Fern Dr over Kezar River

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

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

• Fern Dr over Kezar River in Oxford County, Maine, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 2020, making it 5 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
• Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
• It is one of 45 of the 253 inventoried bridges in Oxford County rated poor (17.8%); 45 (17.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• It was rated good in the 2024 inventory and is now poor (deck 8 to 7, substructure 8 to 0).
• Status change: newly closed since 2024.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated January 2025, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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.

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

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