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FHWA National Bridge Inventory

The 2026 release contains 624,939 public highway bridges across U.S. states and territories. States, federal agencies and Tribal governments submit data annually in spring; records can be corrected through the year and public-highway data are considered final on June 15. Historical ASCII files cover 1992-2025, while bridge-element XML covers 2015-2025.

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Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
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Evidence
5 source links checked
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Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
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Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
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Access
none
Free tier
Keyless state-level and nationwide downloads. The 2026 nationwide Excel option is a ZIP of state workbooks because of Excel size limits; JSON and GeoJSON are also offered.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Provider termsterms
Licence note
FHWA provides the inventory as public downloads and documents permitted analytical use through the data pages. The checked NBI pages do not state a separate uniform data licence, and the records originate with state, federal and Tribal submitters.
Attribution
No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/nbi_data.cfm
  2. 02www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/nbi_data_2026.cfm
  3. 03www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/ascii.cfm
  4. 04www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/snbi/snbi_march_2022_publication.pdf
  5. 05www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi/2026/JSON/DC26.json

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