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Big Ridge Drive over Pond Creek; Swamp

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

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

Big Ridge Drive over Pond Creek; Swamp in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1992).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 316 inventoried bridges in Monroe County rated poor (19.0%); 60 (19.0%) 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
Deck	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	Failed condition, out of service


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 265 ft
Location	0.2 Mi W of US 209
NBI structure number	000000000046783
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I- 80(lr794) over Brodhead Creek	1958	99,937	Fair
I 80(LR 794) over Forge Rd. D&lrr	1958	99,937	Fair
I-80 over SR 2004(LR 165)	1959	74,502	Fair
I-80 over Mcmichael Creek	1959	59,627	Fair
I-80(LR794) over SR 2012(lr164)	1959	58,356	Fair
I-80(LR 794) over Little Pocono Creek	1959	58,356	Fair