Total Bridges
4,277
Public highway bridges in Connecticut
State profile · Below median Poor share
Connecticut bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Connecticut, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 4,277
- Public bridges
- 24.0%
- Good condition
- 4.0%
- Poor condition
Data updated May 2026
Good Condition
24.0%
1,025 bridges rated 7-9
-26.0pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
4.0%
169 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
-3.0pp vs national avg 7.0%
Connecticut vs national bridge condition
Connecticut - Good condition share 24.0%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Connecticut - Poor-condition share 13.2%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
Connecticut vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)
States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Connecticut on the same metric.
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Connecticut
Six lowest-condition bridges in Connecticut, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
SHERMAN STREET
PoorOver: YANTIC RIVER
1 MILE WEST ROUTE 2, New London, CT
Built 1920 Load: 3.9 t
RIVER BANK ROAD
PoorOver: EAST BRANCH MIANUS RIVER
0.8 MI N OF ROUTE 15, Fairfield, CT
Built 1957 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 1,500
TRACY ROAD #1
PoorOver: KITT BROOK
0.5 MI SOUTH OF ROUTE 14, Windham, CT
Built 1928 Load: 8.7 t ADT: 176
ROUTE 136
PoorOver: SAUGATUCK RIVER
BETWEEN I-95 EXIT 17 & 18, Fairfield, CT
Built 1870 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 14,500
KENSINGTON ROAD
PoorOver: MATTABESSET RIVER
0.2 MI S OF ROUTE 372, Hartford, CT
Built 1958 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 4,200
SR 664
PoorOver: SNAKE MEADOW BROOK
3 MI NORTH OF ROUTE 14, Windham, CT
Built 1925 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 600
All Bridges in Connecticut
RESERVOIR LANE
FairOver: RIPPOWAM RIVER
AT STAMFORD TOWN LINE, Fairfield, CT
Built 1990 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 410
ROUTE 8 NORTHBOUND
FairOver: WINTHROP STREET
0.6 MILE NORTH OF EXIT 44, Litchfield, CT
Built 1964 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 9,400
SOUTH ROAD
FairOver: LEADMINE BROOK
WEST OF ROUTE 222 JCT, Litchfield, CT
Built 1999 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 390
INTERSTATE-91 NB
FairOver: MUDDY RIVER
.8 MI SO OF ROUTE 40, New Haven, CT
Built 1965 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 55,750
NORTH STREET
FairOver: FIVE MILE RIVER
0.5 MI WEST OF ROUTE 12, Windham, CT
Built 1973 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 3,978
RIVER ROAD
FairOver: SAUGATUCK RIVER
1600' EAST OF RTE 57 JCT, Fairfield, CT
Built 1957 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 2,272
US ROUTE 7 RAMP 47
FairOver: SUGAR HOLLOW ROAD
MALL EXIT RTE 7 SOUTHBND, Fairfield, CT
Built 1987 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 10,300
ROUTE 20
FairOver: HIGLEY BROOK
.2 MI EAST OF ROUTE 219, Hartford, CT
Built 1934 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 8,100
SR 500 TR 805
FairOver: PITKIN STREET
.1 MILE S OF GOVERNOR ST, Hartford, CT
Built 1964 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 3,900
ROUTE 2 WESTBOUND
FairOver: PITKIN STREET
0.6 MILE E OF HARTFORD TL, Hartford, CT
Built 1964 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 27,500
HUMPHREY ROAD NO 2
FairOver: CHERRY BROOK
0.2 MILE WEST OF RTE. 179, Hartford, CT
Built 1988 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 134
US ROUTE 7
FairOver: HOUSATONIC RAILROAD
500' N OF SALISBURY TL, Litchfield, CT
Built 1931 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 3,400
US ROUTE 202
FairOver: GULF STREAM
1.52 MI. NO.LITCHFIELD TL, Litchfield, CT
Built 1957 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 4,900
ELI BUNKER ROAD
FairOver: E. BRANCH SHEPAUG RIVER
1.6 MILES W OF MILTON RD, Litchfield, CT
Built 1965 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 68
INTERSTATE-395
FairOver: KATE DOWNING ROAD
3 MILES NORTH OF ROUTE201, Middlesex, CT
Built 1958 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 30,000
ROUTE 9 NORTHBOUND
FairOver: P&W RAILROAD
NEXT TO SEWAGE TREAT PLNT, Middlesex, CT
Built 1967 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 32,300
PEARL STREET
FairOver: BLADENS RIVER
0.1 MI SOUTH OF ROUTE 67, New Haven, CT
Built 1924 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 2,333
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: ATLANTIC STREET
I-95 NB EXIT NO. 8, Fairfield, CT
Built 1958 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 94,100
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: WESTWAY ROAD
0.1 MILE SOUTH OF EXIT 19, Fairfield, CT
Built 1958 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 110,400
E. WASHINGTON AVE
FairOver: PEQUONNOCK RIVER
0.2 MI E OF ROUTE 8, Fairfield, CT
Built 1916 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 3,310
INTERSTATE-84 WB
FairOver: WEST CENTER STREET EXT.
0.8 MI E OF I-84 EXIT 30, Hartford, CT
Built 1963 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 49,000
INTERSTATE-84 EB
FairOver: WEST CENTER STREET EXT.
0.8 MI E OF I-84 EXIT 30, Hartford, CT
Built 1963 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 50,300
CENTER STREET
FairOver: QUINNIPIAC RIVER
160 FT E OF WATER ST, Hartford, CT
Built 1983 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 3,060
ROUTE 8 SOUTHBOUND
FairOver: CAMPVILLE ROAD
EXIT 41 OFF ROUTE 8, Litchfield, CT
Built 1960 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 12,200
ROUTE 341
FairOver: HOUSATONIC RIVER
.2 MI WEST OF ROUTE 7, Litchfield, CT
Built 1991 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 2,000
SR 602
FairOver: FALLS RIVER
1.1 MI N OF ROUTE 154, Middlesex, CT
Built 1983 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 4,100
ROUTE 172
FairOver: TRANSYLVANIA BROOK
1 MI SOUTH OF JCT RTE 67, New Haven, CT
Built 1935 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 3,900
INTERSTATE-91 SB
FairOver: SACKETT POINT ROAD
0.7 MI S OF ROUTE 40, New Haven, CT
Built 1965 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 54,700
BRIDGE STREET
FairOver: OXOBOXO BROOK
75 FT W OF ROUTE 163, New London, CT
Built 1920 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 1,056
US ROUTE 1
FairOver: LATIMERS BROOK
0.3 MI N OF I-95, New London, CT
Built 1985 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 10,800
INTERSTATE-395 SB
FairOver: BALLARD ROAD
1 MI NORTH OF EXIT 97, Windham, CT
Built 1965 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 11,700
US ROUTE 44
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
0.4 MI WEST OF KENNEDY DR, Windham, CT
Built 1987 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 10,600
INTERSTATE-84 WB
FairOver: ABANDONED B&M RAILROAD
.2 MI W EXIT 32, ROUTE 10, Hartford, CT
Built 1963 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 44,700
US ROUTE 7 NB
FairOver: PARK AVENUE
500' E OF DANBURY MALL, Fairfield, CT
Built 1987 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 23,100
ROUTE 67
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
JUNCTION ROUTE 42 AND 67, New Haven, CT
Built 1933 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 13,900
I-95 & I-95 RAMP 0
FairOver: GREENWICH AVE RIPPOWAM
INTERSTATE-95 EXIT NO. 7, Fairfield, CT
Built 1958 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 122,600
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: NORTH PINE CREEK ROAD
BETWEEN EXITS 20 & 21, Fairfield, CT
Built 1958 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 117,200
US ROUTE 7
FairOver: MNRR & NORWALK RIVER
0.9 MI S OF ROUTE 15, Fairfield, CT
Built 1992 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 22,500
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: HAMILTON AVENUE
0.2 MI N OF US ROUTE 1, Hartford, CT
Built 1958 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 113,800
SOUTH STREET
FairOver: AMTRAK RAILROAD
.1 MI W OF CHRISTIAN LANE, Hartford, CT
Built 1979 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 13,900
ROUTE 8 SOUTHBOUND
FairOver: FENN ROAD
0.9 MI S OF LITCHFIELD TL, Litchfield, CT
Built 1960 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 12,600
ROUTE 17
FairOver: MAIN STREET EXTENSION
0.15 MI OFF RT9SB EXIT 13, Middlesex, CT
Built 1955 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 10,200
ROUTE 154
FairOver: SOUTH COVE
4.08 MI NORTH OF ROUTE 1, Middlesex, CT
Built 1994 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 1,700
ROUTE 8
FairOver: FULLING MILL BROOK
0.9 MILE SO. WATERBURY TL, New Haven, CT
Built 1960 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 51,400
ROUTE 15
FairOver: CIRCULAR AVENUE
O/CIRCULAR AVENUE, New Haven, CT
Built 1948 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 77,800
EAST AURORA STREET
FairOver: STEELE BROOK
150 FT NORTH OF ROUTE 73, New Haven, CT
Built 1963 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 8,300
ROUTE 2 EASTBOUND
FairOver: FITCHVLLE POND&BOZRAH ST
1.53MI WEST OF NORWICH TL, New London, CT
Built 1961 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 14,200
ROUTE 2 WESTBOUND
FairOver: FITCHVLLE POND&BOZRAH ST
1.53MI WEST OF NORWICH TL, New London, CT
Built 1961 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 12,900
ROUTE 19
FairOver: FURNACE BROOK
3.3 MI NORTH OF ROUTE 190, Tolland, CT
Built 1957 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,000
I-84 RAMP 266
FairOver: SKUNGAMAUG RIVER
50' WEST OF ROUTE 195, Tolland, CT
Built 1978 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 7,400
Showing 2,451-2,500 of 4,277 bridges
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