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Penob River Br over Penobscot R & RR Yard

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

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

Penob River Br over Penobscot R & RR Yard in Penobscot County, Maine, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1997, making it 28 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,636 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 193 of the 317 inventoried bridges in Penobscot County rated fair (60.9%); 60 (18.9%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 815 ft
Location	.3MI Upstr of Josh Chamb
NBI structure number	2038
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 95 over Route 15 (broadway)	1960	25,340	Poor
I 95 over Kenduskeag Str&valley Av	1960	25,340	Fair
I 95 SB over Stillwater Avenue	1960	25,150	Poor
I 95 NB over Stillwater Avenue	1960	25,120	Poor
I 95 SB over Industrial Spur (I-395)	1960	23,160	Fair
Wilson St over Mcrr	1984	21,221	Fair