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Holmes County, OH

208 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.3% rated Good, 53.8% Fair, 2.9% Poor.

208
Public bridges
43.3%
Good condition
2.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Holmes County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 40%
lowest Poor share in state
2.9%
Poor-condition share
208
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Holmes County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Holmes County ranks #35 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.9%). Holmes County, Ohio contains 208 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.3% are rated “Good,” 53.8% “Fair,” and 2.9% “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

208

Public highway bridges in Holmes County

Good condition

43.3%

90 of 208 rated 7-9

Fair condition

53.8%

112 of 208 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.9%

6 of 208 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#35 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 208 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
43.3% (90)
Fair
53.8% (112)
Poor
2.9% (6)

Holmes County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,363 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,561 crossings a day against 1,384 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 208 of 208 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

42.3% of Holmes County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

88 of the 208 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 43.3% 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 64.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 83 over MARTIANS CREEK, built 1983, carries 6,022 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,363 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Holmes County's bridges were built

208 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Ohio average (1977).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Holmes County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.9% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Holmes County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Putnam County 213 4.7%
Lake County 210 8.6%
Clinton County 209 1.9%
Noble County 208 7.2%
Holmes County (this page) 208 2.9%
Meigs County 207 2.9%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (208 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1978 here).

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

All 208 Good 90 Fair 112 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (90)

COUNTY ROAD 53

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.17 MI S OF JCT. US 62, Holmes, OH

Built 2011 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 211

TOWNSHIP ROAD 332

Good

Over: HONEY RUN

0.15 MI SOUTH OF TR 334, Holmes, OH

Built 2020 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 100

TR 414

Good

Over: INDIAN TRAIL CREEK

0.20 mi East of TR 668, Holmes, OH

Built 1923 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 44

TOWNSHIP ROAD 502

Good

Over: PAINT CREEK

@ JUNCTION OF TR 261, Holmes, OH

Built 2001 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 96

COUNTY ROAD 150

Good

Over: BUCKS RUN

0.13 MI WEST OF SR 83, Holmes, OH

Built 2022 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 726

COUNTY ROAD 19

Good

Over: DOUGHTY CREEK

.03 MI. WEST OF CR 59, Holmes, OH

Built 2009 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 367

TOWNSHIP ROAD 464

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY LAKE FORK

0.09 MI. W. OF JCT. CR 22, Holmes, OH

Built 1990 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 46

COUNTY ROAD 189

Good

Over: TRIB OF MARTINS CREEK

0.06 MI.W OF JCT SR 241, Holmes, OH

Built 2009 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,977

TOWNSHIP ROAD 55

Good

Over: SHRIMPLIN RUN

0.15 MI SOUTH OF SR 60, Holmes, OH

Built 2015 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

S.R.60

Good

Over: BRANCH LAUREL CREEK

0.88 MI.N.COSHOCTON CO., Holmes, OH

Built 2003 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 600

TOWNSHIP ROAD 357

Good

Over: CRABAPPLE CREEK

0.17 MI. E. OF JCT TR 657, Holmes, OH

Built 1970 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD 123

Good

Over: DOUGHTY CREEK

0.1 MI. WEST OF SR 557, Holmes, OH

Built 2023 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 200

SR 83

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

2.71 MILES S OF WAYNE CO, Holmes, OH

Built 2012 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,337

US 62

Good

Over: BR - WOLF - CR

4.45 MI W OF JCT SR 520, Holmes, OH

Built 2017 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 2,300

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

0.08 MI SOUTH OF US 62, Holmes, OH

Built 1930 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 385

TOWNSHIP ROAD 419

Good

Over: GOOSE CREEK

0.26 MI. N OF JCT. TR 444, Holmes, OH

Built 1995 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 155

COUNTY ROAD 1

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.46 MI WEST SR 83, Holmes, OH

Built 2018 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 1,538

COUNTY ROAD 100

Good

Over: CRAB RUN

0.03 MI. WEST OF CR 101, Holmes, OH

Built 2009 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 259

TOWNSHIP ROAD 173

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.15 MI SOUTH OF SR-643, Holmes, OH

Built 2000 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 40

TOWNSHIP ROAD 670

Good

Over: TRIB M FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.55 MI. W. OF JCT. CR186, Holmes, OH

Built 1991 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 209

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB. M FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.33 MI. N OF JCT. CR 160, Holmes, OH

Built 1932 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 219

TOWNSHIP ROAD 657

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY CRABAPPLE CREE

0.15 MI. SOUTH OF TR 357, Holmes, OH

Built 1920 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 209

COUNTY ROAD 200

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.13 MI. WEST OF US 62, Holmes, OH

Built 2010 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 362

TOWNSHIP ROAD 92

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.53 MI WEST OF US 62, Holmes, OH

Built 2012 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 209

COUNTY ROAD 172

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

0.14 MI. WEST OF TR 417, Holmes, OH

Built 1970 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 115

C0019

Good

Over: DOUGHTY CREEK

0.14 MI W OF CR 58, Holmes, OH

Built 2018 Load: 61.9 t ADT: 300

TOWNSHIP ROAD 502

Good

Over: PAINT CREEK

0.48 MI. WEST OF CR 51, Holmes, OH

Built 2003 Load: 67.4 t ADT: 96

SR 557

Good

Over: BRANCH OF DOUGHTY CREEK

3.66 MI. S. OF SR 39, Holmes, OH

Built 1993 Load: 71.0 t ADT: 3,008

TOWNSHIP ROAD 565

Good

Over: HOTT RUN

0.50 MI. EAST OF CR 245, Holmes, OH

Built 2010 Load: 71.9 t ADT: 324

TOWNSHIP ROAD 301

Good

Over: UHL RUN

0.24 MI FROM SR 39, Holmes, OH

Built 2007 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 115

Township Road 264

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF PAINT CREEK

@ INTERSECTION OF TR 262, Holmes, OH

Built 2020 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 50

TOWNSHIP ROAD 513

Good

Over: SHREVE CREEK

0.78 MI SOUTH OF CR 1, Holmes, OH

Built 2011 Load: 76.1 t ADT: 53

TOWNSHIP ROAD 78

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

.22 MI. S. OF U.S. RT. 62, Holmes, OH

Built 2005 Load: 76.8 t ADT: 209

TOWNSHIP ROAD 571

Good

Over: MARTINS CREEK

0.12 MI. S OF JCT. CR 189, Holmes, OH

Built 1961 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 209

TOWNSHIP ROAD 54

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF BLACK CREEK

0.14 MI. W OF JCT. TR 55, Holmes, OH

Built 1943 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 209

TOWNSHIP ROAD 464

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF LAKE FORK

1.19 MI. NE OF CR 22, Holmes, OH

Built 2013 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 46

TOWNSHIP ROAD 359

Good

Over: DOUGHTY CREEK

0.35 MI. EAST OF CR 201, Holmes, OH

Built 2002 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 280

TOWNSHIP ROAD 152

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.72 MILES FROM HOL CR 59, Holmes, OH

Built 2006 Load: 82.0 t ADT: 96

TOWNSHIP ROAD 323

Good

Over: RUSH RUN

0.08 MI. SOUTH OF CR 1, Holmes, OH

Built 2010 Load: 88.1 t ADT: 124

TOWNSHIP ROAD 173

Good

Over: BRUSH RUN

0.22 MI. N OF JCT. SR 93, Holmes, OH

Built 2009 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 40

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