Total bridges
871
Public highway bridges in Cuyahoga County
County profile · official public datasets
Cuyahoga County, OH
871 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.2% rated Good, 47.2% Fair, 9.6% Poor.
- 871
- Public bridges
- 43.2%
- Good condition
- 9.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cuyahoga 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.
- 81st
- of 88 on Poor share
- 9.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 871
- public highway bridges
- 1969
- 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.
Cuyahoga County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cuyahoga County ranks #81 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.6%). Cuyahoga County, Ohio contains 871 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.2% are rated “Good,” 47.2% “Fair,” and 9.6% “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
43.2%
376 of 871 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.2%
411 of 871 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.6%
84 of 871 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#81 of 88
Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 871 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.2% (376)
Fair 47.2% (411)
Poor 9.6% (84)
Cuyahoga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,287,751 vehicle crossings a day
That is 5.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 15,330 crossings a day against 27,797 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 871 of 871 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58% of Cuyahoga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
505 of the 871 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 43.2% 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.
One structure carries 11.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
IR 480 over CR 8 (LEE RD), built 1971, carries 142,337 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 84-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,287,751 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cuyahoga County's bridges were built
871 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 6
Built before 1900
6 bridges
- 1900s 27
1900–1909
27 bridges
- 1910s 22
1910–1919
22 bridges
- 1920s 29
1920–1929
29 bridges
- 1930s 54
1930–1939
54 bridges
- 1940s 21
1940–1949
21 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
85 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
196 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
152 bridges
- 1980s 77
1980–1989
77 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
80 bridges
- 2000s 44
2000–2009
44 bridges
- 2010s 69
2010–2019
69 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 196 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 8 years older than the Ohio average of 1977.
How Cuyahoga County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Ohio counties nearest Cuyahoga County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.6% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 8 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | 922 | 72.2% | 25.8% | 2% | 1981 |
| Cuyahoga County (this page) | 871 | 43.2% | 47.2% | 9.6% | 1969 |
| Hamilton County | 783 | 57.5% | 39.6% | 2.9% | 1970 |
| Montgomery County | 632 | 67.2% | 30.1% | 2.7% | 1981 |
| Summit County | 563 | 55.4% | 42.3% | 2.3% | 1974 |
| Wood County | 508 | 64.2% | 31.5% | 4.3% | 1980 |
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 Cuyahoga 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 Cuyahoga County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OH (871 bridges here).
- Orange County, FL · 885 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · 893 bridges
- Hillsborough County, FL · 840 bridges
- Erie County, NY · 906 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1969 here).
- Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
- Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
- Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges
- Somerset County, PA · avg 1969 · 454 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (411)
CLAGUE ROAD CR 52
FairOver: SPERRY CREEK
.2 MI N OF DETROIT RD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1975 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 14,196
BOOTH AVENUE
FairOver: CONRAIL RR
WEST OFF EAST 91 ST, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1905 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 400
CANNON AVENUE
FairOver: PENN CENTRAL RR (CSX)
EAST OFF EAST 89 ST, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1911 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 400
TRACK AVE CR 393
FairOver: EAST 55TH STREET
1.3 MI S OF WOODLAND RD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1969 Load: 78.1 t ADT: 5,451
LAKEWOOD HTS C297
FairOver: RTA AND N&S RR
EAST OF WEST 137 STREET, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1959 Load: 79.1 t ADT: 7,570
LAKEWOOD HTS C297
FairOver: BEREA ROAD
AT/OVER BEREA ROAD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1959 Load: 79.4 t ADT: 7,570
RICHMOND RD CR 108
FairOver: TINKERS CREEK
900 SO OF SOLON RD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1948 Load: 84.9 t ADT: 5,390
SNOW ROAD CR 87
FairOver: BRANCH BIG CREEK
880 FT. E. OF SMITH ROAD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1961 Load: 87.5 t ADT: 21,958
EAST LINDEN LANE
FairOver: BALDWIN CREEK
1950FEET N OF STORMESS DR, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1966 Load: 88.5 t ADT: 100
USR 42
FairOver: BIG CRK 2.85 MI S. OF 17
APPROX 300 FT S STUMPH RD, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1918 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 20,915
SR 252
FairOver: PLUM CRK N. OF BAGLEY RD
1.38 MI N OHIO TURNPIKE, Cuyahoga, OH
Built 1932 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 8,199
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