Home › New Jersey › Middlesex County › Riva Avenue over Lawrence Brook

Riva Avenue over Lawrence Brook

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

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

Riva Avenue over Lawrence Brook in Middlesex 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1910 and reconstructed in 1989, making it 115 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,182 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 409 of the 563 inventoried bridges in Middlesex County rated fair (72.6%); 24 (4.3%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Tpknso/nsi/sni/sno over Colonial Pipelines	1947	196,710	Good
Garden St Parkway over S Br Rahway River	1948	194,231	Fair
Washington Ave over I-287	1962	190,050	Fair
Nj Turnpike(i-95) over Mill Brook	1950	175,389	Fair
Nj Turnpike(i-95) over Mill Brook	1950	175,376	Fair
Nj Turnpike(i-95) over Mill Brook	1950	175,376	Fair