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Route 1 over Penobscot Riv (E Chan)

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

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

Route 1 over Penobscot Riv (E Chan) in Hancock 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 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,092 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 36 of the 69 inventoried bridges in Hancock County rated fair (52.2%); 17 (24.6%) 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 724 ft
Location	Intersect US 1-3-15
NBI structure number	3010
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Main St over Union River	1923	16,449	Poor
Bangor Rd over Union River	1981	15,759	Fair
Bar Harbor Rd over Mt Desert Narrows	1958	15,122	Fair
Route 1 over Kilkenny St	2000	12,782	Good
Maine Route 233 over Hulls Cove Road	1928	12,768	Fair
Main Rd over M C RR	1973	10,891	Fair