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High Bridge Road over Bantam River

Litchfield County, Connecticut · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

High Bridge Road over Bantam River in Litchfield County, Connecticut, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2008, making it 17 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 64 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 151 of the 470 inventoried bridges in Litchfield County rated good (32.1%); 35 (7.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate-95 over Route 10	1957	132,600	Good
Interstate-95 over Richards Avenue	1956	115,900	Fair
US 202 & Route 67 over Housatonic River	1953	23,800	Fair
Route 8 Northbound over Laurel Hill Road	1966	22,000	Fair
US Route 44 Rte 1 over Still River	1949	18,500	Poor
Route 8 Northbound over Branch Brook	1964	16,800	Poor