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Tillinghast Rd over Frenchtown Brook

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

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

Tillinghast Rd over Frenchtown Brook in Kent 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 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,105 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 72 of the 115 inventoried bridges in Kent County rated fair (62.6%); 19 (16.5%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	5	Fair condition
Substructure	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 23 ft
Location	1 Mi South of Middle Rd
NBI structure number	000000000011980
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-95 NB & SB over Hardig Brook	1965	174,731	Fair
I-95 NB & SB over Ri 115 Toll Gate Road	2020	170,700	Fair
I-95 NB & SB over Ri 117 Centerville Rd	2020	160,000	Good
I-95 NB & SB over Jefferson Blvd	1966	146,680	Poor
I-95 NB over Ri 4 South Cnty Fwy Ramp	1965	75,370	Fair
I-95 NB & SB over Ri 2 Quaker Lane	1958	74,100	Fair