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Md 404 Business over Choptank River

Caroline County, Maryland · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Md 404 Business over Choptank River in Caroline County, Maryland, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,970 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 70 inventoried bridges in Caroline County rated fair (62.9%); 7 (10.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 745 ft
Location	0.12 M W Ofmarket St
NBI structure number	100000050016010
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Md 404 EB over Watts Creek	1949	21,772	Fair
Md 404 over Choptank River	1983	20,471	Fair
Md 404 over Tuckahoe Creek	2016	20,442	Good
Md 404 over Br of Tuckahoe Creek	2017	19,600	Good
Md 404 WB over Watts Creek	2006	18,941	Fair
Md 404 EB over Md 313	1987	15,421	Fair