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West Street over Ashuelot River

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

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

West Street over Ashuelot River in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, 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 1952 and reconstructed in 1966, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,605 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 90 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Cheshire County rated fair (46.4%); 22 (11.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 98 ft
Location	0.6 Mi From Keene Center
NBI structure number	013601230007500
Condition class	Fair

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
Nh 9 Nh 10 Nh 12 over West Street	1967	16,222	Good
Nh 12 over Troy Brook	1970	13,156	Fair