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Route 126 over Hollenbeck River

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

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

Route 126 over Hollenbeck 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 1991, making it 34 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,200 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 33 ft
Location	at Jct of Rt 126 &sand Rd
NBI structure number	05997
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