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Furnace Street over Furnace Creek

Berks County, Pennsylvania · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Furnace Street over Furnace Creek in Berks County, Pennsylvania, 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 1908, making it 117 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 112 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1985).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 103 of the 667 inventoried bridges in Berks County rated poor (15.4%); 103 (15.4%) 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 33 ft
Location	South End of Borough
NBI structure number	000000000005500
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 222 (lr 06150) over Crossing Drive	1977	115,897	Fair
US 222 (lr 06150) over SR 3023(STATE Hill Rd.)	1977	102,594	Fair
SR 12(LR 784) over Private Rds(car-tech.)	1957	82,327	Fair
SR 222 over SR 3422 SR 8028 Norfksou	1977	81,907	Fair
US 422(LR 793) over Franklin Street	1963	73,048	Fair
US 422(LR 793) over Wyomissing Creek	1964	71,101	Fair