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Meigs County, OH

207 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.4% rated Good, 51.7% Fair, 2.9% Poor.

207
Public bridges: 45.4%
Good condition: 2.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 41%
lowest Poor share in state: 2.9%
Poor-condition share: 207
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Meigs County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Meigs County ranks #36 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.9%). Meigs County, Ohio contains 207 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.4% are rated “Good,” 51.7% “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

207

Public highway bridges in Meigs County

Good condition

45.4%

94 of 207 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.7%

107 of 207 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.9%

6 of 207 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#36 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 207 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

45.4% (94)

Fair

51.7% (107)

Poor

2.9% (6)

Meigs County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,157 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 193 crossings a day against 1,499 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 205 of 207 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

54.1% of Meigs County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

112 of the 207 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 45.4% 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 41.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

C352 PAULINS HILL over LEADING CREEK, built 1956, carries 477 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 1,157 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

1
1910s

2
1920s

13
1930s

16
1940s

9
1950s

32
1960s

23
1970s

21
1980s

16
1990s

21
2000s

29
2010s

16
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 32 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Ohio average (1977).

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Meigs County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Meigs County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Putnam County	213	54.9%	40.4%	4.7%	1982
Lake County	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 (this page)	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 Meigs 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 Meigs County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (207 bridges here).

Marin County, CA · 207 bridges
Las Animas County, CO · 207 bridges
Shelby County, IA · 207 bridges
Washington County, IA · 207 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Pierce County, WA · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 207 Good 94 Fair 107 Poor 6

All bridges (207)

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Meigs County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Meigs County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,157 vehicle crossings a day

54.1% of Meigs County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 41.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Meigs 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 (207)

T174 NOBLE SUMMIT

TR 263 BAKER SMITH

TR 165 BAILEY RUN

TR 113 RIEBEL

TR 309 STETHEM

TR 26 FOLDEN

TR 149 LONG RUN

C174 HAPPY HOLLOW

T138 TROUBLE CREEK

TR 292 MERCER

TR 150 MURRAY

TR 3 JONES

TR 25 OGDIN

TR 239 HENDERSON

TR 351 WELLS

T68 BURNEY HOLLOW

CR 7 SIDE HILL

C10 CARPENTER HILL

SR 681

CR 18 KINGSBURY

C39 HEMLOCK GROVE

TR 83 SKINNER

TR 94 EAST SHADE

T444 KEBAUGHFOLROD

TR 280 WATSON

CR 4 MCCUMBER

TR 41 PARKINSON

TR 183 ENTSMINGER

TR 18 PARKER RUN

TR 168 LEE

CR 17 COTTERILL

SR 143

CR 8 MALLOONS RUN

SR 124

SR 681

TR 359 SORDEN

T134 SHARON HOLLOW

T250 CHERRY RIDGE

T444 KEBAUGH FLROD

CR 8 MALLOONS RUN

TR 346 RIFE

CR 4 BOWLES

TR 77 NAYLORS RUN

TR 52 MUDFORK

CR 3 NEW LIMA

CR 5 BRADBURY

SR 248

SR 681

TR 82 WICKHAM

TR 13 STANEART

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