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Rte 44 over Wappingers Creek

Dutchess County, New York · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rte 44 over Wappingers Creek in Dutchess County, New York, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,685 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 203 of the 333 inventoried bridges in Dutchess County rated fair (61.0%); 54 (16.2%) 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 160 ft
Location	3 Mi NE of Pough. City Li
NBI structure number	000000001025550
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 84 over MNRR Beacon Line	2018	52,529	Good
Rte I84 over First Farm Road	1963	48,307	Fair
Rte 44 over Fallkill Creek	1977	43,091	Fair
Rte 44 over Fall Kill	1977	43,091	Good
Rte 44 over Rte 9	1965	38,047	Fair
Rte 9 over Academy Street	1965	37,651	Fair