Barnstable CountyMassachusetts
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts
1 of its 14 inventoried bridges is rated poor (7%, against 9% statewide). The town has won $493K in state resilience grants across 3 awards.
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Bridges rated poor
1
of 14 inventoried
State resilience grants
$493K
3 awards on file
Construction projects
86
median $1.1M · public bid results
FEMA repair $, Barnstable County
$29.4M
federal share since 2010 · county-wide
01 · Money & permits
86 construction projects on file, median $1.1M — at or below the state's $1.5M
| Project | Year | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Shoreline Stabilization of North Barnstable Public Beaches Using Bioengineering Solutions | FY2014 | $187K |
| Assessment of Century Scale Sediment Budget for the Towns of Sandwich and Barnstable | FY2016 | $158K |
| Coastal Resiliency at Sandy Neck Public Beach Facility | FY2016 | $149K |
Public construction projects
86
Median estimated value $1.1M, middle half $604K–$4.0M, against $1.5M across Massachusetts. Capped total $606M (each project counted at no more than $100M). Public bid records compiled June 2026, heavy on 2021–22 — a sample, not an annual market.
02 · Bridges
1 of 14 bridges are rated poor — below the Massachusetts rate of 9%
Every highway bridge and large culvert in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory that stands inside Barnstable Town. Median age 73 years; 3 posted for weight.
43% good, 7% poor
FHWA good / fair / poor rating — the lowest of deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert.
- Good6 · 43%
- Fair7 · 50%
- Poor1 · 7%
n = 14 structuresSource: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025
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| Built | Structures |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 |
| 1940s | 1 |
| 1950s | 7 |
| 1960s | 4 |
| 2000s | 1 |
The poor-rated bridges
| Carries | Over | Built | Daily traffic |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGE STposted | WEST-NORTH BAY | 1946 | 2,692 |
03 · Dams & disasters
Barnstable County has drawn $29.4M in federal disaster repair since 2010
FEMA Public Assistance is reported by county, so the figure below is Barnstable County-wide context, not a Barnstable Town number.
FEMA Public Assistance, Barnstable County
$29.4M
Federal share obligated across 388 projects in 8 declared disasters since 2010. The largest category is emergency protective measures (78%); roads & bridges took $439K.
04 · Next door
Barnstable Town and the 3 towns that border it
A dash means no data for that layer, not zero.
| Town | Poor bridges | Rock depth |
|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Town, MA | 1 / 14 | — |
| Yarmouth, MA | 1 / 13 | — |
| Sandwich, MA | 0 / 9 | 303 ft |
| Mashpee, MA | 0 / 1 | 296 ft |
Where these numbers come from
Method, sources & caveats
Barnstable Town is the Census county subdivision 2500103690 (Barnstable County). Every record is placed here by its coordinates, not by the place name the source uses. Construction-project figures come from Massachusetts public bid results, published as town-level counts, medians and capped totals (n ≥ 10).
- Towns are Census county subdivisions: cities, towns, plantations, and Maine/New Hampshire unorganized territories and townships. Every record is placed in a town by its coordinates (point-in-polygon), not by the source's own place label — so a bridge in Roxbury counts for Boston and a well in 'North Waltham' counts for Waltham.
- Bridges: FHWA NBI 2025, highway structures ≥ 20 ft including large culverts. 'Poor' is FHWA's good/fair/poor rating (lowest of deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert ≤ 4). Percent-poor is shown only for towns with at least 5 structures.
- Depth to bedrock is the median of driller- and boring-reported depths in the town, shown only where at least 10 logs exist. Water-well logs over-sample rural lots and hilltops; one town median never describes a particular site.
- Bedrock depths use the same state databases and filters as the Bedrock & soils module (bedrock wells and borings that reached rock, 0 < depth ≤ 400 ft, exact re-filings dropped), but every log is placed in a town by its coordinates rather than the driller's town field, so town counts can differ slightly between the two pages. Connecticut and Rhode Island have no statewide public well-log database with depths.
- Dams: only high-hazard-potential dams whose latest condition assessment is Poor or Unsatisfactory are counted (live NID). Connecticut and Rhode Island assessments may lag.
- FEMA Public Assistance dollars are federal share obligated for disasters declared since 2010, reported by county — they are county context, not a town figure.
- Grant awards are Massachusetts only (EEA Dam & Seawall program, MVP Action grants, CZM Coastal Resilience). Other states' programs are not yet included.
- Ground-related permit counts cover only the municipal portals the pipeline reads (Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Worcester, Framingham, Providence, Portsmouth, Hartford and a few others) — an absent count means 'not covered', not zero.
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- U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files — county subdivisions (2024, 1:500k)Public domain
- FHWA National Bridge Inventory (2025 delimited files)Public domain
- USACE National Inventory of DamsPublic domainHigh-hazard dams rated Poor or Unsatisfactory (live NID).
- USGS U.S. Landslide InventoryPublic domain
- MassGIS / Massachusetts Geological Survey — Bedrock Data PointsPublic recordBorings and well logs that reached rock (MassDEP well drillers, USGS, MWRA, MassDOT…); seismic/HVSR and map-derived shallow-bedrock/outcrop points excluded.
- NH DES Water Well Inventory, Maine Geological Survey Wells Database, Vermont DEC well recordsPublic recordBedrock wells only; driller-reported depth to bedrock / overburden thickness.
- OpenFEMA Public Assistance Funded Projects Details (v2)Public domain
- MA EEA / CZM grant awards — Dam & Seawall, MVP Action, CZM Coastal ResiliencePublic record
- Municipal open-data permit portals (Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Providence, Portsmouth, others)Public recordOnly permits flagged as ground-related (retaining walls, excavation, foundations) are counted.
Published by Earth Support Corp as a public resource. Regional statistics for planning and curiosity. They are not an engineering report, a bid recommendation or a statement about any particular site, firm or project. Spot an error? Tell us and we will correct it. Full method: methodology.