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Geauga County, OH

141 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 64.5% rated Good, 29.1% Fair, 6.4% Poor.

141
Public bridges: 64.5%
Good condition: 6.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Geauga County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

60th
of 88 on Poor share: 6.4%
Poor-condition share: 141
public highway bridges: 1985
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.

Geauga County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Geauga County ranks #60 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.4%). Geauga County, Ohio contains 141 public highway bridges. Roughly 64.5% are rated “Good,” 29.1% “Fair,” and 6.4% “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.

Total bridges

141

Public highway bridges in Geauga County

Good condition

64.5%

91 of 141 rated 7-9

Fair condition

29.1%

41 of 141 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.4%

9 of 141 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#60 of 88

Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 141 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

64.5% (91)

Fair

29.1% (41)

Poor

6.4% (9)

Geauga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 37,525 vehicle crossings a day

That is 6.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,169 crossings a day against 4,133 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 141 of 141 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

26.2% of Geauga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

37 of the 141 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 64.5% 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 24.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

USR 322 over BEAVER CRK 1.77 MI. W 44, built 1961, carries 9,238 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 37,525 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

4
1920s

1
1930s

5
1940s

3
1950s

12
1960s

9
1970s

5
1980s

18
1990s

43
2000s

23
2010s

13
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 8 years newer than the Ohio average of 1977.

How Geauga County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Geauga County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 13 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Geauga County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Morgan County	159	52.8%	43.4%	3.8%	1962
Defiance County	158	77.8%	20.9%	1.3%	1991
Ottawa County	158	65.8%	32.9%	1.3%	1973
Geauga County (this page)	141	64.5%	29.1%	6.4%	1985
Harrison County	140	40%	42.1%	17.9%	1959
Carroll County	125	41.6%	53.6%	4.8%	1974

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 Geauga 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 Geauga County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (141 bridges here).

Petersburg County, AK · 141 bridges
St. Johns County, FL · 141 bridges
Renville County, MN · 141 bridges
Warren County, NY · 141 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1985 here).

Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 141 Good 91 Fair 41 Poor 9

All bridges (141)

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Geauga County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Geauga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 37,525 vehicle crossings a day

26.2% of Geauga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 24.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Geauga County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (141)

STAFFORD RD

WISNER RD

SR 87

BAINBRIDGE RD

OWEN RD

MARSH HAWK RUN

SR 88

USR 322

GEAUGA LAKE RD

THWING RD

USR 422

SPERRY RD

SR 87

SR 166

SR 306

SR 700

SR 700

BRIDGEWAY DR

AUBURN RD

KILE RD

KILE RD

WASHINGTON ST

USR 422

USR 6

SNYDER RD

USR 6

BUTTERNUT RD

CHAGRIN RIVER ROAD

AUBURN RD

SR 166

USR 322

CHAGRIN RD

SR 86

CHARDON WINDSOR RD

USR 422

USR 422

CLARIDON TROY RD

FAIRMOUNT RD

KIRTLAND RD

WISNER RD

PEKIN RD

BUTTERNUT RD

WOODIN RD

KIRTLAND RD

USR 322

PATCH RD

WASHINGTON ST

HUNTLEY RD

SR 87

BUTTERNUT RD

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