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Is 270 SB over Baker Valley Rd

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

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

Is 270 SB over Baker Valley Rd in Frederick 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 1950 and reconstructed in 1975, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 80,340 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 275 of the 485 inventoried bridges in Frederick County rated fair (56.7%); 14 (2.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 59 ft
Location	2.96 Miles North of Md 80
NBI structure number	100000100076012
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Is 270 over MD 85 (Buckeystown Pike)	2020	111,550	Good
US 15 & Ramp 8 over Carroll Creek	1958	95,190	Fair
US 15 Nbr over US 40/W. Patrick Street	1958	95,190	Fair
US 15 Sbr over US 40/W. Patrick Street	1958	95,190	Fair
Is 70 Ebr over Md 180	1968	94,760	Fair
Is 70 Wbr over Md 180	1968	94,760	Fair