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Route 32 over Smith Cove

New London County, Connecticut · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Route 32 over Smith Cove in New London County, Connecticut, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1998, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 298 of the 442 inventoried bridges in New London County rated fair (67.4%); 23 (5.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 56 ft
Location	1.3 Mi S of SR 693
NBI structure number	00924
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Connecticut department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate-95 over Latimers Brook	1958	72,700	Fair
Interstate-95 over Lyme Street	1948	69,600	Fair
Interstate-395 over Leffingwell Road	1958	63,200	Fair
Interstate-395 over Trading Cove Brook	1958	63,200	Fair
Interstate-95 over North Bride Brook Road	1958	61,700	Fair
Interstate-95 over Route 161	1958	59,100	Poor