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South Road over Minnewawa Brook

Cheshire County, New Hampshire · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

South Road over Minnewawa Brook in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 96 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Cheshire County rated poor (11.3%); 22 (11.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 30 ft
Location	0.9 Mi Fr Dublin Tl
NBI structure number	011500610006000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nh 12 NH101 over Ashuelot River Ped Trail	1961	22,780	Fair
Nh 9 over Ash Swamp Brook	2006	22,417	Good
Nh 12 over Beaver Brook	2019	17,831	Good
Nh 12 over Branch River	1994	17,831	Good
West Street over Ashuelot River	1952	16,605	Fair
Nh 9 Nh 10 Nh 12 over West Street	1967	16,222	Good