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Md 20 over Shipyard Creek

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

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

Md 20 over Shipyard Creek in Kent 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,590 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 37 of the 44 inventoried bridges in Kent County rated fair (84.1%); 2 (4.5%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Md 213 over Chester River	1930	13,835	Fair
US 301 NB over Sassafras River	1955	11,552	Fair
US 301 SB over Sassafras River	1955	9,710	Fair
US 301 SB over Md 290	1962	9,710	Fair
Md 20 over Fannel Branch	1949	7,420	Fair
Md 20 over Radcliff Creek	1950	6,850	Fair