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National Bridge Inventory Element Data

Metadata Updated: September 5, 2025

The National Bridge Inventory Elements dataset is as of June 20, 2025 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The data describes more than 620,000 of the Nation's bridges located on public roads, including Interstate Highways, U.S. highways, State and county roads, as well as publicly-accessible bridges on Federal and Tribal lands. The element data present a breakdown of the condition of each structural and bridge management element for each bridge on the National Highway System (NHS). The Specification for the National Bridge Inventory Bridge Elements contains a detailed description of each data element including coding instructions and attribute definitions. The Coding Guide is available at: https://doi.org/10.21949/1519106. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1519106

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License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date September 4, 2025
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date September 5, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2020 (creation), July 21, 2025 (revision)
Frequency Of Update annually

Metadata Source

Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 4, 2025
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date September 5, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2020 (creation), July 21, 2025 (revision)
Responsible Party Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid National Bridge Inventory Element Data
Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update annually
Harvest Object Id c9789da6-7a2f-4977-b9ac-30e7f1314d79
Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
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Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Progress onGoing
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System 3857
Spatial Harvester True

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