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Shepard Rd over Passagassawakeag River

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

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

Shepard Rd over Passagassawakeag River in Waldo 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 420 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 92 inventoried bridges in Waldo County rated poor (16.3%); 15 (16.3%) 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 49 ft
Location	200 Ft SW of Jct Rte 7
NBI structure number	1123
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Searsport Av over Passagassawaukeag + RR	1963	18,553	Fair
Searsport Av over Goose River	2021	12,663	Good
Route 1 Byp over Route 3 (belmont Av)	1973	7,983	Fair
Atlantic Hwy over Little River	1944	7,764	Poor
N Main St over Mill Stream (cove Brook)	1979	7,491	Fair
Atlantic Hwy over Frohock Brook	2004	6,734	Good