Oldest Bridges in the United States

The oldest bridge in the National Bridge Inventory is the Frankford Avenue over Pennypack Creek in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, built in 1697 and still carrying about 16,000 vehicles a day. The bridges below are the oldest still in the federal highway inventory, ranked by the year they were built.

Age, drawn to scale

The 20 oldest, one timeline

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1Frankford Avenue over Pennypack CreekPA · 1697 · 16k/day 2ST 1 A/s Main ST over Water Ipswich RiverMA · 1764 · 26k/day 3HWY Adams ST over Water Neponset RiverMA · 1765 · 33k/day 4Old Bethlehem Road over Cooks CreekPA · 1777 · 1.4k/day 5Trinity Lane over Gulph Mills CreekPA · 1789 · 5.5k/day 6Germantown Pike over Skippack CreekPA · 1792 · 14k/day 7Centre Avenue over Newtown CreekPA · 1796 · 4.3k/day 8Old Nj 27 over Millstone RiverNJ · 1798 · 24/day 9Ridge Pike over Perkiomen CreekPA · 1798 · 11k/day 10Fishers Lane over Tacony CreekPA · 1801 · 50/day 11Old Easton Road over Nockamixon CreekPA · 1804 · 100/day 12Old Schuylkill RD over Pigeon CreekPA · 1804 · 406/day 13Strasburg Road over East Br.brandywine CreekPA · 1807 · 7.1k/day 14St.davids Road over Darby Creek / 3476-f8PA · 1810 · 5.8k/day 15US Route 40 over Little Wheeling CreekWV · 1817 · 7.6k/day 16Storms Store Road over Conewago CreekPA · 1820 · 650/day 17Anderson Road over Conococheague Creek W BrPA · 1820 · 150/day 18Bells Mill Road over Wissahickon CreekPA · 1820 · 12k/day 19Snickersville Road over Beaverdam CreekVA · 1820 · 2.1k/day 20ST 79 Elm ST over Water Assonet RiverMA · 1822 · 14k/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every U.S. highway bridge by the decade it was built

896

Before 1900pre29%

4.9k

1900s'0030%

4.9k

1910s'1033%

16k

1920s'2021%

37k

1930s'3015%

23k

1940s'4014%

57k

1950s'5011%

93k

Interstate era

1960s'609%

79k

1970s'708%

77k

1980s'805%

81k

1990s'902%

73k

2000s'001%

57k

2010s'100%

21k

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 622,843 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible. 2,973 of the 4,873 bridges in the 1900s bar are recorded as built in exactly 1900, which is likely an estimate rather than a date.

The 100 Oldest Bridges

Bridge	State	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Frankford Avenue over Pennypack Creek	PA	1697	2018	Masonry	16,267	Good
ST 1 A/s Main ST over Water Ipswich River	MA	1764	1839	Masonry	26,250	Fair
HWY Adams ST over Water Neponset River	MA	1765	2006	Masonry	32,845	Fair
Old Bethlehem Road over Cooks Creek	PA	1777	1902	Masonry	1,404	Fair
Trinity Lane over Gulph Mills Creek	PA	1789	2021	Masonry	5,486	Fair
Germantown Pike over Skippack Creek	PA	1792	1992	Masonry	14,242	Fair
Centre Avenue over Newtown Creek	PA	1796	1875	Masonry	4,254	Fair
Old Nj 27 over Millstone River	NJ	1798		Masonry	24	Poor
Ridge Pike over Perkiomen Creek	PA	1798	1985	Masonry	11,474	Fair
Fishers Lane over Tacony Creek	PA	1801		Masonry	50	Poor
Old Easton Road over Nockamixon Creek	PA	1804		Masonry	100	Fair
Old Schuylkill RD over Pigeon Creek	PA	1804		Masonry	406	Poor
Strasburg Road over East Br.brandywine Creek	PA	1807	2010	Masonry	7,057	Fair
St.davids Road over Darby Creek / 3476-f8	PA	1810	2012	Masonry	5,835	Fair
US Route 40 over Little Wheeling Creek	WV	1817	1922	Masonry	7,600	Fair
Storms Store Road over Conewago Creek	PA	1820		Masonry	650	Good
Anderson Road over Conococheague Creek W Br	PA	1820	1974	Masonry	150	Poor
Bells Mill Road over Wissahickon Creek	PA	1820		Masonry	12,200	Poor
Snickersville Road over Beaverdam Creek	VA	1820	2007	Masonry	2,060	Good
ST 79 Elm ST over Water Assonet River	MA	1822	2010	Masonry	14,094	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri	NY	1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Dead Tree Run Road over Pike Run	NJ	1822	2000	Masonry	989	Fair
US 40 Alt over Antietam Creek	MD	1823	1930	Masonry	6,082	Fair
Md 68 over Beaver Creek	MD	1824		Masonry	2,592	Fair
Roxbury Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1824	2002	Masonry	778	Fair
Walnut Street over Cedar Creek	PA	1824		Masonry	1,000	Poor
C3010 over Muddy Branch	VT	1824	1994	Wood or Timber	10	Fair
John S. Mosby Hwy. over Little River	VA	1824	2001	Masonry	9,058	Fair
Fannettsburg Road over W.br.conococheague Creek	PA	1825	2003	Masonry	609	Fair
SR 4004 over Conodoguinet Creek	PA	1825		Masonry	609	Poor
Hill Road over Conococheague Creek W.br	PA	1825		Masonry	250	Fair
HWY Russells Mil over Water Paskamansett River	MA	1826	1936	Masonry	9,957	Fair
Old Easton Road over Nockamixon Creek	PA	1826		Masonry	100	Fair
Cedar Drive over Indian Creek	PA	1826		Masonry	100	Poor
SR 4018 Mcclays Ml over Trib Conodoguinet CR	PA	1827	2022	Masonry	702	Fair
SR 4018 over Conodoguinet Creek	PA	1827	2022	Masonry	956	Fair
Tr 75 Reinhart RD over Salt Fork (s Bridge)	OH	1828		Masonry	50	Poor
Lehigh Parkway E. over Little Lehigh Creek	PA	1828	1998	Masonry	1,000	Poor
Byberry Road 25j13 over Southampton Creek	PA	1828	2019	Masonry	11,488	Fair
Md 68 over Conococheague Creek	MD	1829	1987	Masonry	4,532	Fair
Broadfording Road over Conococheague Creek	MD	1829	2005	Masonry	265	Good
Keedysville Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1830	1980	Masonry	1,173	Fair
North Pike over Valley Run	OH	1830		Masonry	209	Poor
Rishel Cov. Brdg. over Chillisquaque Creek	PA	1830	2013	Wood or Timber	100	Fair
Wisconsin Avenue over C&o Canal	DC	1831	2006	Masonry	800	Fair
Arlington BLVD over Mahoning River E Branch	OH	1831	2007	Wood or Timber	2,000	Fair
Main Street No. 2 over SR 598 Whitehead Highway	CT	1832		Masonry	12,900	Fair
Harpers Ferry Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1832	2010	Masonry	720	Fair
Coffman Farms RD over Little Antietam Creek	MD	1832	2015	Masonry	362	Good
West Bath Road over Ammonoosuc R Nhrr(abd)	NH	1832	2014	Wood or Timber	96	Fair
Main Street over Ashuelot River	NH	1832	1993	Wood or Timber	2,191	Fair
Nj 29 over Jacobs Creek	NJ	1832	1941	Masonry	13,858	Fair
River Road over Laurel Run	PA	1832		Masonry	500	Poor
Md 68 over Antietam Creek	MD	1833	1995	Masonry	2,592	Fair
East Oak Ridge Dri over Antietam Creek	MD	1833	2008	Masonry	12,292	Good
HWY Highland ST over Water Ipswich River	MA	1833	2009	Masonry	4,100	Fair
HWY Broadway over Water Western Canal	MA	1833	1923	Masonry	6,600	Fair
C2001 over Mad River	VT	1833	1973	Wood or Timber	1,900	Fair
Canal Road over Six Mile Run	NJ	1834	2024	Masonry	3,641	Good
Springhouse Road over Ontelaunee Creek	PA	1834		Masonry	100	Poor
Township Road 153 over Six Mile Creek	OH	1835		Masonry	324	Fair
Buffalo Station DR over Owens Creek	VA	1835		Masonry	44	Fair
C3039 over Mill River	VT	1836	1987	Wood or Timber	500	Good
C2002 over Ottauquechee River	VT	1836	2013	Wood or Timber	1,500	Fair
Coombs Bridge RD over Ashuelot River	NH	1837	1997	Wood or Timber	618	Fair
Park Road over North Fork Salt Creek	IN	1838	2020	Wood or Timber	400	Fair
Limekiln Pike over Little Neshaminy Creek	PA	1838	2012	Masonry	8,870	Good
C2004 over Otter Creek	VT	1838	2003	Wood or Timber	600	Good
Leiters Mill Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1839	2016	Masonry	1,470	Good
Garis Shop Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1839	2017	Masonry	1,698	Good
SR 4003 over Dunlap Creek	PA	1839	1981	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	6,661	Poor
Ninth Street over Kanawha	VA	1839		Masonry	1,300	Fair
Towpath RD over Burnetts Creek	IN	1840		Masonry	288	Fair
Md 733a over Savage River	MD	1840		Masonry	4	Fair
Poffenberger Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1840	2019	Masonry	1,698	Good
New Market Road over Warner River	NH	1840	1970	Wood or Timber	428	Fair
E.main St(cr 644) over Rockaway River	NJ	1840	1993	Masonry	7,737	Poor
Tr 691 over Jims Run	OH	1840		Masonry	155	Fair
C3026 over Walloomsac River	VT	1840	1991	Wood or Timber	1,500	Fair
C3020 over Black River	VT	1840	2007	Wood or Timber	10	Good
Poffenberger Road over Antietam Creek	MD	1841	2019	Masonry	1,698	Good
SR 1017(lr 06172) over Ontelaunee Creek	PA	1841	2017	Masonry	222	Fair
Wehrs Covered over Jordan Creek	PA	1841	1999	Wood or Timber	100	Fair
Morris Road over Wissahickon Creek	PA	1841	1996	Masonry	6,457	Fair
Nfa E489 over Mansker Creek	TN	1841	1986	Masonry	30	Fair
C3006 over Otter Creek	VT	1841	2004	Wood or Timber	550	Fair
Main Street over Ausable River	NY	1842		Masonry	3,802	Fair
County Road 424 over Dry Creek	OH	1842		Masonry	3,596	Fair
County Road 424 over Bad Creek	OH	1842		Masonry	3,596	Fair
So Broad St(us206) over Assunpink Creek	NJ	1843	1904	Masonry	7,285	Poor
C3052 over Gold Brook	VT	1844	1979	Wood or Timber	200	Fair
HWY Winthrop ST over Water Ipswich River	MA	1845	1989	Wood or Timber	650	Poor
Corbin Bridge Road over Croydon Branch Sugar R	NH	1845	1994	Wood or Timber	545	Fair
Red Lion Road over Poquessing Creek	PA	1845		Masonry	100	Poor
SR 790 (south Stat over Rippowam River	CT	1847	2022	Masonry	5,700	Fair
Academy RD over W Br Octoraro Crk	PA	1847		Wood or Timber	340	Fair
HWY School ST over Water Northern Canal	MA	1848	2005	Masonry	27,672	Fair
Access Road over Delaware River	NY	1848	1987	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	270	Fair
Access Road over Delaware River	PA	1848	1987	Aluminum/Wrought Iron/Cast Iron	270	Fair
HWY Nepnst V Pky over Water Neponset River	MA	1849	1932	Masonry	23,300	Fair

Build years before 1900 are shown only when the bridge has a historic-significance rating and a material that existed at the time; the inventory also holds placeholder years (thousands of bridges recorded as built in exactly 1900, and some concrete bridges dated before concrete bridges were built) that are left out here.

Oldest Bridge in Each State

Pennsylvaniabuilt 1697 Massachusettsbuilt 1764 New Jerseybuilt 1798 West Virginiabuilt 1817 Virginiabuilt 1820 Marylandbuilt 1823 Vermontbuilt 1824 Ohiobuilt 1828 District of Columbiabuilt 1831 Connecticutbuilt 1832 New Hampshirebuilt 1832 Indianabuilt 1838 Tennesseebuilt 1841 New Yorkbuilt 1842 Mainebuilt 1854 Puerto Ricobuilt 1856 Rhode Islandbuilt 1858 Arkansasbuilt 1860 Californiabuilt 1860 Illinoisbuilt 1863 Michiganbuilt 1867 Kentuckybuilt 1871 Georgiabuilt 1872 Missouribuilt 1874 Iowabuilt 1876 Montanabuilt 1881 Minnesotabuilt 1884 North Dakotabuilt 1885 Kansasbuilt 1887 Wisconsinbuilt 1887 Nebraskabuilt 1888 Coloradobuilt 1892 Alabamabuilt 1898 Arizonabuilt 1900 Delawarebuilt 1900 Floridabuilt 1900 Hawaiibuilt 1900 Mississippibuilt 1900 Nevadabuilt 1900 North Carolinabuilt 1900 Oklahomabuilt 1900 Oregonbuilt 1900 South Dakotabuilt 1900 Texasbuilt 1900 Washingtonbuilt 1900 U.S. Virgin Islandsbuilt 1904 Utahbuilt 1905 Idahobuilt 1908 Louisianabuilt 1908 New Mexicobuilt 1908 Wyomingbuilt 1908 Alaskabuilt 1910 South Carolinabuilt 1910