18 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
52 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
23 bridges
- 1970s 12
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
52 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
27 bridges
- 2000s 16
2000–2009
16 bridges
- 2010s 7
2010–2019
7 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).
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.
| 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.
Fair-condition bridges (161)
US 322 WB
FairOver: I-295
AT US 322 INTERCHANGE, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1968 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 13,514
I-295
FairOver: GROVE STREET (CR.643)
5.1 MI SOUTH OF I-76, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1953 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 72,242
SWDESBRO RD(CO653)
FairOver: I-295 US 130
4.13 MI NORTH OF US322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1953 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 3,049
HighHillRd (CR662)
FairOver: I-295
1.2 MI SOUTH OF US 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1966 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 6,381
NJ 42
FairOver: BIG TIMBER CREEK
0.1 MI S OF 42-NJTPK JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1999 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 120,393
PINEY HOLLOW ROAD
FairOver: GREAT EGG HARBOR CREEK
1 MI NORTH OF US RT 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1997 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 3,626
HARISON-PDRKTWN RD
FairOver: I-295
2.7 MI SW OF JCT 295&322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1966 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 2,870
CLEMENTS BRIDGE RD
FairOver: NJ 55
1.3 MI SOUTH JCT 42 & 55, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1985 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 20,539
CENTER SQUARE RD
FairOver: RT I-295
1.6 MI S OF 295-322 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1966 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 2,571
A.C. EXPRESSWAY
FairOver: S.BRANCH BIG TIMBER CRK
1 MILE EAST OF RT 42, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1963 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 84,399
US 130 SOUTH
FairOver: NJ 44 CEDAR SWMP CSX
1.1MI NORTH OF US 322 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1953 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 13,302
CR544(CLMNTS BR RD
FairOver: ALMONESSON CREEK
0.43 MILES EAST OF CR 621, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1974 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 20,527
NJ 47
FairOver: NJ 55
.26 miles SE. of CR 647, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1985 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 12,870
US 40
FairOver: NJ 55 FREEWAY
10 MI.SOUTH OF RT 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1973 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 13,042
U.S. 322
FairOver: NJ ROUTE 55
5.9 MI SOUTH OF NJ 47 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1989 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 24,570
CR 607TOMLN STA RD
FairOver: RACCOON CREEK
1.23 mi North of CR538, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1997 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 3,696
OakGroveRd (CR671)
FairOver: I-295
1.11 MI. NORTH OF US 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1966 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 838
NJ 55 SB
FairOver: DELSEA-PORCHTWNRD(CR613)
1.66 MILE NO. OF US 40, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 24,071
US ROUTE 322
FairOver: US ROUTE 130
2 MI FROM COMM.BARRY BR, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1974 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 22,340
NJ 41
FairOver: NJ 42
3.8 MILE S. OF 295 JCT., Gloucester, NJ
Built 1955 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 22,583
US 40
FairOver: STILL RUN
0.6 MI WEST OF NJ 55, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1929 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 13,179
UNION ROAD
FairOver: STILL RUN
0.8 mi North of CR 664, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1956 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 607
NJ 55 SB
FairOver: SWEDESBORO RD (CR 538)
2.92 Mi N.OF US 40, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 17,832
DEPTFORD CENTER RD
FairOver: NJ 55
1.64 MILES SOUTH OF RT 42, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1985 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 14,912
CR 618
FairOver: RACCOON CREEK
0.28m E 77&1.6m S 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1985 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 8,322
RT.I-295 & RT 130
FairOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
4.9 MI SOUTH OF I-76, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1953 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 75,020
NJ 55 NB
FairOver: LEONARD CAKE ROAD
1.1 MI N OF NJ 55 EXIT 39, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 20,001
ROUTE 55 S.B.
FairOver: LEONARD CAKE ROAD
3.0 MI S OF RT 55 EXIT 43, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 20,322
U-TURN MAINTENANCE
FairOver: NJ TURNPIKE
0.5 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1973 Load: 66.1 t ADT: 275
I-295 & US 130
FairOver: STILL RUN CREEK
4 MI NORTH OF RT 322, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1952 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 78,576
SPRINGERS ROAD
FairOver: US 130
0.36 MI NO. OF US 322 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1974 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 1,214
CR 651(GRNTREE RD)
FairOver: MANTUA CREEK
1 MILE EAST OF NJ RT 47, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1988 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 10,247
I-295
FairOver: DELAWARE ST.(CO.640)
4.3 MI SOUTH OF I-76, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1993 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 72,207
NJ 55 NB
FairOver: SWEDESBORO ROAD (CR 538)
2.85ML N.OF RT 40 INTCH., Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 69.9 t ADT: 22,762
LITTLE MILL ROAD
FairOver: RT. NJ 55
.47 M. West of Rt. 47, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 75.3 t ADT: 1,717
RT 55-SB
FairOver: PORCTWN-WILLIMSTW(CR612)
1.4 MI N OF RT 55 EXIT 39, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 21,535
RT 553 (BUCK RD)
FairOver: NJ 55
3.87 Miles N. OF US 40, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1989 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 7,673
US 40 & NJ 47
FairOver: CONRAIL VINELAND SEC
1.6 MI E OF NJ 55 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 2005 Load: 76.5 t ADT: 11,979
RT 55 NB
FairOver: CO ROUTE 612
1.4 MI NORTH OF RTE 40, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1987 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 21,535
I-295 NB US 130 NB
FairOver: MANTUA CREEK
0.39 MI S OF MANTUA GROVE, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1952 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 43,808
I-295 SB US 130 SB
FairOver: MANTUA CREEK
7.2 MI SOUTH OF I-76, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1952 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 74,545
HESSIAN AVE(CR642)
FairOver: I-295
0.57 MI S OF US 130 JCT, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1991 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 4,155
FRANKLN-WILLMTN RD
FairOver: SCOTLAND RUN
1.0 mi NORTH of NJ RT 47, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1997 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 1,351
WILLOW GROVE ROAD
FairOver: REED BRANCH
.25 MI N OF JCT CR 604, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1991 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 1,712
CR 653(BILLNGPORT)
FairOver: CONRAIL
0.47 MI NORTH OF NJ RT 44, Gloucester, NJ
Built 2000 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,037
CR 706 (COOPER ST)
FairOver: ALMONESSON CREEK
0.3 MI WEST OF NJ RT 41, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1926 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,095
EVERGREEN AVECR553
FairOver: WOODBURY CREEK
0.18 mi. S of CR 644, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1929 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 13,932
NJ 42
FairOver: S.BR.BIG TIMBER CREEK
0.3 MI NO. OF 168 JCT., Gloucester, NJ
Built 1958 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50,861
MANTUA-PAULSBOR RD
FairOver: EDWARDS RUN AT LOCK NO.9
0.67 Mi W of NJ Turnpike, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1948 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,349
CR607(TOMLIN STA)
FairOver: RATTLING RUN
0.2 mi South of CR551, Gloucester, NJ
Built 1919 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,380
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