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Route 89 over Mount Hope River

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

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

Route 89 over Mount Hope River in Windham County, Connecticut, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939 and reconstructed in 1986, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 162 of the 264 inventoried bridges in Windham County rated fair (61.4%); 23 (8.7%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 64 ft
Location	2.1 Mi South of Route 44
NBI structure number	01254
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate-395 NB over US Route 6	1963	129,000	Fair
Interstate 95 over Noroton River	1958	123,700	Fair
Interstate-395 over Roper Road	1958	32,700	Fair
Interstate-395 over Plainfield Road	1958	30,400	Fair
Interstate-395 over Mill Brook	1958	30,000	Good
Interstate-395 over Lathrop Brook	1958	30,000	Good