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Seapowet Av over Tidal Inlet

Newport County, Rhode Island · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Seapowet Av over Tidal Inlet in Newport County, Rhode Island, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 685 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 37 inventoried bridges in Newport County rated good (21.6%); 4 (10.8%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 55 ft
Location	1.4 Mi W of Jct Ri 77
NBI structure number	000000000002910
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ri 24 & Ri 138 over Sakonnet River	2012	40,000	Good
Ri 138 over West Passage Narra Bay	1992	33,100	Fair
Ri 24 - W App 250 over Hummocks Av	1956	32,400	Fair
Ri 138 over Third St	1969	28,743	Fair
Ri 138 over East Passage Narr Bay	1969	28,000	Fair
Ri 138 over Newport Sec RR	1969	26,700	Fair