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Wheatley Road over West Branch

Cecil County, Maryland · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Wheatley Road over West Branch in Cecil County, Maryland, 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 1966 and reconstructed in 1999, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 309 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 193 inventoried bridges in Cecil County rated poor (3.1%); 6 (3.1%) 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 34 ft
Location	0.99 Mi NE of Md 272
NBI structure number	200000CE0060010
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-95 over Mill Creek	1963	89,058	Fair
I-95 over Stream	1963	89,058	Fair
I-95 over Principio Creek	1963	83,628	Fair
I-95 over Md 824	1964	80,402	Fair
I-95 over Northeast Creek	1963	78,625	Fair
I-95 over Little Northeast Creek	1963	78,625	Fair