Total bridges
266
Public highway bridges in Rutland County
County profile · official public datasets
Rutland County, VT
266 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.5% rated Good, 45.9% Fair, 2.6% Poor.
- 266
- Public bridges
- 51.5%
- Good condition
- 2.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Rutland County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 50%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 266
- 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.
Rutland County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Rutland County ranks #7 of 14 Vermont counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Rutland County, Vermont contains 266 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.5% are rated “Good,” 45.9% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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
51.5%
137 of 266 rated 7-9
Fair condition
45.9%
122 of 266 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.6%
7 of 266 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 14
Among Vermont counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 266 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 51.5% (137)
Fair 45.9% (122)
Poor 2.6% (7)
Rutland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,888 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,841 crossings a day against 1,279 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 266 of 266 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
55.6% of Rutland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
148 of the 266 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 51.5% 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 69.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 00007 ML over FURNACE BROOK, built 1931, carries 9,000 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 12,888 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Rutland County's bridges were built
266 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 8
Built before 1900
8 bridges
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 10
1910–1919
10 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
20 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
26 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s 13
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
27 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
34 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
33 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
16 bridges
- 2000s 13
2000–2009
13 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
36 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 13.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1967) matches the Vermont average (1964).
How Rutland County compares with Vermont's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Vermont counties nearest Rutland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 13 Vermont counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham County | 337 | 52.2% | 42.7% | 5% | 1960 |
| Rutland County (this page) | 266 | 51.5% | 45.9% | 2.6% | 1967 |
| Washington County | 248 | 49.6% | 46.8% | 3.6% | 1961 |
| Caledonia County | 247 | 53% | 45.3% | 1.6% | 1965 |
| Bennington County | 215 | 57.2% | 41.9% | 0.9% | 1964 |
| Orange County | 208 | 50.5% | 47.6% | 1.9% | 1959 |
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 Rutland 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 Rutland County, both outside Vermont so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside VT (266 bridges here).
- Lauderdale County, AL · 266 bridges
- Wayne County, IL · 266 bridges
- Bremer County, IA · 266 bridges
- Cerro Gordo County, IA · 266 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside VT (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 (122)
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER DORR DRIVE
1.3 MI. W JCT. U.S. 7, Rutland, VT
Built 1986 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 11,000
RTE 4
FairOver: POULTNEY RIVER
JCT RTE 4 & VT STATE LINE, Rutland, VT
Built 1949 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 7,413
US 00004 ML
FairOver: MENDON BROOK
4.9 MI E JCT. U.S.7 N, Rutland, VT
Built 1959 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 10,200
TR 01 FAS 130
FairOver: MILL BROOK
2.4 MI W JCT. U.S.7, Rutland, VT
Built 1983 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 420
TR 0TH24
FairOver: TH NO 24 OVER US 4
0.5 MI W EXIT 4, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 400
TR 0TH24
FairOver: TH NO 24 OVER US 4
0.5 MI W EXIT 4, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 375
US 00BR4 BUS.
FairOver: CLARENDON RIVER
0.5 MI W JCT. VT.3, Rutland, VT
Built 1959 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 12,200
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER VT 30
US 4 EXIT 4 VT 30, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 9,800
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER VT 30
US 4 EXIT 4 VT 30, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 9,800
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER VT 22A
US 4 EXIT 2 VT 22A, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,900
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER VT 22A
US 4 EXIT 2 VT 22A, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,900
VT 00921 SPUR
FairOver: VT921 CONN. OVER US 4E
0.4 MI N JCT. VT.4A, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,800
VT 00921 SPUR
FairOver: VT921 CONN. OVER US 4W
0.4 MI N JCT. VT.4A, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,800
US 00007 ML
FairOver: US 7 OVER VT RR
0.7 MI S JCT. VT.140, Rutland, VT
Built 1996 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 6,200
US 00BR4 BUS.
FairOver: EAST CREEK
0.8 MI W JCT. U.S.7 S, Rutland, VT
Built 1935 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 13,000
C3018
FairOver: POULTNEY RIVER
0.1 MI TO JCT VT 140, Rutland, VT
Built 1919 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 100
US 00004 ML
FairOver: OTTER CREEK
1.0 MI. W JCT. U.S. 7, Rutland, VT
Built 1986 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 11,000
US 00004 ML
FairOver: OTTER CREEK
1.0 MI. W JCT. U.S. 7, Rutland, VT
Built 1986 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 11,000
C3020
FairOver: TWEED RIVER
0.03 MI TO JCT W VT100, Rutland, VT
Built 1996 Load: 82.6 t ADT: 10
US 00004 ML
FairOver: LAKE BOMOSEEN TH 2
1.4 MI W EXIT 4 VT.30, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,800
US 00004 ML
FairOver: LAKE BOMOSEEN TH 2
1.4 MI W EXIT 4 VT.30, Rutland, VT
Built 1971 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,800
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: UTLEY BROOK
TABOR BROOK ROAD, Rutland, VT
Built 1965 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 10
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