Densmore Road over Erie Canal Heritage Trai

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

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

• Densmore Road over Erie Canal Heritage Trai in Orleans 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 superstructure, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1911 and reconstructed in 2019, making it 114 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 260 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 46 of the 138 inventoried bridges in Orleans County rated good (33.3%); 23 (16.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for another load-capacity restriction (speed, number of vehicles on the bridge, etc.) (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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