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Route 82 over Connecticut River

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

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

Route 82 over Connecticut River in Middlesex 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1913 and reconstructed in 1999, making it 112 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 309 inventoried bridges in Middlesex County rated poor (4.2%); 13 (4.2%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate-91 over Falls Brook	1965	108,700	Good
Interstate-91 NB over Mattabesset River	1965	99,500	Fair
Interstate-95 over Cow Hill Road	1957	62,400	Fair
Interstate-95 over Route 9 NB & I-95 Tr 816	1992	62,200	Fair
Route 9 over Game Area Road	1968	61,300	Good
Interstate-95 over Indian Lake	1957	59,800	Fair