Total bridges
34
Public highway bridges in Golden Valley County
County profile · official public datasets
Golden Valley County, ND
34 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.2% rated Good, 61.8% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 34
- Public bridges
- 38.2%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Golden Valley County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 6%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 34
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Golden Valley County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Golden Valley County ranks #3 of 53 North Dakota counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Golden Valley County, North Dakota contains 34 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.2% are rated “Good,” 61.8% “Fair,” and 0% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
38.2%
13 of 34 rated 7-9
Fair condition
61.8%
21 of 34 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 34 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#3 of 53
Among North Dakota counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 34 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 38.2% (13)
Fair 61.8% (21)
Poor 0% (0)
70.6% of Golden Valley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
24 of the 34 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 38.2% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Golden Valley County's bridges were built
34 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s 2
1970–1979
2 bridges
- 1980s 3
1980–1989
3 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 7 years older than the North Dakota average of 1975.
How Golden Valley County compares with North Dakota's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 North Dakota counties nearest Golden Valley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 52 North Dakota counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells County | 41 | 61% | 31.7% | 7.3% | 1980 |
| Benson County | 40 | 57.5% | 25% | 17.5% | 1983 |
| Ransom County | 35 | 51.4% | 37.1% | 11.4% | 1968 |
| Golden Valley County (this page) | 34 | 38.2% | 61.8% | 0% | 1968 |
| Sargent County | 30 | 53.3% | 30% | 16.7% | 1978 |
| Burke County | 29 | 13.8% | 69% | 17.2% | 1968 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Golden Valley County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Golden Valley County, both outside North Dakota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside ND (34 bridges here).
- Bear Lake County, ID · 34 bridges
- Plaquemines County, LA · 34 bridges
- Guayanilla County, PR · 34 bridges
- Jayuya County, PR · 34 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside ND (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (13)
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: LITTLE BEAVER CREEK
8 NORTH OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1993 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 75
W River Rd
GoodOver: GARNER CREEK
18 EAST 5 NORTH OF GOLVA, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1999 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 10
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: CREEK
1 NORTH 1 EAST OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 45
Blacktail Rd.
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
2 SOUTH 10 EAST TROTTERS, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: I-94/SENTINEL BUTTE INT
9 EAST OF JCT. ND 16, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1968 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 140
Mosher Rd.
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
20 NORTH 6 EAST OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 2020 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 20
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
17 NORTH 1 EAST OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 2018 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 5
INTERSTATE 94
GoodOver: CO.HWY/CAMEL HUMP SEP.
11 EAST OF JCT. ND 16, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1968 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,425
INTERSTATE 94
GoodOver: CO.HWY/CAMEL HUMP SEP.
11 EAST OF JCT. ND 16, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1968 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,425
COUNTY HIGHWAY
GoodOver: BULLION CREEK
2 SOUTH 6 EAST GOLVA, Golden Valley, ND
Built 2014 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 5
ND HIGHWAY 16
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
17 NORTH OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1984 Load: 51.5 t ADT: 170
ND HIGHWAY 16
GoodOver: LITTLE BEAVER CREEK
6 NORTH OF BEACH, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1976 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 310
INTERSTATE 94
GoodOver: CREEK
2 EAST OF JCT. ND 16, Golden Valley, ND
Built 1967 Load: 60.1 t ADT: 2,850
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