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Buckwheat Road over Farrington Brook

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

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

Buckwheat Road over Farrington Brook in Franklin 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 443 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 188 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated poor (11.7%); 22 (11.7%) 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 32 ft
Location	1.2 Miles North of Moira
NBI structure number	000000003337180
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 11 over Salmon River	1947	18,077	Fair
Rte 37 over St Regis River	1990	12,703	Fair
Rte 37 over Raquette River	2004	12,703	Good
Rte 3 over Trib.Lyon Bk	1967	7,665	Good
Broadway over Saranac River	1922	6,596	Fair
Rte 3 over Saranac River	1984	4,841	Fair