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Harder Road over Tuscarora Creek

Steuben County, New York · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Harder Road over Tuscarora Creek in Steuben County, New York, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1902 and reconstructed in 1989, making it 123 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 23 of the 626 inventoried bridges in Steuben County rated poor (3.7%); 23 (3.7%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: superstructure 5 to 4.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	6	6	Satisfactory condition
Superstructure	5	4	Poor condition
Substructure	2	2	Critical condition


Structure	Steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 62 ft
Location	2.3 Mi E of Woodhull
NBI structure number	000000002217980
Condition class	Poor
Traffic status (item 41)	Posted for load
Last inspection (item 90)	November 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	12 months
Scour (item 113)	3: scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour
Fracture critical (item 92A)	Yes

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte I86 over Norfolk Southern	1986	36,706	Fair
Rte I86 over Hodgman Creek	1959	29,986	Fair
Rte I86 over B & H RR	1959	29,986	Fair
Rte I86 over Narrows Creek	1982	29,969	Fair
Rte I86 over Post Creek	1985	29,969	Good
Rte I86 over Norfolk Southern	1994	27,444	Fair