Cherry Lane over W. Br. of Rahway River

Essex County, New Jersey · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Cherry Lane over W. Br. of Rahway River in Essex County, New Jersey, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 292 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 81 of the 505 inventoried bridges in Essex County rated good (16.0%); 14 (2.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated July 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

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

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