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Of the more than 5,100 bridges in the state of Massachusetts, nine percent of them are structurally deficient.
SEE SLIDES BELOW: The 10 Most Traveled Structurally Deficient Bridges in Massachusetts
According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, 43% of all the bridges in the Commonwealth are classified as functionally obsolete - meaning that these bridges do not meet the design standards that are in line with current practice.
Between 2004 and 2014, nearly 300 new bridges had been built in Massachusetts.
The ten worst bridges in the state are crossed daily 1.4 million times combined.
Here are the 10 most traveled structurally deficient bridges in Massachusetts:
Related Slideshow: See the List: The Most Traveled Structurally Deficient Bridges in MA
According to the American Road and Transportation Builder Association, nine percent of the bridges in Massachusetts are considered to be structurally deficient. Here are the ten most traveled strucuturally deficient bridges in the Commonwealth.
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#10
Location: I-90 WB over a highway and Brooks Street
Daily Crossings: 125,000
County: Suffolk
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1964
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#9
Location: I-90 EB over a highway and Brooks Street
Daily Crossings: 125,000
County: Suffolk
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1964
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#8
Location: I-90 over the CSX Railroad and MBTA
Daily Crossings: 125,700
County: Middlesex
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1965
Photo Credit: t55z/Flickr
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#7
Location: I-93 SB over the Water Shawsheen River
Daily Crossings: 134,600
County: Essex
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1958
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#6
Location: I-93 NB over the Water Shawsheen River
Daily Crossings: 135,400
County: Essex
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1958
Photo Credit: Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration/Flickr
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#5
Location: SR 3 SB over Highway Ramp C (Q Adams)
Daily Crossings: 138,200
County: Norfolk
Type of Bridge: Urban Freeway/Expressway
Year Built: 1978
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#4
Location: SR 3 NB over Highway Ramp C (Q Adams)
Daily Crossings: 138,500
County: Norfolk
Type of Bridge: Urban Freeway/Expressway
Year Built: 1978
Photo Credit: Sarah Clarke Gaudet/Flickr
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#3
Location: Grove Street over I-95/SR 128
Daily Crossings: 154,500
County: Middlesex
Type of Bridge: Urban Minor Arterial
Year Built: 1962
Photo Credit: Bill Damon/Flickr (Cropped)
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#2
Location: I-95/SR 128 over the Charles River
Daily Crossings: 160,000
County: Middlesex
Type of Bridge: Urban Interstate
Year Built: 1961
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#1
Location: I--95/SR 128 over Railroad and MBTA/BMRR
Daily Crossings: 172,000
County: Middlesex
Type of Bridge: Urban Freeway/Expressway
Year Built: 1950
Photo Credit: Mass.gov
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