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Velvet Street over Muddy River

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

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

Velvet Street over Muddy River in New Haven County, Connecticut, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 275 of the 893 inventoried bridges in New Haven County rated good (30.8%); 33 (3.7%) 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 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