Main Street over Flat Brook

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

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

• Main Street over Flat Brook in Sussex 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 superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1889 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 136 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 302 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• It is one of 15 of the 172 inventoried bridges in Sussex County rated poor (8.7%); 15 (8.7%) 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.

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

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