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Palo Alto Rd over Powder Run

Somerset County, Pennsylvania · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Palo Alto Rd over Powder Run in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 287 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 153 of the 455 inventoried bridges in Somerset County rated good (33.6%); 60 (13.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 56 ft
Location	.5 Mi.e.of Gladdens
NBI structure number	000000000053315
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Pa Tpk (I-76) over Branch Coxes Crk	2004	32,134	Good
Pa Tpk (I-76) over Crab Run	1939	31,991	Fair
Pa Tpk (I-76) over Three Lick Run	1939	31,200	Fair
Pa Tpk (I-76) over T-782	1939	31,200	Fair
Pa Tpk (I-76) over Branch of Coxes Creek	1939	30,880	Fair
Pa Tpk (I-76) over Trib to Coxes Creek	1939	30,880	Fair