Total bridges
319
Public highway bridges in Clermont County
County profile · official public datasets
Clermont County, OH
319 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 61.4% rated Good, 30.1% Fair, 8.5% Poor.
- 319
- Public bridges
- 61.4%
- Good condition
- 8.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Clermont County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 74th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 8.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 319
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Clermont County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clermont County ranks #74 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.5%). Clermont County, Ohio contains 319 public highway bridges. Roughly 61.4% are rated “Good,” 30.1% “Fair,” and 8.5% “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
61.4%
196 of 319 rated 7-9
Fair condition
30.1%
96 of 319 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.5%
27 of 319 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#74 of 88
Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 319 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 61.4% (196)
Fair 30.1% (96)
Poor 8.5% (27)
Clermont County's Poor-condition bridges carry 38,899 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,556 crossings a day against 5,641 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 316 of 319 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
47.6% of Clermont County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
152 of the 319 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 61.4% 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.
One structure carries 19.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
EAST LOVELAND over EAST LOVELAND AVE., built 1900, carries 7,622 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 27-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 38,899 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Clermont County's bridges were built
319 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s
1900–1909
26 bridges
- 1910s 10
1910–1919
10 bridges
- 1920s 13
1920–1929
13 bridges
- 1930s 15
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
33 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
50 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
30 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
56 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
47 bridges
- 2010s 19
2010–2019
19 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 56 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 5 years older than the Ohio average of 1977.
How Clermont County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Ohio counties nearest Clermont County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auglaize County | 321 | 81.9% | 17.8% | 0.3% | 1980 |
| Columbiana County | 321 | 58.9% | 38.6% | 2.5% | 1961 |
| Fairfield County | 320 | 56.6% | 38.4% | 5% | 1973 |
| Clermont County (this page) | 319 | 61.4% | 30.1% | 8.5% | 1972 |
| Van Wert County | 317 | 89% | 11% | 0% | 1982 |
| Miami County | 315 | 72.1% | 21% | 7% | 1983 |
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 Clermont 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 Clermont County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OH (319 bridges here).
- Garland County, AR · 319 bridges
- Mesa County, CO · 319 bridges
- Adams County, IL · 319 bridges
- Bates County, MO · 319 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (319)
Belfast Owensville
PoorOver: STONELICK CREEK
Belfast Owensville, Clermont, OH
Built 1984 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 643
Glancy Corner M
PoorOver: GRASSY FORK
Glancy Corner Marathon Rd, Clermont, OH
Built 1976 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 645
Hutchinson Road
PoorOver: OBANNON CREEK
Hutchinson Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1935 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 951
EAST LOVELAND
PoorOver: EAST LOVELAND AVE.
.18 MILES E. OF INT. W/48, Clermont, OH
Built 1900 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 7,622
Laurel Moscow Road
PoorOver: LITTLE INDIAN CREEK
Laurel Moscow Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1972 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 133
Shayler Road
PoorOver: STREAM
Shayler Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1900 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 5,418
Shayler Road
PoorOver: STREAM
Shayler Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1958 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 5,418
Spring Grove Road
PoorOver: CLOVER LICK CREEK
Spring Grove Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1900 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 771
Marathon Ednton
PoorOver: GRASSY FORK
Marathon Edenton Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1925 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 378
Glancy Corner M
PoorOver: PLEASANT RUN CREEK
Glancy Corner Marathon Rd, Clermont, OH
Built 1974 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 667
BOAT RUN ROAD
PoorOver: BOAT RUN CREEK
Boat Run Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1932 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 96
BECKJORD DR UPPER
PoorOver: USR 52
1.2 MI E OF SR749, Clermont, OH
Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t
SR133
PoorOver: TRIBUTARY INDIAN CREEK
1.5 MI N OF SR774, Clermont, OH
Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,497
Bethel Concord
PoorOver: BARNES RUN
Bethel Concord, Clermont, OH
Built 1935 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 477
Blue Sky Park
PoorOver: PLEASANT RUN
Blue Sky Park, Clermont, OH
Built 1910 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 150
Roundbottom Road
PoorOver: HALL RUN
Roundbottom Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1900 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 3,809
Goshen Road
PoorOver: OBANNON CREEK
Goshen Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1933 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 1,517
Fagins Run Road
PoorOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK
Fagins Run Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1918 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 983
COOK ROAD
PoorOver: HORNER RUN
Cook Road, Clermont, OH
Built 1900 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 1,397
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