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US 50 over Br of Potts Mill Creek

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

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

US 50 over Br of Potts Mill Creek in Talbot County, Maryland, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945 and reconstructed in 1960, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 31,938 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 33 of the 42 inventoried bridges in Talbot County rated fair (78.6%); 1 (2.4%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 over Mill Creek	1945	31,938	Fair
US 50 EB over North Branch Skipton Cre	1960	31,938	Fair
US 50 WB over North Branch Skipton Cre	1948	31,938	Fair
US 50 EB over South Branch Skipton Cre	1960	31,938	Fair
US 50 WB over South Branch Skipton Cre	1948	31,938	Fair
US 50 over Trib to Potts Mill Creek	1945	31,938	Fair