I 495 SB over Hwy W Main St

Middlesex County, Massachusetts · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• I 495 SB over Hwy W Main St in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 38,043 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 91 of the 821 inventoried bridges in Middlesex County rated poor (11.1%); 91 (11.1%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, would be posted or closed except for temporary shoring or other temporary measures (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated July 2024, on a 6-month routine inspection cycle.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

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

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