Total Bridges
4,277
Public highway bridges in Connecticut
State profile · Below national median SD
Connecticut bridge safety
Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in Connecticut — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.
- 4,277
- Public bridges
- 24.0%
- Good condition
- 4.0%
- Poor condition
- 4.0%
- Structurally deficient
Good Condition
24.0%
1,025 bridges rated 7-9
-26.0pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
4.0%
169 bridges rated 0-4
Structurally Deficient
4.0%
169 bridges flagged for repair priority
-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 — Structurally deficient share 13.2%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.
Condition Distribution
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — Connecticut (FHWA NBI)
Connecticut vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)
States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. 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 composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.
SHERMAN STREET
Structurally DeficientOver: YANTIC RIVER
1 MILE WEST ROUTE 2, New London, CT
Built 1920 Load: 3.9 t
RIVER BANK ROAD
Structurally DeficientOver: 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
I-95 RAMP 101 & RO
FairOver: JOHNSONS CREEK
I-95 NORTHOUND EXIT 30, Fairfield, CT
Built 1959 Load: 70.3 t ADT: 27,900
FORBES STREET
FairOver: HOCKANUM RIVER
120 FT FR JCT GOODWIN LA, Hartford, CT
Built 1904 Load: 70.3 t ADT: 6,700
ROUTE 66
FairOver: NEW ENGLAND CENTRAL RR
0.3 MILE WEST OF ROUTE 32, Windham, CT
Built 1938 Load: 70.3 t ADT: 7,300
SEYMOUR AVENUE
FairOver: ROUTE 8
0.9 MI N OF ROUTE 34, New Haven, CT
Built 1952 Load: 70.7 t ADT: 9,096
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: COMMERCE DRIVE
I-95 VICINITY EXIT 25, Fairfield, CT
Built 1959 Load: 71.0 t ADT: 110,600
ROUTE 30
FairOver: PODUNK RIVER
2.32 MILES NORTH OF RTE 5, Hartford, CT
Built 1938 Load: 71.0 t ADT: 8,600
US ROUTE 202
FairOver: NEPAUG RIVER
1.5 MILE NO. OF ROUTE 219, Litchfield, CT
Built 2008 Load: 71.0 t ADT: 10,500
ROUTE 101
FairOver: FIVE MILE RIVER
.6 MI W OF INTERSTATE-395, Windham, CT
Built 1940 Load: 71.0 t ADT: 11,400
SR 844
FairOver: MAD RIVER
.2 MILE EAST OF ROUTE 69, New Haven, CT
Built 1935 Load: 71.1 t ADT: 9,700
ROUTE 64
FairOver: OLD SHERMAN HILL ROAD
150' WEST O MIDDLEBURY TL, Litchfield, CT
Built 1931 Load: 71.3 t ADT: 7,400
ROUTE 222
FairOver: LEADMINE BROOK
0.2 MI NORTH THOMASTON TL, Litchfield, CT
Built 1960 Load: 71.3 t ADT: 850
ROUTE 174
FairOver: AMTRAK RAILROAD
1 MI E OF NEW BRITAIN TL, Hartford, CT
Built 1940 Load: 71.4 t ADT: 13,000
PIE HILL ROAD
FairOver: BANTAM RIVER
1 MILE EAST OF ROUTE 63, Litchfield, CT
Built 1950 Load: 72.3 t ADT: 192
EAST LAKE STREET
FairOver: EAST LAKE BROOK
INT MORGAN ROAD, Fairfield, CT
Built 1984 Load: 72.8 t ADT: 1,185
ERICKSON ROAD
FairOver: HOUSATONIC RAILROAD
1 MILE EAST OF ROUTE 7, Litchfield, CT
Built 1992 Load: 72.9 t ADT: 760
SR502 E. RIVER DR
FairOver: HOCKANUM RIVER
SR 502 (SILVER LANE EXT.), Hartford, CT
Built 1992 Load: 73.9 t ADT: 5,200
CHAPEL HILL ROAD
FairOver: WEST ASPETUCK RIVER
0.25 MI N OF BIG BEAR RD, Litchfield, CT
Built 1975 Load: 73.9 t ADT: 613
ROUTE 32 NB
FairOver: WILLIAMS STREET NO 1
0.2 MI S OF I-95, New London, CT
Built 1975 Load: 74.8 t ADT: 4,900
US ROUTE 1
FairOver: QUEACH BROOK
0.7 MI S OF I-95, New Haven, CT
Built 2009 Load: 75.1 t ADT: 15,500
SELLECK STREET
FairOver: METRO NORTH RAILROAD
FAIRFIELD AVE INTERSECTN, Fairfield, CT
Built 1919 Load: 75.5 t ADT: 10,000
ROUTE 20
FairOver: MOOSEHORN BROOK
1.2 MILES WEST OF RTE 219, Hartford, CT
Built 1957 Load: 75.8 t ADT: 1,300
EAST STREET
FairOver: MILL BROOK
0.1 MILE EAST OF ROUTE 75, Hartford, CT
Built 1953 Load: 76.1 t ADT: 700
INTERSTATE 95
FairOver: METRO-NORTH RAILROAD
BETWEEN EXITS 24 & 25, Fairfield, CT
Built 2006 Load: 76.4 t ADT: 110,600
ROUTE 219
FairOver: MOUNTAIN BROOK
.8 MI N OF BARKHAMSTED TL, Hartford, CT
Built 1959 Load: 76.8 t ADT: 6,700
WHITE BIRCH DRIVE
FairOver: EAST RIVER
0.2 MI N OF NUT PLAINS RD, New Haven, CT
Built 1999 Load: 79.4 t ADT: 108
ROUTE 8 NORTHBOUND
FairOver: WEST MAIN STREET NO.1
AT EXIT 33, New Haven, CT
Built 1965 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 35,200
TRIANGLE STREET
FairOver: STILL RIVER
0.6 MILE SOUTH OF SR 806, Fairfield, CT
Built 1960 Load: 82.6 t ADT: 8,345
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: SASCO CREEK
WESTPORT-FAIRFIELD T.L., Fairfield, CT
Built 1958 Load: 85.2 t ADT: 110,400
BRIDGE ST #1
FairOver: AMTRAK
0.3 MI W OF US ROUTE 1, New London, CT
Built 1936 Load: 85.9 t ADT: 2,200
INTERSTATE-691
FairOver: ABANDONED RAILROAD LINE
0.2 MI W OF ROUTE 5, New Haven, CT
Built 1971 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 78,500
ROUTE 15
FairOver: RIPPOWAM RIVER
0.5 MI SOUTH OF ROUTE 137, Fairfield, CT
Built 1936 Load: 86.5 t ADT: 73,120
QUADDICK ROAD
FairOver: FIVE MILE RIVER
2 MI EAST OF ROUTE 193, Windham, CT
Built 1930 Load: 86.5 t ADT: 1,167
CHAPEL STREET #1
FairOver: WEST RIVER
0.1 MILE EAST OF YALE AVE, New Haven, CT
Built 1991 Load: 89.6 t ADT: 4,400
SR 712 (BRIDGE ST)
FairOver: HOUSATONIC RIVER
0.13 MI EAST OF RTE 110, Fairfield, CT
Built 1918 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,500
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: LYME STREET
0.7 MI N OF US ROUTE 1, New London, CT
Built 1948 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 59,000
ROUTE 138
FairOver: PACHAUG RIVER
.1 MI EAST OF ROUTE 12, New London, CT
Built 1946 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,900
INTERSTATE-91 NB
FairOver: CT SOUTHERN RR
.1MI(N)OF CHARTER OAK BRG, Hartford, CT
Built 1991 Load: 90.4 t ADT: 52,000
INTERSTATE-95
FairOver: NORTH BRIDE BROOK ROAD
2.3 MI S. OF ROUTE 161, New London, CT
Built 1958 Load: 91.9 t ADT: 61,700
OAKWOOD DRIVE # 1
FairOver: STREAM
0.1 MI SOUTH OF STEELE ST, Hartford, CT
Built 1970 Load: 92.0 t ADT: 65
CAPITOL AVENUE
FairOver: ROOSTER RIVER OVERFLOW
0.1 MI E OF ROUTE 59, Fairfield, CT
Built 1907 Load: 93.3 t ADT: 7,390
JUDE LANE
FairOver: EIGHT MILE RIVER
475 FT W OF I-84, Hartford, CT
Built 1980 Load: 93.3 t ADT: 2,493
ROUTE 25
FairOver: HOUSATONIC RAILROAD
.25 MI EAST OF ROUTE 7, Fairfield, CT
Built 1989 Load: 94.0 t ADT: 5,100
BELL STREET
FairOver: SAWMILL BROOK
200 FT N OF SAWMILL ROAD, Middlesex, CT
Built 1955 Load: 94.6 t ADT: 166
CHAMBERLAIN DRIVE
FairOver: MEANS BROOK
1.1 MI WEST OF ROUTE 108, Fairfield, CT
Built 1978 Load: 96.6 t ADT: 700
ROUTE 130
FairOver: ASH CREEK
1.4 MI WEST OF I-95, Fairfield, CT
Built 1910 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 10,100
ROUTE 72
FairOver: PAN AM RAILROAD
.1 MILE N I-84 INTERSECT, Hartford, CT
Built 1975 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 65,700
SHUTTLEMEADOW ROAD
FairOver: QUINNIPIAC RIVER
100' FROM JCT CAROL DRIVE, Hartford, CT
Built 1968 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 3,484
COLES AVENUE
FairOver: SCHOOLHOUSE BROOK
150' EAST OF ROUTE 173, Hartford, CT
Built 1957 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 1,322
FRESHWATER BLVD
FairOver: FRESHWATER BROOK
0.2 MILE NORTH OF RTE 190, Hartford, CT
Built 1970 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 14,793
MEADOWBROOK DRIVE
FairOver: DRAINAGE
250FT from Bentley Drive, Hartford, CT
Built 1998 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 530
Showing 2,901-2,950 of 4,277 bridges
Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). A "structurally deficient" rating is a repair-priority signal, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult a qualified civil engineer before making decisions based on this data.
Understanding Bridge Conditions
How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.
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How to look up bridge condition data for bridges on your route.
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