Hwy Old Wales Rd over Water Conant Brook

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

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

• Hwy Old Wales Rd over Water Conant Brook in Hampden 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
• Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
• It is one of 32 of the 429 inventoried bridges in Hampden County rated poor (7.5%); 32 (7.5%) are rated poor.
• 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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