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Elmira Street over Cape Island Creek

Cape May County, New Jersey · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Elmira Street over Cape Island Creek in Cape May County, New Jersey, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,474 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 50 of the 74 inventoried bridges in Cape May County rated fair (67.6%); 8 (10.8%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nj 52 over Beach Thoro & Rainbow Ch	2012	23,870	Fair
CR623(ROOSEVELT B) over Svc Rds Crook Horn Thoro	1962	19,770	Fair
Nj 47-wildwoodblvd over Grassy Sound	1950	18,048	Fair
Nj 47 over Dennis Creek	2007	17,794	Fair
Nj 147 over Grassy Sound	1994	17,155	Fair
Nj 147 over Beach Creek	1993	17,001	Fair