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Disclaimer: This site contains data for CTDOT's Transportation Asset Management Program, which is only a portion of the overall highway and bridge capital program. Currently, performance and investment data depicted in these graphs are only based on State of Good Repair projects and do not represent the entire Capital Plan.


Description

  • CTDOT inspects 5,306 roadway bridges, 1,785 of which are National Bridge Inventory (NBI) structures on the National Highway System (NHS).
  • 4,016 of these bridges are state maintained; the remaining 1,290 are maintained locally or under another jurisdiction.
  • CTDOT defines a bridge as a crossing of at least six feet in length, including culverts. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) defines an NBI bridge as a structure measuring more than 20 feet in length.
  • CTDOT has a distinct Major Bridge Program for large or expensive-to-replace bridges. 60 structures are currently categorized as Major Bridges.

State of Good
Repair (SOGR)

A bridge for which the condition rating for each of the three major components for a span bridge (Substructure, Deck, and Superstructure) or the structural condition of a culvert is rated at least a 5 on a 0-9 condition scale is classified as being in a SOGR.

Bridge Age

The average NHS-NBI bridge in Connecticut is 53 years old, which is 11 years older than the national average of 42 years. The state has a higher percentage of Structurally Deficient (SD) bridges (by deck area) compared to the national average.

NHS-NBI Inventory and Condition

Federal Requirements
Non-NHS and NHS Non-NBI bridges
3,521 bridges
(66.4%)
NHS-NBI bridges
1,785 bridges
(26,270,638.0 ft2 deck area)
(33.6%)
Good
4,761,084 ft2
(422 bridges)
18.1% are in Good Condition
Fair
17,584,485 ft2
(1,261 bridges)
66.9% are in Fair Condition
Poor
3,925,069 ft2
(102 bridges)
14.9% are in Poor Condition

In this chart:

  • Based on CTDOT 3/31/17 NBI Submittal
  • Good-Fair-Poor is defined by MAP-21/FAST Act
  • Good condition is defined by NBI condition ratings of 7, 8, or 9
  • Fair condition is defined by NBI condition ratings of 5 or 6
  • Poor condition is defined by NBI condition ratings of 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 (as of 1/1/18 Poor=SD)

CTDOT-Maintained Inventory and Condition

State Goals
Maintained by Others
1,290 bridges
(24.3%)
Maintained by CTDOT
4,016 bridges
(75.7%)
State of Good Repair
3,768 bridges (93.8%)
Poor
248 bridges (6.2%)

In this chart:

  • Based on CTDOT 3/31/17 Snapshot
  • SOGR defined by CTDOT

History

Distribution of NHS Bridges by Decade Built
Set Decade Range
1900s
2020s
1910
2020

In this chart:

  • Based on National Data available from FHWA

History

% Poor NHS Bridges by Deck Area

In this chart:

  • Based on National Data available from FHWA

Performance Projections

The chart on the right depicts bridge condition for various funding scenarios. These were developed through an analysis program using CTDOT bridge condition data, as of May 2017.

Asset Valuation

$15,850,000,000

Asset value is estimated using the replacement value. For bridges, replacement value is the product of deck area and unit construction cost. For 5,306 bridges:
37,734,498 sqft * $420/sqft = $15.9 billion.

Measures & Goals

CTDOT has set the following bridge condition goals:

Federal Requirements:
  • 10% or less Poor by deck area on NHS-NBI bridges (Federal minimum is less than 10% Poor)
  • 20% or more Good by deck area on NHS-NBI bridges
State Goal:
  • 95% or more of State-Maintained bridges in a SOGR (State target)

NHS-NBI Bridge Performance Projections

Federal Requirements for deck area for 1,785 NHS-NBI bridges
  • Based on funding as of 6/30/17

CTDOT-Maintained Bridge Performance Projections

State Goals by number of bridges for 4,016 CTDOT-maintained bridges
Goal: >95% SOGR
  • Based on funding as of 6/30/17