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Townhouse Road over Northeast Pond

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

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

Townhouse Road over Northeast Pond in Strafford 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 deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1948, making it 77 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 13 of the 136 inventoried bridges in Strafford County rated poor (9.6%); 13 (9.6%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	Failed condition, out of service


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 94 ft
Location	Nh-me Sl
NBI structure number	017301680015200
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 16 Sp Tpk Ramp over NH125	2009	44,530	Good
Nh 16 Sp Tpk over New Bellamy Lane	1955	42,313	Fair
US202 Nh 16 Sp Tpk over Ten Rod Road	2012	41,600	Good
US202 Nh 16 Sp Tpk over NH202A (walnut Street)	1957	41,600	Good
Nh 16 Sp Tpk over Cocheco River	2010	39,653	Good
Nh 16 Sp Tpk over Axehandle Brook	1957	39,505	Good