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Rte 4 over Champlain Canal

Washington County, New York · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rte 4 over Champlain Canal in Washington County, New York, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,252 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 70 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Washington County rated good (37.0%); 21 (11.1%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 330 ft
Location	Jct Rte 4 & Champ Canal
NBI structure number	000000004001040
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 4 over D&h RR	2003	13,716	Good
Rte 197 over E Br Hudson River	1916	12,957	Fair
Rte 4 over Halfway Creek	1994	11,474	Fair
Rte 4 over Glens Falls Feeder Canal	2017	10,279	Good
Rte 29 over Hartshorn Brook	1971	9,557	Good
Rte 4 over Wood Creek	2001	9,291	Fair