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Hepler Road over Little Mahantango Creek

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

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

Hepler Road over Little Mahantango Creek in Schuylkill 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 98 of the 369 inventoried bridges in Schuylkill County rated poor (26.6%); 98 (26.6%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	6	Satisfactory condition
Substructure	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Pa 61 (lr 141) over Schuylkill River Rbmnrr	1955	25,569	Fair
Pa 61 (lr 140) over Rbmnrr	2015	23,820	Fair
Pa 61 (lr 140) over Schuylkill River	2015	23,820	Good
PA61(LR 141) over Little Schuylkill River	1959	23,268	Fair
Pa 61(LR 141) over Reading/northern RR	1959	23,268	Fair
Pa 61 (lr 141) over Rattling Run	1955	22,890	Fair