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Rte 196 over Wood Creek

Washington County, New York · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rte 196 over Wood Creek in Washington County, New York, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1992, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,743 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 70 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Washington County rated good (37.0%); 21 (11.1%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	7	Good condition
Substructure	7	Good condition


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 48 ft
Location	3.85 Mi E Jct Rte 4 & 196
NBI structure number	000000001039830
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 4 over D&h RR	2003	13,716	Good
Rte 197 over E Br Hudson River	1916	12,957	Fair
Rte 4 over Halfway Creek	1994	11,474	Fair
Rte 4 over Glens Falls Feeder Canal	2017	10,279	Good
Rte 29 over Hartshorn Brook	1971	9,557	Good
Rte 4 over Wood Creek	2001	9,291	Fair