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Vt 00030 Ml over Mettawee River

Bennington County, Vermont · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Vt 00030 Ml over Mettawee River in Bennington County, Vermont, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1929 and reconstructed in 1947, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 102 of the 215 inventoried bridges in Bennington County rated fair (47.4%); 2 (0.9%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Vt 0007A Alt over W. Branch Batten Kill R.	1912	12,500	Good
US 00007 Ml over Roaring Branch	1973	11,300	Good
US 00007 Ramp over US 7 Ramp A over Vt 279	1973	10,900	Good
US 00007 Ml over US 7 over Vt 279	1973	10,900	Good
US 00007 Ml over US 7 over Benn SH N	1973	10,900	Fair
US 00007 Ml over US 7 over Benn SH N	1973	10,900	Fair