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Valley Road over Pumpelly Creek

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

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

Valley Road over Pumpelly Creek in Tioga 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 superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 163 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 221 inventoried bridges in Tioga County rated poor (9.5%); 21 (9.5%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 39 ft
Location	4.8 Mi SE of Owego
NBI structure number	000000002218790
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 17 over Ellis Creek	1973	17,166	Fair
Rte 17 over Smith Creek	1968	16,283	Fair
Rte 17 over Dry Brook Creek	1973	16,267	Good
Rte 96 over 17 17 65063176 Rte 17	2003	14,696	Good
Rte 17 over Apalachin Creek	1966	13,380	Good
Rte 17 over Apalachin Creek	1966	13,380	Fair