NH119 over Connecticut River

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

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

• NH119 over Connecticut River 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 superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1920 and reconstructed in 1988, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 8,535 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the state 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.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: deck 7 to 6.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 8-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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 New Hampshire department of transportation.

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