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Waste Gate Road over Nassawango Creek

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

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

Waste Gate Road over Nassawango Creek in Wicomico County, Maryland, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1986, making it 39 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 272 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 98 inventoried bridges in Wicomico County rated poor (5.1%); 5 (5.1%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 EB over Beaverdam Creek	1964	43,981	Fair
US 50 WB over Beaverdam Creek	1964	43,981	Fair
US 13 NB over Leonard Mill Pond	2004	38,793	Good
US 13 SB over Leonard Pond Run	1952	38,793	Fair
US 50 EB over Campbell Ditch	1964	38,611	Fair
US 50 WB over Campbell Ditch	1964	38,611	Fair