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Scism Road over White Clay Kill

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

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

Scism Road over White Clay Kill in Dutchess 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 deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1929, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 78 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 54 of the 333 inventoried bridges in Dutchess County rated poor (16.2%); 54 (16.2%) 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 28 ft
Location	0.9 Mi N of Uppr Red Hook
NBI structure number	000000002343700
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 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