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Bridge conditions in Bristol County, Massachusetts

387 inventoried bridges · 27 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 387 bridges in Bristol County: 114 rated good, 246 fair, and 27 poor.

27 of the 387 bridges in Bristol County, Massachusetts, are rated in poor condition (7.0%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
114 bridges (29.5%) are rated good and 246 (63.6%) fair.
The median Bristol County bridge was built in 1965.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is I 495 NB over Hwy School St (built 1978), carrying about 70,813 vehicles a day.

Good 29.5% · Fair 63.6% · Poor 7.0% of 387 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 495 NB over Hwy School St	1978	70,813	Poor
I 195 over Comb Macrr/purchase St	1965	62,062	Poor
I 195 over Hwy County&state Sts	1965	62,062	Poor
I 195 over St 18 Ashley Blvd	1965	62,062	Poor
St 24 over ST140 County St	1951	50,018	Poor
I 195 EB over Water Palmer River	1960	44,535	Poor
St 24 over Water Assonet River	1951	42,505	Poor
Hwy Toner Blvd over I 95	1960	33,600	Poor
ST123 E Main St over I 495	1978	25,200	Poor
ST123 E Main St over Water Canoe River	1978	19,525	Poor
Hwy Chace Rd over ST140	1957	17,200	Poor
Hwy South St E over Water Taunton River	1945	17,068	Poor
US 6 Gar Hwy over Water Cole River	1926	13,357	Poor
US 44 Winthrop St over Water Palmer River	1850	13,010	Poor
ST103 Wilbur Ave over Water Coles River	1957	12,811	Poor
Hwy N Main St over St 79	1958	12,142	Poor
Hwy Shawmut Ave over I 195	1963	10,715	Poor
Hwy Maple Ave over I 195	1959	9,507	Poor
I 195 EB Ramp F over Comb Weld St & Relief	1965	8,633	Poor
I 195 WB Ramp C over Other Relief	1965	7,372	Poor
Hwy Mendon Rd over Water Abbott Run River	1850	7,370	Poor
Hwy West St over Water Wading River	1910	4,714	Poor
US 6 EB over Comb ST18 & Relief	1973	4,428	Poor
Hwy N Main St over St 24	1951	2,436	Poor
Hwy Danforth St over Water Palmer River	1936	1,423	Poor
Hwy Scadding St over Water Snake River	1967	517	Poor
Hwy Jefferson St over Water Sucker Brook	1850	390	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 195 & Ramp B over Other Bikeway(bcrr)	1963	114,052	Fair
St 24 over Water Taunton River	1951	109,526	Good
St 24 over Hwy Brayton Ave	1963	106,551	Fair
I 95 over Water Seven Mile River	1959	86,849	Good
I 195 over St 81 Plymouth Ave	1964	86,662	Fair
I 195 & Collector over Other Bikeway	1965	86,575	Fair
I 295 over Water Ten Mile River	1967	82,888	Fair
I 195 over Comb ST79 & Taunton Riv	1965	81,260	Fair
I 195 over ST140	2011	80,368	Good
I 95 NB over Water Ten Mile River	1960	77,844	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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