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US 40 Westbound over West Branch Game Creek

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

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

US 40 Westbound over West Branch Game Creek in Salem 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,566 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 114 inventoried bridges in Salem County rated poor (2.6%); 3 (2.6%) 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


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 53 ft
Location	0.9 Mi East of Njtpk
NBI structure number	1701151
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Turnpike Mainline over Two Penny Run	1951	51,322	Fair
Nj Turnpike over Game Creek	1951	51,001	Fair
Nj Turnpike over Salem Canal	1951	49,996	Fair
I-295 SB & US 40 W over Delaware River	1968	46,830	Fair
I-295 NB & US 40 E over Delaware River	1951	46,123	Fair
I-295 NB over Njtpk/us 40/SALEM Canal	1952	41,004	Fair