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

C3069

Good

Over: HUNTER BROOK

0.05 MI TO JCT W C3 TH32, Windham, VT

Built 1977 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 25

C4080

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

0.01 MI TO JCT W VT12, Windsor, VT

Built 1999 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 35

C3004

Good

Over: BROOK

0.1 MI JCT TH 4 + TH 21, Windsor, VT

Built 1989 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 30

C3010

Good

Over: SO BR WILLIAMS RIVER

@ JCT W CL3 TH66, Windsor, VT

Built 1996 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 494

C3010

Good

Over: SO BR WILLIAMS RIVER

3.2 MI W OF INT VT35/TH3, Windsor, VT

Built 2022 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 190

C3032

Good

Over: BROOK

0.8 MI JCT VT106 & TH32, Windsor, VT

Built 2004 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 150

C3006

Good

Over: WILLOW BROOK

0.3 MI TO JCT W VT44, Windsor, VT

Built 1973 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 60

VT 00112 ML

Good

Over: E. BR NORTH R

4.4 MI S JCT. VT.100, Windham, VT

Built 1989 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 1,100

I 00089 ML

Good

Over: I 89 OVER ST A SH S

I 89 EXIT 19, Franklin, VT

Built 1967 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 22,000

US 00005 ML

Good

Over: OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER

3.5 MI S JCT I91 EXIT 10, Windsor, VT

Built 1988 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 4,000

VT 0012A ALT

Good

Over: 3RD BRANCH WHITE R.

12.0 MI N JCT. VT.12 S, Washington, VT

Built 1995 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 400

TR 01 FAS 211

Good

Over: COBB BROOK

4.4 MI N JCT. VT.17, Chittenden, VT

Built 1976 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 780

TR 03 FAS 238

Good

Over: LAKE LAMOILLE

0.7 MI W JCT. VT.100, Lamoille, VT

Built 1977 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 860

VT 00012 ML

Good

Over: HANCOCK BROOK

10.7 MI N JCT. U.S.2, Washington, VT

Built 1993 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 1,500

CITY PROSP

Good

Over: STEVENS BRANCH

PROSPECT STREET, Washington, VT

Built 1947 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 4,700

ROAD

Good

Over: MICHIGAN BROOK

NO DATA ENTERED, Rutland, VT

Built 2013 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 25

C3023

Good

Over: MILL BROOK

0.03 MI TO JCT W VT315, Bennington, VT

Built 1975 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 50

C3037

Good

Over: BROWNS RIVER

0.01 MI E JCT W TH1, Chittenden, VT

Built 1998 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 80

C2001

Good

Over: SEYMOUR RIVER

1.2 MI TO JCT W CL3 TH43, Lamoille, VT

Built 1937 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 404

C2001

Good

Over: HALLS BROOK

0.3 MI JCT TH 1 + US 5, Orange, VT

Built 1950 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 240

C3001

Good

Over: DEERFIELD RIVER

5.7 MI TO JCT W VT9, Windham, VT

Built 1963 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 20

C3049

Good

Over: BROAD BROOK

0.1 MI E JCT TH 49 + TH4, Windsor, VT

Built 2011 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 10

C2006

Good

Over: WILLIAMS RIVER

0.3 MI TO JCT W VT103, Windsor, VT

Built 2014 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 90

VT 00011 ML

Good

Over: BROOK

2.1 MI W JCT. VT.106, Windsor, VT

Built 2007 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 5,100

I 00089 ML

Good

Over: MALLETTS CREEK

1.3 MI S EXIT 17, Chittenden, VT

Built 1964 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 32,600

I 00091 ML

Good

Over: TH38 & CRLRR & BARTON RV

1.5 MI N EXIT 26, Orleans, VT

Built 1971 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 7,900

VT 00313 ML

Good

Over: BATTEN KILL RIVER

0.1 MI W JCT VT 7A, Bennington, VT

Built 1985 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 2,700

TR 01 FAS 211

Good

Over: HUNTINGTON RIVER

5.0 MI S JCT. U.S.2, Chittenden, VT

Built 2001 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 2,100

FAS 0237

Good

Over: MOSS GLENN BROOK

0.5 MI N JCT. VT.100, Lamoille, VT

Built 2021 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 1,592

VT 00012 ML

Good

Over: GULF STREAM

3.5 MI N JCT. U.S.4, Windsor, VT

Built 1999 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 1,700

US 00007 ML

Good

Over: MISSISQUOI RIVER

1.0 MI S JCT. VT.78 E, Franklin, VT

Built 1984 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 3,800

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: TRIB TO MICHIGAN BROOK

MICHIGAN ROAD, Rutland, VT

Built 2016 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 50

C3051

Good

Over: SOUTH STREAM

0.1 MI JCT TH3 & TH51, Bennington, VT

Built 1946 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 600

C3003

Good

Over: WINHALL RIVER

0.05 MI TO JCT W VT30, Bennington, VT

Built 1919 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 150

C3056

Good

Over: EAST BR.PASSUMPSIC RIVER

0.1 MI JCT TH 56 + VT114, Caledonia, VT

Built 2006 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20

C3004

Good

Over: HUNTINGTON RIVER

0.2 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH1, Chittenden, VT

Built 2007 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 890

C3019

Good

Over: STAR BROOK

0.15 MI TO JCT W VT242, Orleans, VT

Built 1977 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 70

C3028

Good

Over: NORTH BRITTAIN BROOK

0.07 MI TO JCT W CL2 TH3, Rutland, VT

Built 1977 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 100

C3014

Good

Over: LAKE BOMOSEEN

0.25 MI TO JCT W VT30, Rutland, VT

Built 1962 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 200

C30WA

Good

Over: UNION BROOK

0.02 MI TO JCT W WALL ST, Washington, VT

Built 1973 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 750

C3068

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

@ JCT W CL3 TH70, Windsor, VT

Built 2015 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 20

C3035

Good

Over: WHITE RIVER

AT JCT TH 35 + VT 100, Windsor, VT

Built 2002 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 230

VT 00009 ML

Good

Over: BOND BROOK

2.0 MI E JCT VT 8, Bennington, VT

Built 2003 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,900

VT 00009 ML

Good

Over: DEERFIELD RIVER

2.6 MI E JCT VT 8, Bennington, VT

Built 2003 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,900

US 00007 ML

Good

Over: US 7 OVER I 189

I189 EXIT 1, Chittenden, VT

Built 1988 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 39,000

US 00302 ML

Good

Over: SOUTH BRANCH WELLS RIVER

8.7 MI E JCT. VT.25, Caledonia, VT

Built 1990 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,400

VT 00015 ML

Good

Over: LAMOILLE RIVER

0.1 MI E JCT. VT.14 N, Caledonia, VT

Built 1984 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 6,300

I 00089 ML

Good

Over: I 89 OVER BIKE PATH

0.8 MI S EXIT 20, Franklin, VT

Built 1967 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 14,400

I 00089 ML

Good

Over: I 89 OVER BIKE PATH

0.8 MI S EXIT 20, Franklin, VT

Built 1967 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 14,400

I 00091 ML

Good

Over: I 91 NB OVER MAPLE ST

0.7 MI N EXIT 1, Windham, VT

Built 1960 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 19,400

Showing 2,351-2,400 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.

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