In New Brunswick, bridges and overpasses have been ageing since 1999 reaching an average of 21.2 years in 2007. However, this was still well below the national average of 24.5 years, placing New Brunswick in the third position after Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador in terms of youngest asset of this category. The construction of the Confederation Bridge partly explains this relatively high ranking of New Brunswick since the investments in the bridge have been allocated equally to the two linked provinces,
In this province, the value of the gross stock invested in bridges and overpasses accounted for 19% of total public assets, compared with 8% at the national level. This relatively high share-second largest after Prince Edward Island-was due to the allocation of the investment in the construction of the confederation bridge to these two provinces. As a percentage of the estimated useful life, the province has been below the national average since 1967. In 2007, the provincial usage rate was 49%, 8 percentage points below the national average of 57%.