Maple Street over Branch River

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

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

• Maple Street over Branch River in Carroll 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 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1972, making it 85 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 10 of the 193 inventoried bridges in Carroll County rated poor (5.2%); 10 (5.2%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 16-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 1): scour critical: field review indicates failure of piers or abutments is imminent.
• 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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