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Hwy Melbourne Rd over Water SW Br Housatonic R

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

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

Hwy Melbourne Rd over Water SW Br Housatonic R in Berkshire 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,750 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 52 of the 450 inventoried bridges in Berkshire County rated poor (11.6%); 52 (11.6%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 27 ft
Location	at Int of Chapel St
NBI structure number	P1006801QMUNNBI
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Hwy Holmes Rd over RR Hrr	1977	79,829	Good
Hwy Hubbard Ave over Water E Br Housatonic R	1995	42,207	Good
I 90 EB over Hwy West Rd	1957	29,932	Fair
I 90 WB over Hwy West Rd	1957	29,932	Fair
US 7 First St over RR CSX	1900	29,800	Fair
I 90 over Water Basin Pond Brook	1957	29,416	Fair