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Colt Drive over Mill Gut Tidal Inlet

Bristol County, Rhode Island · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Colt Drive over Mill Gut Tidal Inlet in Bristol County, Rhode Island, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2008).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 10 inventoried bridges in Bristol County rated poor (10.0%); 1 (10.0%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 92 ft
Location	1.3 Mi W of Jct Ri 114
NBI structure number	000000000007240
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ri 24 over Evans Avenue	2012	43,260	Fair
Massasoit Avenue over Barrington River	2016	22,300	Fair
Ri 114 Hope St over Tidal Inlet	2020	19,100	Good
Ri 114 over Mt Hp By N Sec RR 114 Lp	1929	18,924	Fair
Ri 114/103 Cnty Rd over Warren River	1914	16,524	Fair
Ri 114/103 Cnty Rd over Barrington River	2009	14,763	Fair