SR273 over SR4

New Castle County, Delaware · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR273 over SR4 in New Castle County, Delaware, 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 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,979 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 209 of the 528 inventoried bridges in New Castle County rated good (39.6%); 5 (0.9%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 236 ft
Location	Ogletown
NBI structure number	1286E018
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I95 / Jfk Mem Hgwy over Norfolk Southern	1962	117,657	Fair
I 95 NB over Christina Creek	1962	109,932	Fair
I 95 SB over Christina Creek	1962	109,932	Fair
I95SB/JFK Mem Hgwy over SR1/KOREAN War Vet Mem	1963	103,953	Fair
I 95 NB over SR1/KOREAN War Vet Mem	1963	103,953	Fair
I 495 over Terminal Ave Rd 359	1972	101,111	Fair