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Lawrence AV(CR514) over Rahway River

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

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

Lawrence AV(CR514) over Rahway River in Union 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 substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,695 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 319 of the 409 inventoried bridges in Union County rated fair (78.0%); 16 (3.9%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 263 ft
Location	0.07 Miles West of US 1
NBI structure number	2013023
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Parkway N/S over Elizabeth River	1952	287,498	Good
Gsp over Br Rahway River & Mains	1947	278,487	Fair
Gsp over Rahway River	1948	247,670	Fair
Nj Turnpike over Central Railroad of Nj	1950	246,243	Fair
I-78 over Garden State Parkway	1976	236,895	Fair
Garden St Parkway over Michigan Avenue	1952	227,167	Fair