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Ri 138 over Gilbert Stuart Rd

Washington County, Rhode Island · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ri 138 over Gilbert Stuart Rd in Washington County, Rhode Island, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969 and reconstructed in 1990, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 36,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 96 of the 145 inventoried bridges in Washington County rated fair (66.2%); 19 (13.1%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 77 ft
Location	0.5 Mi W of Jct Ri 138
NBI structure number	000000000008980
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ri 4 NB & SB over Lafayette Rd	2019	64,455	Good
Ri 4 NB & SB over Stony Lane Scrbbltwn Brk	1988	63,500	Fair
Ri 4 Col Rodman Hy over Amtrak	1953	56,311	Fair
Ri 4 Col Rodman Hy over Ri 102 Victory Hwy	1988	56,311	Fair
I-95 NB & SB over Wood River & Mechanic St	1953	49,247	Fair
US 1 Tower Hill Rd over Ri 138	1969	46,800	Poor