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US Route 7 over Blackberry River

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

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

US Route 7 over Blackberry 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 culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	Good condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 65 ft
Location	0.2 Mi South of Jct US 44
NBI structure number	05725
Condition class	Good

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