Island Av over Penobscot River Overflow

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

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

• Island Av over Penobscot River Overflow in Penobscot 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1902, making it 123 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 177 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
• Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
• It is one of 60 of the 317 inventoried bridges in Penobscot County rated poor (18.9%); 60 (18.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated January 2025, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 2): scour critical: extensive scour observed, foundations unstable.
• 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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