Total Bridges
2,862
Public highway bridges in Vermont
State profile · Below median Poor share
Vermont bridge safety
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Vermont.
- 2,862
- Public bridges
- 52.1%
- Good condition
- 2.9%
- Poor condition
Vermont holds 2,862 public highway bridges (#43 of 52 by inventory) with a 2.9% Poor share (#45 of 52 by Poor share).
That is 2.9% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 8 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
Good Condition
52.1%
1,491 bridges rated 7-9
2.1pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
2.9%
83 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
-4.6pp vs national avg 7.5%
Vermont vs national bridge condition
Vermont - Good condition share 52.1%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Vermont - Poor-condition share 9.7%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.
Vermont in the national condition pattern
Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.
Vermont vs all states by public bridge inventory
Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges
2,862 43rd of 54 higher than 11 of 54 states
States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024
Read the rank neighborhood for Vermont
The highlighted point is Vermont: 2,862 bridges and 2.90% in Poor condition, rank #8 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Vermont on that same Poor-share ordering:
- District of Columbia: 257 bridges · 1.95% Poor
- Florida: 13,036 bridges · 2.79% Poor
- Vermont: 2,862 bridges · 2.90% Poor
- Utah: 3,125 bridges · 2.91% Poor
- Alabama: 16,205 bridges · 3.35% Poor
The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.
Material families in Vermont
Exclusive FHWA material families across all 2,862 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.
Who maintains Vermont’s inventory
State agency holds 39.6% of the 2,862 public highway bridges filed under Vermont in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.
When Vermont’s bridges were built
Pre-1950 construction accounts for 33.7% of the 2,862 bridges with a recorded original year in Vermont. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.
Condition Distribution
Vermont 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 Vermont on the same metric.
DC
District of Columbia
1.95% top marginal rate
FL
Florida
2.79% top marginal rate
VT
Vermont
2.90% top marginal rate
UT
Utah
2.91% top marginal rate
AL
Alabama
3.35% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Vermont
Six lowest-condition bridges in Vermont, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
C2001
PoorOver: OTTER CREEK
0.7 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH14, Addison, VT
Built 1865 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 700
BRIDGE STREET
PoorOver: CONNECTICUT RIVER
VERMONT STATE LINE, Windham, VT
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 6,100
C3018
PoorOver: WILLIAMS RIVER
0.01 MI TO JCT W VT103, Windsor, VT
Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20
C3324
PoorOver: BLACK RIVER
@ JCT W CL3 TH324, Windsor, VT
Built 1929 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150
VT 00155 ML
PoorOver: MILL RIVER
0.1 MI S JCT. VT.103, Rutland, VT
Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,000
TR 01 FAS 308
PoorOver: BURGESS BROOK
0.9 MI W JCT. VT.100, Orleans, VT
Built 1923 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 590
All Bridges in Vermont
C3025
FairOver: S. BR. MIDDLEBURY RIV.
0.01 MI TO JCT VT125, Addison, VT
Built 1970 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 20
C3023
FairOver: NEW ENGLAND CENTRAL RR
0.04 MI TO JCT W VT2A, Chittenden, VT
Built 1910 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,500
C3CLY
FairOver: CLYDE RIVER
0.35 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH8, Orleans, VT
Built 1956 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 600
C3029
FairOver: MARSHFIELD BROOK
0.12 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH9, Washington, VT
Built 1929 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 50
C2002
FairOver: GREAT BROOK
0.8 MI S OF TH1, Washington, VT
Built 1991 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 270
C2001
FairOver: THATCHER BROOK
0.3 MI TO JCT W VT100, Washington, VT
Built 1937 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,060
C2002
FairOver: S. BR. SAXTONS RIVER
0.6 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH48, Windham, VT
Built 1939 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 500
C2001
FairOver: N. BR. BALL MT.BROOK
0.1 MI JCT TH 66 & TH 1, Windham, VT
Built 1936 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 140
C2003
FairOver: MEADOW BROOK
0.1 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH17, Windham, VT
Built 1939 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,120
VT 00100 ML
FairOver: COLD BROOK
2.6 MI N JCT. VT.9 W, Windham, VT
Built 1967 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 850
VT 00100 ML
FairOver: ALDER MEADOW BROOK
5.7 MI N JCT. VT.125, Addison, VT
Built 1933 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,200
US 00004 ML
FairOver: BROOK
3.0 MI E JCT VT 100A, Windsor, VT
Built 1932 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,100
US 00004 ML
FairOver: BROOK
2.8 MI W JCT. VT.106, Windsor, VT
Built 1934 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,100
US 00004 ML
FairOver: US 4 OVER VT 4A
2.1 MI W EXIT 6 VT.4A, Rutland, VT
Built 1968 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 13,400
VT 00103 ML
FairOver: BROOK
1.5 MI S JCT. VT.140, Rutland, VT
Built 1941 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,100
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 132
I 89 EXIT 2, Windsor, VT
Built 1968 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 18,800
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 132
I 89 EXIT 2, Windsor, VT
Built 1968 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 18,800
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER MONT. S.H.
I 89 EXIT 8, Washington, VT
Built 1960 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 25,200
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER EB I189
EXIT 13 I 89-I 189 INTERS, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 41,000
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 207
I 89 EXIT 20, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,700
VT 0100A ALT
FairOver: PINNEY HOLLOW BROOK
3.1 MI N JCT. VT.100, Windsor, VT
Built 1947 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 770
VT 00106 ML
FairOver: BLACK RIVER
2.8 MI N JCT. VT.10, Windsor, VT
Built 1939 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,400
VT 00066 ML
FairOver: AYERS BROOK
0.4 MI E JCT. VT.12 N, Orange, VT
Built 1928 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,600
US 00005 ML
FairOver: PASSUMPSIC RIVER
3.6 MI N JCT. U.S.2 E, Caledonia, VT
Built 1954 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 4,700
C3005
FairOver: SO. WHEELOCK BRANCH
0.05 MI JCT TH 5 + TH 1, Caledonia, VT
Built 1937 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100
C3004
FairOver: COOK BROOK
0.18 MI TO JCT W VT105, Orleans, VT
Built 1931 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 80
VT 00010 ML
FairOver: GREAT BROOK
1.7 MI E JCT VT 103, Windsor, VT
Built 1932 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,400
VT 00010 ML
FairOver: GREAT BROOK
3.2 MI E JCT VT 103, Windsor, VT
Built 1938 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,000
VT 00100 ML
FairOver: EAST BRANCH
0.8 MI S JCT. VT.58, Orleans, VT
Built 1929 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,600
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER US 5
0.5 MI N I89-I91 INTERS., Windsor, VT
Built 1966 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 26,000
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER US 5
0.5 MI N I89-I91 INTERS., Windsor, VT
Built 1966 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 26,000
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER WIN. RIV.+TH16
0.3 MI N EXIT 11, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,300
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER WIN. RIV.+TH16
0.3 MI N EXIT 11, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,300
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 2A
I 89 EXIT 12, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,300
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 2A
I 89 EXIT 12, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,300
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT 15
I 89 EXIT 15, Chittenden, VT
Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 56,400
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER VT207
I 89 EXIT 20, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,700
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
1.5 MI S EXIT 29, Orleans, VT
Built 1969 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,200
TR 01 FAS 114
FairOver: FAYVILLE BRANCH
1.0 MI E JCT. VT.7A S, Bennington, VT
Built 1934 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,600
VT 00058 ML
FairOver: WILLOUGHBY RIVER
2.5 MI W JCT. VT.5A, Orleans, VT
Built 1929 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 870
C3010
FairOver: METTAWEE RIVER
@ JCT W CL 3 TH7, Bennington, VT
Built 1953 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 250
C3026
FairOver: WHITE CREEK
0.04 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH4, Bennington, VT
Built 1931 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 10
C2002
FairOver: GREEN RIVER
0.1MI N JCT TH18 & TH2, Bennington, VT
Built 1928 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 150
C3049
FairOver: COLD SPRING BROOK
0.1 MI TO JCT W VT67, Bennington, VT
Built 1988 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 250
C3003
FairOver: MILLER RUN
0.1 MI JCT TH 3 + VT 122, Caledonia, VT
Built 1927 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 400
C3045
FairOver: WATERMAN BROOK
0.35 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH5, Lamoille, VT
Built 1981 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100
C3050
FairOver: PEACH BROOK
0.6 MI JCT TH 50 + TH 55, Orange, VT
Built 1953 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 200
C3013
FairOver: ORANGE BROOK
0.1 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH1, Orange, VT
Built 1919 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 30
C3012
FairOver: RIDLEY BROOK
0.18 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH6, Washington, VT
Built 1939 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 200
VT 00030 ML
FairOver: W. BR. BATTEN KILL R.
0.3 MI N JCT. VT 7A, Bennington, VT
Built 1932 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,700
Showing 801-850 of 2,862 bridges
Related
Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.
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). Poor condition is an inspection-record category, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult the bridge owner for current status.
Understanding Bridge Conditions
How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.
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Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
What to do with this
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NBI condition ratings are inventory snapshots, not live crossing-safety verdicts.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Vermont Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.