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Paulding County, OH

176 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.3% rated Good, 24.4% Fair, 6.3% Poor.

176
Public bridges
69.3%
Good condition
6.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Paulding 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.

59th
of 88 on Poor share
6.3%
Poor-condition share
176
public highway bridges
1986
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.

Paulding County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Paulding County ranks #59 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.3%). Paulding County, Ohio contains 176 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.3% are rated “Good,” 24.4% “Fair,” and 6.3% “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

176

Public highway bridges in Paulding County

Good condition

69.3%

122 of 176 rated 7-9

Fair condition

24.4%

43 of 176 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.3%

11 of 176 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#59 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 176 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
69.3% (122)
Fair
24.4% (43)
Poor
6.3% (11)

Paulding County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,204 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 200 crossings a day against 1,116 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 176 of 176 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

19.3% of Paulding County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

34 of the 176 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 69.3% 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 29.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

TOWNSHIP ROAD 21 over SOUTH CREEK, built 1940, carries 659 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,204 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Paulding County's bridges were built

176 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 9 years newer than the Ohio average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Paulding County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Paulding County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Coshocton County 186 10.8%
Adams County 184 4.9%
Vinton County 179 8.4%
Paulding County (this page) 176 6.3%
Perry County 175 1.7%
Monroe County 167 10.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (176 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1986 here).

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

All 176 Good 122 Fair 43 Poor 11

All bridges (176)

COUNTY ROAD 63

Good

Over: MARIE DELARME CREEK

0.9 MI N OF JCT C220, Paulding, OH

Built 1992 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 385

TOWNSHIP ROAD 48

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1 MI. N. OF S.R.114, Paulding, OH

Built 1994 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 21

COUNTY ROAD 151

Good

Over: WEST BRANCH CREEK

CR151 1MI. S. OF CR60, Paulding, OH

Built 1997 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 120

COUNTY ROAD 12

Good

Over: DOG CREEK

1.3 MI W OF JCT SR66, Paulding, OH

Built 1992 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 324

SR 49

Good

Over: N BRANCH MARIE DELARME C

.5 MI S OF DEF CO LINE, Paulding, OH

Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,975

USR 24 WB

Good

Over: MAUMEE & WESTERN (RMW) R

.25 MILES EAST OF US 27, Paulding, OH

Built 2009 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 3,434

USR 24 EB

Good

Over: MAUMEE & WESTERN (RMW) R

.25 MILES EAST OF US 127, Paulding, OH

Built 2009 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 3,434

Township Road 93

Good

Over: Big Run

0.3 mi. N of Jct of SR500, Paulding, OH

Built 2023 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 1

COUNTY ROAD 138

Good

Over: AUGLAIZE RIVER

0.5 MI SE OF CHARLOE, Paulding, OH

Built 2004 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 1,016

SR 49

Good

Over: FLAT ROCK CREEK

0.1 mi. South of SR 500, Paulding, OH

Built 1949 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 1,521

TOWNSHIP ROAD 53

Good

Over: MARIE DELARME CREEK

0.4 MI S OF JCT C230, Paulding, OH

Built 1988 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 324

Township Road 117

Good

Over: Hagerman Creek

0.15 mi N of Co line, Paulding, OH

Built 2023 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 5

SR 49

Good

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

1 mi N. SR 613, Paulding, OH

Built 2016 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 2,700

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.5 MI E OF JCT SR 637, Paulding, OH

Built 1992 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 557

USR 127 PERRY ST.

Good

Over: FLAT ROCK CREEK #

2 BLOCKS S OF COURT HOUSE, Paulding, OH

Built 1994 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 5,473

TOWNSHIP ROAD 99

Poor

Over: GORDON CREEK

0.1 MI N OF JCT C230, Paulding, OH

Built 1895 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD 135

Poor

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

1.2 MI N OF JCT SR111, Paulding, OH

Built 1950 Load: 6.5 t ADT: 30

TOWNSHIP ROAD 54

Poor

Over: HAGERMAN CREEK

2.7 MI E OF US127, Paulding, OH

Built 1900 Load: 6.5 t ADT: 96

TOWNSHIP ROAD 24

Poor

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

0.4 MI E OF JCT C107, Paulding, OH

Built 1900 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 324

COUNTY ROAD 151

Poor

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.2 MI S OF JCT SR114, Paulding, OH

Built 1979 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 120

TOWNSHIP ROAD 21

Poor

Over: SOUTH CREEK

0.2 MI N OF JCT SR111, Paulding, OH

Built 1940 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 659

TOWNSHIP ROAD 95

Poor

Over: BLUE CREEK

1.2 MI N OF JCT SR114, Paulding, OH

Built 1979 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 41

COUNTY ROAD 177

Poor

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

0.8 MI N OF JCT SR114, Paulding, OH

Built 1977 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 123

Poor

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

1.2 MI N OF JCT SR 111, Paulding, OH

Built 1920 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 74

TOWNSHIP ROAD 33

Poor

Over: FLAT ROCK CREEK

0.3 MI S OF JCT SR500, Paulding, OH

Built 1980 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 351

TOWNSHIP ROAD 8

Poor

Over: TUSTISON CREEK

2 MI W OF JCT SR49, Paulding, OH

Built 1971 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 179

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.