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Newport Road over Shedd Brook

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

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

Newport Road over Shedd Brook in Herkimer 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1928 and reconstructed in 2000, making it 97 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 95 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 28 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Herkimer County rated poor (11.3%); 28 (11.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 33 ft
Location	1.5 Mi SW Village Newport
NBI structure number	000000003307800
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 I90 over NYS Route 28 RTE 28	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over NY Route 5 RTE 5 West	1994	20,495	Good
Rte I90 over Bridenbaker Creek	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over Burch Creek	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over Knapp Creek	1954	20,495	Poor
Rte I90 over Woods Creek	1954	20,495	Fair