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
VT 00109 ML
FairOver: N. BRANCH LAMOILLE R
6.5 MI W JCT. VT.118, Lamoille, VT
Built 1939 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 910
C2008
FairOver: DISH MILL BROOK
0.1 MI JCT TH 8 + TH 7, Caledonia, VT
Built 1928 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 200
C3022
FairOver: BARTON RIVER
0.17 MI TO JCT W VT16, Orleans, VT
Built 1993 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 10
C30CL
FairOver: CLYDE RIVER
0.25 M TO NEWPORT ST HWY, Orleans, VT
Built 1988 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 185
VT 00030 ML
FairOver: WINHALL RIVER
1.7 MI N JCT. VT.100 N, Bennington, VT
Built 1938 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 4,300
US 00004 ML
FairOver: OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER
1.9 MI E JCT. VT.100 S, Windsor, VT
Built 1962 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 4,100
RTE 4
FairOver: POULTNEY RIVER
JCT RTE 4 & VT STATE LINE, Rutland, VT
Built 1949 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 7,413
VT 00105 ML
FairOver: EAST BR NULHEGAN RIVER
2.4 MI W JCT. VT.102, Essex, VT
Built 1969 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 700
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER NECRR
1.0 MI N EXIT 18, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 22,000
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER NECRR
1.0 MI N EXIT 18, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 22,000
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER TH NO 3
3.1 MI S EXIT 21, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 10,700
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER VT 25B
0.4 MI N I91 EXIT 16, Orange, VT
Built 1973 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,000
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH NO 4
4.5 MI S I91 EXIT 17, Orange, VT
Built 1973 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,000
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
0.5 MI S EXIT 23, Caledonia, VT
Built 1974 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 11,900
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
1.5 MI S EXIT 29, Orleans, VT
Built 1962 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,200
VT 00100 ML
FairOver: NO. BR. HOOSIC RIVER
2.8 MI N MASS.STATE LINE, Bennington, VT
Built 1963 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 1,000
US 00005 ML
FairOver: BARTON RIVER
2.1 MI N JCT. VT.16, Orleans, VT
Built 1978 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 2,100
C3047
FairOver: LOCUST CREEK
0.05 MI TO JCT W C3 TH48, Windsor, VT
Built 1977 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 10
VT 00009 ML
FairOver: CITY STREAM
5.2 MI E JCT US 7, Bennington, VT
Built 1959 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 4,100
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
US 00302 ML
FairOver: WELLS RIVER
6.4 MI W JCT. U.S.5 N, Caledonia, VT
Built 1965 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 2,700
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER US 2
4.4 MI S EXIT 11, Chittenden, VT
Built 1964 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 28,200
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER TH NO 3
3.1 MI S EXIT 21, Franklin, VT
Built 1967 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 10,700
I 00089 ML
FairOver: I 89 OVER BIKE PATH
0.3 MI S EXIT 21, Franklin, VT
Built 1964 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 10,700
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
1.0 MI N EXIT 13, Windsor, VT
Built 1968 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 12,500
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
1.0 MI N EXIT 13, Windsor, VT
Built 1968 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 12,500
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH NO 6
0.8 MI N I91 EXIT 16, Orange, VT
Built 1973 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 6,000
VT 00044 ML
FairOver: MILL BROOK
4.6 MI E JCT. VT.106, Windsor, VT
Built 1938 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 1,900
FAU VT127
FairOver: N.E.C.R.R.
0.31 MI N MANHATTAN DRIVE, Chittenden, VT
Built 1971 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 14,800
C3044
FairOver: ROUNDY BROOK
0.6 MI JCT TH 44 + US 5, Caledonia, VT
Built 1929 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 250
C3056
FairOver: PEACH BROOK
0.2 MI JCT TH 50 + TH 56, Orange, VT
Built 1919 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 150
VT 00011 ML
FairOver: BLACK RIVER
0.3 MI WEST JCT U.S.5 S, Windsor, VT
Built 1966 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 10,600
VT 00015 ML
FairOver: LAMOILLE RIVER
4.4 MI W JCT. VT.14 N, Lamoille, VT
Built 1983 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 5,100
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER US 5
I 91 EXIT 1, Windham, VT
Built 1959 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 18,300
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH 50 PUT B
3.1 MI N EXIT 4, Windham, VT
Built 1961 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 11,800
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH 50&PUT BRK
3.1 MI N EXIT 4, Windham, VT
Built 1961 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 11,800
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH 3 OMPOMR
4.0 MI S EXIT 14, Windsor, VT
Built 1970 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 10,200
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER TH 3 OMPOMR
4.0 MI S EXIT 14, Windsor, VT
Built 1970 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 10,200
I 00091 ML
FairOver: I 91 OVER BARNET SH
I 91 EXIT 18, Caledonia, VT
Built 1976 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 5,800
VT 00279 ML
FairOver: BROOK
1.71 MI E NY STATE LINE, Bennington, VT
Built 2002 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 7,600
NH123
FairOver: CONNECTICUT RIVER
VERMONT STATE LINE, Windham, VT
Built 1910 Load: 59.1 t ADT: 5,698
C3026
FairOver: LITTLE OTTER CREEK
0.82 MI TO JCT W C3 TH35, Addison, VT
Built 1919 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 20
C3035
FairOver: FLINT BROOK
0.15 MI TO JCT W C3 TH26, Washington, VT
Built 1919 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 60
C3031
FairOver: LILLIESVILLE BROOK
0.6 MI JCT TH 31 + TH 43, Windsor, VT
Built 1930 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 50
US 00002 E ML
FairOver: I 91 UNDER US 2
0.5 MI N JCT VT 2B W, Caledonia, VT
Built 1975 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 7,400
US 00002 W ML
FairOver: I 91 UNDER US 2
0.5 MI N JCT VT 2B W, Caledonia, VT
Built 1975 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 7,400
I 00093 ML
FairOver: I 93 OVER VT 18
7.1 MI S EXIT 1, Caledonia, VT
Built 1982 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 6,200
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
VT 00113 ML
FairOver: OMPOMPANOOSUC RIVER
5.6 MI N JCT VT 244, Orange, VT
Built 1939 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 920
VT 00102 ML
FairOver: LEACH CREEK
0.4 MI S JCT. VT.114, Essex, VT
Built 1971 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 660
Showing 1,151-1,200 of 2,862 bridges
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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.