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Desmond Rd over Alder Stream

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

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

Desmond Rd over Alder Stream in Piscataquis County, Maine, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 2012, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 63 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 80 inventoried bridges in Piscataquis County rated poor (21.2%); 17 (21.2%) 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 28 ft
Location	.3 Mi W Rt 11
NBI structure number	0954
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
E Main St over Piscataquis River	1912	10,496	Poor
W Main St over Sebec River	1931	6,037	Poor
Main St over Sebec River	1915	6,037	Poor
Main St over Sebec River	1915	6,037	Poor
W Main St over Sebec River	1924	6,037	Fair
S Main St over Piscataquis River	1954	5,955	Fair