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Temple Rd over Houghton Brook

Franklin County, Maine · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Temple Rd over Houghton Brook in Franklin County, Maine, 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 1990 and reconstructed in 2010, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 64 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 29 of the 129 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated poor (22.5%); 29 (22.5%) 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 40 ft
Location	0.8 Mi E Rte 156
NBI structure number	0394
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Wilton Rd over Temple Stream	1929	19,162	Fair
Wilton Rd over Sandy River	1991	18,204	Good
US Rt 2 E over Wilson Stream	1962	9,341	Fair
Mercer Rd over Sandy River	1958	8,124	Fair
Farmington Falls R over Muddy Brook	2002	7,894	Fair
Farmington Falls R over Beales Brook	2020	7,445	Good