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Bucks County, PA

699 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.3% rated Good, 60.2% Fair, 15.5% Poor.

699
Public bridges
24.3%
Good condition
15.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Bucks County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

50th
of 67 on Poor share
15.5%
Poor-condition share
699
public highway bridges
1958
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.

Bucks County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bucks County ranks #50 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.5%). Bucks County, Pennsylvania contains 699 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.3% are rated “Good,” 60.2% “Fair,” and 15.5% “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

699

Public highway bridges in Bucks County

Good condition

24.3%

170 of 699 rated 7-9

Fair condition

60.2%

421 of 699 rated 5-6

Poor condition

15.5%

108 of 699 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#50 of 67

Among Pennsylvania counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 699 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
24.3% (170)
Fair
60.2% (421)
Poor
15.5% (108)

Bucks County's Poor-condition bridges carry 659,825 vehicle crossings a day

That is 8.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,167 crossings a day against 10,821 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 698 of 699 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

68.9% of Bucks County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

480 of the 697 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 24.3% 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 7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PA TPK (I-276) over T-346 BLOMSDAL RD, built 1954, carries 46,280 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 108-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 659,825 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Bucks County's bridges were built

697 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 101 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 14.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1958, 12 years older than the Pennsylvania average of 1970.

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

How Bucks County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Bucks County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1958 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 11 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bucks County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lancaster County 801 11.2%
Bucks County (this page) 699 15.5%
Chester County 680 13.7%
Berks County 667 15%
Washington County 655 12.1%
Westmoreland County 620 15.8%

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 Bucks 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 Bucks County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (699 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1958 here).

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

All 699 Good 170 Fair 421 Poor 108

Good-condition bridges (170)

I-95 (SB)

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

I-95/ I-276 INTC. 3262J10, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 41,939

Ramp AB

Good

Over: I-276

Philly Int Ramp AB ov 276, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 50,534

BETHLEHEM PIKE

Good

Over: EAST BR. PERKIOMEN CREEK

SELLERSVILLE BORO 20E03, Bucks, PA

Built 2019 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,308

LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Good

Over: RAMP IJ

NORTH PA.TURNPIKE 41E05, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 52,412

INTERSTATE 295 EB

Good

Over: DEL R PA 32 NJ 29 SB

OVER DELAWARE R, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 20,100

BRISTOL ROAD

Good

Over: LINCOLN HIGHWAY (US1)

NESHAMINY FALLS 41G03, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 14,277

CHINQUAPIN ROAD

Good

Over: IRONWORKS CREEK

.1MI.N.BUCK ROAD 36B11, Bucks, PA

Built 1966 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 2,108

KANSAS ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE NESHAMINY CREEK

WARRINGTON TWP. 33J02, Bucks, PA

Built 1979 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 400

SPRINGFIELD STREET

Good

Over: SEPTA (tracks removed)

150 FT E SR 0309 2694-J1, Bucks, PA

Built 1985 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 150

STEINSBURG ROAD

Good

Over: PA TPK (TOLL 476)

3/4 MI. N. PA663 2694A10, Bucks, PA

Built 2017 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 2,037

LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Good

Over: NESHAMINY CREEK

NESHAMINY FALLS 41G03, Bucks, PA

Built 2023 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 49,312

LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Good

Over: STREET ROAD

1MI.N.COUNTY LINE 41E06, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 52,412

STONE BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: DEEP RUN

2809-K8 ADC, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 200

STONY BROOK ROAD

Good

Over: JERICHO CREEK

UPPER MAKEFIELD 26D12, Bucks, PA

Built 1973 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 836

CHURCH HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF GALLOWS RUN

FERNDALE 04D10/ 2584B05, Bucks, PA

Built 2009 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,398

Street Road

Good

Over: Pidcock Creek

Upper Makefield 3037-E1, Bucks, PA

Built 1990 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 300

Schultz Lane

Good

Over: Buck Creek

Lower Makefield 3151-B2, Bucks, PA

Built 1985 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 35

OTTER STREET

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

.2 MI SOUTH US-13 3375A5, Bucks, PA

Built 2009 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 2,305

BENSALEM BLVD.

Good

Over: PA TURNPIKE (I-276)

3/4 MILE W. I-95; 3262F10, Bucks, PA

Built 2015 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 6,476

HULMEVILLE AVENUE

Good

Over: I-276

1.75 MI. W. I-95 3262C10, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 9,585

BRISTOL ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

.5MI.NORTH PA-532 36A12, Bucks, PA

Built 1963 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 3,802

MOYER ROAD

Good

Over: PLEASANT SPRING CREEK

50 S.PERKASIE 2920-H1, Bucks, PA

Built 1975 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 250

EASTON ROAD

Good

Over: GALLOWS RUN

KINTNERSVILLE 2584B01, Bucks, PA

Built 2013 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 3,593

DELAWARE ROAD

Good

Over: PENNA / DELAWARE CANAL

RIEGELSVILLE BORO. 2469K5, Bucks, PA

Built 2014 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 2,512

NEW US-1 BY-PASS

Good

Over: MAPLE AVENUE

.5 MI. W. I-95 3262E02, Bucks, PA

Built 2014 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 46,128

LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Good

Over: QUEEN ANNE CREEK

BILLBOARD 38C08/3151E10, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 14,259

BLACK ROCK ROAD

Good

Over: DELAWARE CANAL

1400 FT EAST OF SR 2071, Bucks, PA

Built 2009 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 3,600

BRIDGETON HILL RD

Good

Over: PENNSYLVANIA CANAL

.1 MI. S. PA32 2471D10, Bucks, PA

Built 2013 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 2,054

WILLOW ROAD

Good

Over: IRONWORKS CREEK

3148 J9 ADC, Bucks, PA

Built 1962 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 412

I-95 SB

Good

Over: NEW RODGERS ROAD (PA413)

.5 MI. EAST I-295 3262J10, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 41,939

UPPER RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: UNAMI CREEK

FINLAND;MILFORD 12J11, Bucks, PA

Built 2020 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 2,946

DARK HOLLOW ROAD

Good

Over: TOHICKON CREEK/ 2699-A10

AT STOVERS MILL 17B02, Bucks, PA

Built 2004 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,047

GALLOWAY ROAD

Good

Over: I-276 PA TURNPIKE

1 MI. EAST US-1 3261K10, Bucks, PA

Built 2011 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 16,619

PINEVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: PIDCOCK CREEK

1.5 Mi N. PA-413 2924-H10, Bucks, PA

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 247

FORD ROAD (T323)

Good

Over: INTERSTATE 95

.6 MI. S. PA TPK. 3374H01, Bucks, PA

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 8,913

I-95 SB

Good

Over: I295&276;RP B E F G 2049

NEAR I-276 3262H10, Bucks, PA

Built 2018 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 41,939

ROSENBERGER ROAD

Good

Over: MOLASSES CREEK

1 MI S. TPK. EXT32 2806D3, Bucks, PA

Built 2022 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 500

PENN VALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: MARTINS CREEK

AT LR 778 38H11, Bucks, PA

Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 5,663

BRISTOL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE NESHAMINY CREEK

VILLAGE HARTSVILLE 29E13, Bucks, PA

Built 1999 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 11,970

RED HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF TINICUM CREEK

.1MI.N.BRICK CHUR.2698K7, Bucks, PA

Built 2008 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 95

BRISTOL-OXFORD VA

Good

Over: PA TURNPIKE (I-276)

NEAR BRISTOL 3263B10, Bucks, PA

Built 2011 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 15,556

SELLERSVILLE BYPAS

Good

Over: STATE ROAD

EAST OF TELFORD 20D06, Bucks, PA

Built 1967 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 43,031

SOUTH SUGAN ROAD

Good

Over: AQUETONG CREEK

NEW HOPE BOROUGH 25F03, Bucks, PA

Built 1973 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 883

PA TPK (I-276)

Good

Over: SR 2049 Durham Rd.

Near Newportville, Bucks, PA

Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 46,280

LR 09012 SR 2006

Good

Over: PA TPK (I-276)

NEAR NEWPORTVILLE, Bucks, PA

Built 2020 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 14,650

SR 4033 LR09106

Good

Over: PA TPK (I-476)

WEST OF TRUMBAUERSVILLE, Bucks, PA

Built 2019 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,479

INTERSTATE 295 WB

Good

Over: PA Canal

.5 MI.N.YARDLEY BO.33B09, Bucks, PA

Built 2019 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 37,025

INTERSTATE 295 EB

Good

Over: PA CANAL

OVER PA CANAL, Bucks, PA

Built 2021 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 24,112

LOWER STATE ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF MILL CREEK

TRADESVILLE 28F06, Bucks, PA

Built 2022 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 8,227

BRIDGE FIVE LANE

Good

Over: DELAWARE CANAL

25 FT EAST OF SR 32, Bucks, PA

Built 1832 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 10

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