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Waite Street over Lake Whitney

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

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

Waite Street over Lake Whitney in New Haven County, Connecticut, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 33 of the 893 inventoried bridges in New Haven County rated poor (3.7%); 33 (3.7%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 64 ft
Location	0.2 Mi East of Mather St
NBI structure number	04168
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 Canal Dock Road	2015	187,800	Good
Interstate-95 over West River & SR 745	2018	142,200	Good
Route 71 over Sodom Brook	2019	141,900	Good
Interstate-91 over I-91 Ramp 002	1965	141,200	Fair
Interstate-91&rt15 over Willow Brook	1964	136,800	Fair
Interstate-91 over Grand Avenue	1965	135,400	Fair