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Route 32 over New England Central RR.

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

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

Route 32 over New England Central RR. in New London County, Connecticut, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1990, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,800 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 23 of the 442 inventoried bridges in New London County rated poor (5.2%); 23 (5.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 235 ft
Location	1.5 Mi North of Route 207
NBI structure number	00935
Condition class	Poor

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