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Rt Nj 29 over Copper Creek

Hunterdon County, New Jersey · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rt Nj 29 over Copper Creek in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1914 and reconstructed in 1936, making it 111 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,380 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 373 inventoried bridges in Hunterdon County rated poor (7.0%); 26 (7.0%) 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
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte I-78 & Ramp R over Beaver Brook	1948	130,244	Fair
I-78 over Beaver Brook	1941	130,244	Poor
I-78 over Branch Rockaway Creek	1966	129,446	Fair
I-78 EB over Beaver Brook	1958	109,955	Fair
I-78 over Tunnel Road	1960	108,465	Fair
I-78 EB over County Route 523	1965	107,826	Fair