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Back Landing Road over Hunting Creek

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

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

Back Landing Road over Hunting Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1953, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 47 inventoried bridges in Dorchester County rated poor (10.6%); 5 (10.6%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 133 ft
Location	on Caroline County Line
NBI structure number	200000D-0028010
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 over Nanticoke River	1990	28,510	Fair
US 50 over Choptank River	1987	27,191	Fair
US 50 EB over Md 331 & Dp & L RR	1990	24,661	Good
US 50 WB over Md 331 & Dp & L RR	1990	24,661	Good
US 50 WB over Big Mill Pond	1996	23,981	Fair
US 50 EB over Big Mill Pond	1967	23,981	Fair