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Dorchester Road over Grant Brook

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

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

Dorchester Road over Grant Brook in Grafton 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 1952 and reconstructed in 1984, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,132 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 43 of the 547 inventoried bridges in Grafton County rated poor (7.9%); 43 (7.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	2.1 Mi From Jct Rte 10
NBI structure number	015701020009900
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-89 NB over Plaza Connector Road	2012	28,690	Fair
I-89 Nh 10 over Brook Atv Trail	1959	25,062	Fair
I-89 Nh 10 NB over Truck Road Mascoma River	1966	23,084	Fair
I-89 NB over US 4 Nh 10	1966	22,727	Good
I-89 NB over Connecticut River Necrr	1966	22,288	Poor
I-89 Nh 10 SB over US 4	1966	21,937	Good