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Henry County, OH

265 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 59.6% rated Good, 35.5% Fair, 4.9% Poor.

265
Public bridges: 59.6%
Good condition: 4.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Henry 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.

49th
of 88 on Poor share: 4.9%
Poor-condition share: 265
public highway bridges: 1982
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.

Henry County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #49 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.9%). Henry County, Ohio contains 265 public highway bridges. Roughly 59.6% are rated “Good,” 35.5% “Fair,” and 4.9% “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

265

Public highway bridges in Henry County

Good condition

59.6%

158 of 265 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.5%

94 of 265 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.9%

13 of 265 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#49 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 265 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

59.6% (158)

Fair

35.5% (94)

Poor

4.9% (13)

Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,138 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 595 crossings a day against 1,738 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 264 of 265 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

36.6% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

97 of the 265 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 59.6% 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 29.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Co. Rd. R over VAN HYNING CREEK, built 1970, carries 2,132 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 7,138 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

3
1900s

2
1910s

2
1920s

2
1940s

7
1950s

19
1960s

47
1970s

44
1980s

32
1990s

40
2000s

30
2010s

25
2020s

12

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 47 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1982, 5 years newer than the Ohio average of 1977.

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Henry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Henry County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Hardin County	276	64.1%	28.6%	7.2%	1979
Seneca County	275	72.7%	25.8%	1.5%	1983
Knox County	274	54.4%	40.1%	5.5%	1980
Delaware County	268	70.5%	27.2%	2.2%	1982
Henry County (this page)	265	59.6%	35.5%	4.9%	1982
Jackson County	257	51.4%	40.1%	8.6%	1970

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (265 bridges here).

Chatham County, GA · 265 bridges
Rock County, MN · 265 bridges
McCurtain County, OK · 265 bridges
Lawrence County, PA · 265 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1982 here).

Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges

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

All 265 Good 158 Fair 94 Poor 13

Good-condition bridges (158)

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Henry County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,138 vehicle crossings a day

36.6% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 29.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Henry 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

Good-condition bridges (158)

SR 108

SR 109

SR 109

SR 281

Twp. Rd. K

Co. Rd. U

TOWNSHIP RD. 04

TOWNSHIP ROAD 10

COUNTY ROAD 2

Co. Rd. U

Oakwood Ave.

CR 4A

CR 3

SR 108

TOWNSHIP ROAD 3

MAIN STREET

Co. Rd. 10A

Township Road F2

Twp. Rd. U

SOUTH KEYSER AVE

TOWNSHIP ROAD D

TOWNSHIP ROAD 15

USR 6

TR 10

USR 24

USR 24

SR 281

COUNTY ROAD K

Twp. Rd. O

STEVENSON STREET

COUNTY ROAD J

Township Road 10

Twp. Rd. H

USR 6

SR 109

TOWNSHIP ROAD 16

County Road 7

Twp. Rd R2

County Road G

Twp. Rd E

County Road J

Township Road Q1

SR 109

ELM STREET

SR 108

County Road T

COUNTY ROAD M

SR 66

T00L1

County Road 13A

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