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Stark County, OH

415 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.8% rated Good, 42.7% Fair, 5.5% Poor.

415
Public bridges: 51.8%
Good condition: 5.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

57th
of 88 on Poor share: 5.5%
Poor-condition share: 415
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.

Stark County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stark County ranks #57 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.5%). Stark County, Ohio contains 415 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.8% are rated “Good,” 42.7% “Fair,” and 5.5% “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

415

Public highway bridges in Stark County

Good condition

51.8%

215 of 415 rated 7-9

Fair condition

42.7%

177 of 415 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.5%

23 of 415 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#57 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 415 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

51.8% (215)

Fair

42.7% (177)

Poor

5.5% (23)

Stark County's Poor-condition bridges carry 35,210 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,531 crossings a day against 13,696 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 414 of 415 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.2% of Stark County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

229 of the 415 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 51.8% 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 24.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PL1236 EASTON over MIDD BRANCH NIMISHILLEN, built 1949, carries 8,500 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 23-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 35,210 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

5
1910s

3
1920s

14
1930s

14
1940s

28
1950s

68
1960s

71
1970s

58
1980s

41
1990s

36
2000s

39
2010s

31
2020s

7

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.1% 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 Stark County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Stark County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 9 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Stark County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Licking County	439	57.2%	35.1%	7.7%	1988
Lucas County	418	74.4%	23.7%	1.9%	1984
Stark County (this page)	415	51.8%	42.7%	5.5%	1973
Wayne County	391	59.3%	33.8%	6.9%	1976
Trumbull County	383	59.3%	30.5%	10.2%	1977
Butler County	377	62.3%	32.9%	4.8%	1985

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (415 bridges here).

Cobb County, GA · 414 bridges
Mercer County, NJ · 414 bridges
Macomb County, MI · 417 bridges
St. Charles County, MO · 417 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.

All 415 Good 215 Fair 177 Poor 23

Fair-condition bridges (177)

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Stark County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Stark County's Poor-condition bridges carry 35,210 vehicle crossings a day

55.2% of Stark County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 24.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Stark 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

Fair-condition bridges (177)

US 30

SA1618 MOTTICE

PE0413 HANKINS

BE1313 HAUT

OS0306 BELFORT

WA3516 ANDERSON

SR 236

OS0602 BROADWAY

OS2228 VALLEYBROOK

SOUTH CHAPEL ST

US 30

BE0504 FOHL

MA0528 PONTIUS

PA3314 PARIS

SA2229 GREER

BE0207 BRINKER

MA2401 REEDER

NI2210 MEESE

LA0927 WEST MARKET

JA0411 MT PLEASANT

ELEVENTH ST. S.E.

PE3437 KEMARY

CA1617 CHERRY

SR 183

OS3233 INDIAN RUN

LE2876 BEESON

OS3237 FAIRHILL

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