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

Total Bridges

2,862

Public highway bridges in Vermont

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.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Vermont has 2,862 bridges and a 2.9% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #8 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Vermont has 2,862 bridges and a 2.9% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #8 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

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

Vermont52.1%45%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Vermont (FHWA NBI)

Counties (14)

Addison 143 Bennington 215 Caledonia 247 Chittenden 184 Essex 66 Franklin 149 Grand Isle 8 Lamoille 127 Orange 208 Orleans 181 Rutland 266 Washington 248 Windham 337 Windsor 483

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.

FL

Florida

2.79% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,036
Selected

VT

Vermont

2.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,862

UT

Utah

2.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,125

AL

Alabama

3.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,205

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

Poor

Over: OTTER CREEK

0.7 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH14, Addison, VT

Built 1865 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 700

BRIDGE STREET

Poor

Over: CONNECTICUT RIVER

VERMONT STATE LINE, Windham, VT

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 6,100

C3018

Poor

Over: WILLIAMS RIVER

0.01 MI TO JCT W VT103, Windsor, VT

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

C3324

Poor

Over: BLACK RIVER

@ JCT W CL3 TH324, Windsor, VT

Built 1929 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150

VT 00155 ML

Poor

Over: MILL RIVER

0.1 MI S JCT. VT.103, Rutland, VT

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,000

TR 01 FAS 308

Poor

Over: BURGESS BROOK

0.9 MI W JCT. VT.100, Orleans, VT

Built 1923 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 590

All Bridges in Vermont

VT 0100A ALT

Good

Over: OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER

0.1 MI S JCT. U.S.4, Windsor, VT

Built 2011 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 770

TR 08 FAS 168

Good

Over: OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER

0.1 MI N JCT. U.S.4 W, Windsor, VT

Built 2012 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,200

TR 0TH61

Good

Over: TH NO 61 OVER I 91

1.2 MI N EXIT 17, Caledonia, VT

Built 1973 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 200

VT 00114 ML

Good

Over: PHERRINS RIVER

0.5 MI S JCT. VT.111, Essex, VT

Built 1950 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,000

ROAD

Good

Over: MAD RIVER

NO DATA ENTERED, Addison, VT

Built 2010 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 10

C2006

Good

Over: LEWIS CREEK

1.5 MI N JCT US 7, Addison, VT

Built 1982 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 450

C3050

Good

Over: VERMONT RAILWAY

0.7 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH2, Addison, VT

Built 1986 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 200

C2010

Good

Over: MIDDLEBURY RIVER

0.05 MI TO JCT W C3 TH19, Addison, VT

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 600

C2001

Good

Over: N. BR. HOOSIC RIVER

0.01 MI TO JCT W C3 TH25, Bennington, VT

Built 1919 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

C4004

Good

Over: MILL BROOK

JCT TH 4 & TH 8, Bennington, VT

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50

C3015

Good

Over: PASSUMPSIC RIVER

@ JCT W US5, Caledonia, VT

Built 1986 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 300

C3020

Good

Over: HUNTINGTON RIVER

0.01 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH1, Chittenden, VT

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C3017

Good

Over: MUDDY BROOK

0.7 MI WEST OF TH 3, Chittenden, VT

Built 2000 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,410

C3034

Good

Over: S. BRANCH TROUT RIVER

0.05 MI TO JCT VT 118, Franklin, VT

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 10

C3020

Good

Over: JEWETT BROOK

1.3 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH6, Franklin, VT

Built 1919 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 575

C3023

Good

Over: AYERS BROOK

0.1 MI JCT TH 23 + VT 12, Orange, VT

Built 2010 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C3095

Good

Over: HALLS BROOK

@ JCT. W/ CL2 TH1, Orange, VT

Built 1919 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 10

C3036

Good

Over: BLACK RIVER

0.3 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH7, Orleans, VT

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 104

C3018

Good

Over: BARTON RIVER

0.05 MI TO JCT W VT16, Orleans, VT

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

C30VE

Good

Over: S. BAY LAKE MEMGOG

0.04 MI TO EAST MAIN ST., Orleans, VT

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,900

C3004

Good

Over: MISSISQUOI RIVER

0.1 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH20, Orleans, VT

Built 1973 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 120

C3025

Good

Over: HUBBARDTON RIVER

0.45 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH7, Rutland, VT

Built 1993 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 60

C3013

Good

Over: MENDON BROOK

0.03 MI TO JCT W US4, Rutland, VT

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 25

C3015

Good

Over: TWEED RIVER

0.02 MI TO JCT W VT100, Rutland, VT

Built 1974 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

C3060

Good

Over: WINOOSKI RIVER

0.2 MI TO JCT W US2, Washington, VT

Built 1984 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 130

C3029

Good

Over: GREAT BROOK

3.4 miles south of TH1, Washington, VT

Built 1981 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C3011

Good

Over: BULL RUN BROOK

0.01 MI TO JCT W C3 TH14, Washington, VT

Built 1974 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C3037

Good

Over: BROOK

0.35 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH7, Windham, VT

Built 1958 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C3018

Good

Over: BRANCH BROOK

0.05 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH1, Windham, VT

Built 2012 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

C3017

Good

Over: HALL BROOK

@ JCT OF TH17 & TH3, Windham, VT

Built 2012 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 200

C3012

Good

Over: CHASE BROOK

0.2 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH9, Windsor, VT

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

C2004

Good

Over: BROAD BROOK

0.2 MI JCT TH 4 + TH 35, Windsor, VT

Built 1929 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 125

VT 00100 ML

Good

Over: CROSSETT BROOK

0.6 MI S JCT US 2, Washington, VT

Built 2016 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,900

US 00007 RAMP

Good

Over: US 7 RAMP A OVER VT 279

1.0 MI N JCT VT 7A @ EX 1, Bennington, VT

Built 1973 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 10,900

VT 00107 ML

Good

Over: WHITE RIVER

0.2 MI W JCT. VT.12 N, Windsor, VT

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,600

VT 00103 ML

Good

Over: S. BR. WILLIAMS RIVER

0.2 MI S JCT. VT.11 E, Windsor, VT

Built 2011 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,500

VT 00108 ML

Good

Over: LAMOILLE RIVER

0.1 MI N JCT. VT.15, Lamoille, VT

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,800

US 00002 ML

Good

Over: LAMOILLE RIVER

2.1 MI W JCT. U.S.7 N, Chittenden, VT

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,400

VT 00017 ML

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

3.0 MI E JCT VT 22A, Addison, VT

Built 2018 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,300

VT 00016 ML

Good

Over: CRYSTAL LAKE OUTLET

0.2 MI S JCT. US5, Orleans, VT

Built 2017 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,200

VT 00014 ML

Good

Over: KINGSBURY BRANCH

9.5 MI N JCT U.S.2 E, Washington, VT

Built 2022 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,900

US 00005 ML

Good

Over: BLACK RIVER

0.5 MI N JCT. VT.14 N, Orleans, VT

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,400

TR 01 FAS 130

Good

Over: MILL BROOK

3.1 MI W JCT. U.S.7, Rutland, VT

Built 2018 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 420

VT 00106 ML

Good

Over: KEDRON BROOK

4.3 MI S JCT. U.S.4, Windsor, VT

Built 2016 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,800

VT 00125 ML

Good

Over: MIDDLEBURY RIVER

1.6 MI E JCT. U.S.7, Addison, VT

Built 2014 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,600

VT 00113 ML

Good

Over: OMPOMPANOOSUC RIVER

4.3 MI N JCT VT 244, Orange, VT

Built 1928 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 920

US 00007 ML

Good

Over: I 89 UNDER US 7

0.3 MI N JCT VT 104A, Franklin, VT

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,500

US 00005 CONN

Good

Over: I 91 UNDER US 5 CONN

0.6 MI E JCT. U.S.5, Orleans, VT

Built 1962 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,700

TR 0TH36

Good

Over: TH NO 36 OVER I 89

2.8 MI N EXIT 1A, Windsor, VT

Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

C3019

Good

Over: SOUTH SLANG BROOK

1.9 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH5, Addison, VT

Built 1966 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 300

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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.

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