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Pike County, OH

245 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65.7% rated Good, 27.8% Fair, 6.5% Poor.

245
Public bridges: 65.7%
Good condition: 6.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Pike 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.

62nd
of 88 on Poor share: 6.5%
Poor-condition share: 245
public highway bridges: 1988
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.

Pike County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pike County ranks #62 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.5%). Pike County, Ohio contains 245 public highway bridges. Roughly 65.7% are rated “Good,” 27.8% “Fair,” and 6.5% “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

245

Public highway bridges in Pike County

Good condition

65.7%

161 of 245 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.8%

68 of 245 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.5%

16 of 245 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 245 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

65.7% (161)

Fair

27.8% (68)

Poor

6.5% (16)

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,546 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 284 crossings a day against 2,102 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 245 of 245 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

31% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

76 of the 245 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 65.7% 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 16.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CO RD 46 over PRUSSIA RUN, built 1962, carries 764 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,546 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

2
1930s

9
1940s

5
1950s

23
1960s

9
1970s

34
1980s

6
1990s

71
2000s

42
2010s

39
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1988, 11 years newer than the Ohio average of 1977.

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Pike County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 12 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pike County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Morrow County	250	62%	29.6%	8.4%	1978
Lawrence County	249	26.1%	64.3%	9.6%	1966
Highland County	245	69.8%	28.2%	2%	1985
Pike County (this page)	245	65.7%	27.8%	6.5%	1988
Williams County	242	52.5%	45%	2.5%	1974
Fayette County	241	60.2%	39%	0.8%	1979

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (245 bridges here).

Allegany County, MD · 245 bridges
Henderson County, NC · 245 bridges
Rowan County, NC · 245 bridges
Grimes County, TX · 245 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1988 here).

Travis County, TX · avg 1988 · 1,544 bridges
Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
Vernon County, MO · avg 1988 · 401 bridges

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

All 245 Good 161 Fair 68 Poor 16

Good-condition bridges (161)

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Pike County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,546 vehicle crossings a day

31% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 16.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Pike 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 (161)

COUNTY ROAD 39

DRY BONE RD CR-8

ADAMS ROAD

CO RD 4

PIKE LAKE ROAD

TWP RD 220

CO. RD 26

US 23

US 23

US ROUTE 23

CO RD 59

CO RD 51

C0077

LOYS RUN RD CR 28

T501

Denver Road

Shoemaker Road

C0042

SR 220

T0626

COUNTY ROAD 37

COUNTY ROAD 37

LONG FORK RD.

TWP. RD. 240

TOWNSHIP ROAD 528

CR 76 Red Hollow

Massie Run Road

Massie Run Rd

Bethel Hill Rd

T-655

Bailey Chapel Rd

COUNTY ROAD 40

CR 84

U.S. ROUTE 23

SR104

COUNTY ROAD 21

C0036

SPICY RUN RD CR140

CR 64

CR1 BEAVERS RIDGE

CR23

T519

C0037

Fire Tower Rd

CR 50

Tidd Hollow Rd

USR 23

COAL DOCK ROAD

CO RD 27

COUNTY ROAD 45

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