US 6 Wareham Road over Water Weweantic River

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

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

• US 6 Wareham Road over Water Weweantic River in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1929 and reconstructed in 1957, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 9,017 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 17 of the 288 inventoried bridges in Plymouth County rated poor (5.9%); 17 (5.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: superstructure 6 to 5.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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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