Total bridges
210
Public highway bridges in Lake County
County profile · official public datasets
Lake County, OH
210 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 52.9% rated Good, 38.6% Fair, 8.6% Poor.
- 210
- Public bridges
- 52.9%
- Good condition
- 8.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lake County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 76th
- of 88 on Poor share
- 8.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 210
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Lake County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lake County ranks #76 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.6%). Lake County, Ohio contains 210 public highway bridges. Roughly 52.9% are rated “Good,” 38.6% “Fair,” and 8.6% “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
52.9%
111 of 210 rated 7-9
Fair condition
38.6%
81 of 210 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.6%
18 of 210 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#76 of 88
Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 210 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 52.9% (111)
Fair 38.6% (81)
Poor 8.6% (18)
Lake County's Poor-condition bridges carry 187,447 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 10,414 crossings a day against 13,513 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 210 of 210 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
62.9% of Lake County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
132 of the 210 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 52.9% 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 18.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 2 over EAST 337TH ST, built 1962, carries 34,896 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 187,447 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lake County's bridges were built
210 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 7
1900–1909
7 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 17
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
102 bridges
- 1970s 5
1970–1979
5 bridges
- 1980s 9
1980–1989
9 bridges
- 1990s 18
1990–1999
18 bridges
- 2000s 29
2000–2009
29 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 102 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 48.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Ohio average (1977).
How Lake County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Ohio counties nearest Lake County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.6% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County | 213 | 54.9% | 40.4% | 4.7% | 1982 |
| Lake County (this page) | 210 | 52.9% | 38.6% | 8.6% | 1973 |
| Clinton County | 209 | 73.7% | 24.4% | 1.9% | 1979 |
| Holmes County | 208 | 43.3% | 53.8% | 2.9% | 1978 |
| Noble County | 208 | 45.2% | 47.6% | 7.2% | 1959 |
| Meigs County | 207 | 45.4% | 51.7% | 2.9% | 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 Lake 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 Lake County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OH (210 bridges here).
- Fulton County, IL · 210 bridges
- Clinton County, IN · 210 bridges
- Howard County, IA · 210 bridges
- Montgomery County, IA · 210 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1973 here).
- Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (18)
BOOTH ROAD
PoorOver: STONEY BROOK
0.24 MI. N/ EAGLE ROAD, Lake, OH
Built 1963 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 1,433
BISHOP ROAD
PoorOver: STREAM
0.59 MI. N/ CUYAHOGA CTY., Lake, OH
Built 1978 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 9,626
MANCHESTER ROAD
PoorOver: RED MILL CREEK
0.4O MI. E. OF CENTER RD, Lake, OH
Built 1952 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 1,009
TYLER BLVD
PoorOver: NEWELL CREEK
1.10 MI. E/ S.R.306, Lake, OH
Built 1960 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 9,731
KING MEM RD
PoorOver: I-90
9.5 MI E SR615, Lake, OH
Built 1961 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,295
SR 283
PoorOver: OVERFLOW FOR CHAGRIN RIV
3.15 MI E SR640, Lake, OH
Built 1932 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 13,813
SR 306
PoorOver: E BRANCH CHAGRIN RIVER
0.2 MI N SR615, Lake, OH
Built 1952 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 12,465
PAINE ROAD
PoorOver: PAINE CREEK
2.15 MI.N/LEROY CENTER RD, Lake, OH
Built 1951 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,003
MUNSON RD
PoorOver: SR-2
3/4 MI EAST OF SR-615, Lake, OH
Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,967
MANTLE RD (CR313)
PoorOver: SR 2
.5 MI E GRAND RIVER, Lake, OH
Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,403
USR 6
PoorOver: CHAGRIN RIV .85 MI E 174
1.15 MI E SR174, Lake, OH
Built 1951 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,595
SR 84
PoorOver: SR-44 (JOHNNYCAKE RIDGE)
1.5 MI S USR20, Lake, OH
Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,058
SR 283
PoorOver: SR-44 (LAK-44-0784)
JCT SR 44, Lake, OH
Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,545
SR 91
PoorOver: NSC CSX RR N. OF US 20
.5 MI S SR640, Lake, OH
Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30,463
SR 91
PoorOver: LAKELAND BLVD
.3 MI S SR640, Lake, OH
Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30,463
CHARDON RD
PoorOver: IR-271
LAK-271-1.05, Lake, OH
Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,796
SR 2
PoorOver: EAST 337TH ST
0.75 MI.E. OF JCT E 305, Lake, OH
Built 1962 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 34,896
LEROY THOMPSON RD
PoorOver: PAINE CREEK
1.4 MI N OF SR 86, Lake, OH
Built 2007 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 886
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