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Tuscarawas County, OH

336 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.7% rated Good, 31% Fair, 2.4% Poor.

336
Public bridges
66.7%
Good condition
2.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 31%
lowest Poor share in state
2.4%
Poor-condition share
336
public highway bridges
1981
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.

Tuscarawas County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tuscarawas County ranks #27 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Tuscarawas County, Ohio contains 336 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.7% are rated “Good,” 31% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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

336

Public highway bridges in Tuscarawas County

Good condition

66.7%

224 of 336 rated 7-9

Fair condition

31%

104 of 336 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.4%

8 of 336 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#27 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 336 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
66.7% (224)
Fair
31% (104)
Poor
2.4% (8)

Tuscarawas County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,488 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,561 crossings a day against 3,520 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 336 of 336 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

46.7% of Tuscarawas County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

157 of the 336 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 66.7% 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 29.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 800 over TUSCARAWAS RIVER, built 1978, carries 3,705 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 12,488 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Tuscarawas County's bridges were built

336 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 110 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Ohio average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Tuscarawas County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Tuscarawas County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Mahoning County 348 4.9%
Greene County 344 2.9%
Clark County 340 0%
Warren County 336 5.4%
Tuscarawas County (this page) 336 2.4%
Mercer County 329 2.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (336 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1981 here).

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

All 336 Good 224 Fair 104 Poor 8

Good-condition bridges (224)

US 250 & SR 93

Good

Over: BEACH CITY RESERVOIR

1.14 MI. E. OF STARK CO., Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1936 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 7,360

CR 111

Good

Over: I 77

1.10 MI. S. OF JCT. SR212, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,072

SR 800

Good

Over: BIG STILLWATER CR

2.84 MI. N. OF JCT SR258, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1962 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 5,380

SR 39

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM CR

5.47 MI W.-CARROLL LINE, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,238

IR 77

Good

Over: BR OF BUCKHORN CR

3.74 MI. N. OF JCT. US36, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1969 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 9,568

IR 77

Good

Over: BR OF BUCKHORN CR

3.74 MI. N. OF JCT. US36, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1969 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 9,568

SR 212

Good

Over: TUSCARAWAS RIVER

0.18 MI. E. OF JCT. IR77, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1957 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 10,759

US 250

Good

Over: US 250/ SR 800

0.61 MI. W. OF JCT. SR259, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1966 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,434

DOVER TWP CR 21

Good

Over: CROOKED RUN

30 FT S OF CR 52 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1997 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 4,167

VERNON STREET

Good

Over: PONE RUN CREEK

0.20 MI S OF STATE ST JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1990 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 165

COUNTY ROAD 54

Good

Over: I 77 STONE CR ABAND. RR

4.01 MI. N. OF JCT. SR751, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 367

COUNTY ROAD 10

Good

Over: US 36 AND PENN CENT RR

0.44 MI E OF JCT SR416, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1949 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 2,193

IR 77

Good

Over: TRIB OF TUSCARAWAS RIVER

1.24 MI. S. OF JCT. SR212, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 16,019

ACCESS ROAD

Good

Over: ACCESS RD.OVER RWY.DITCH

0.38 MI. E. OF JCT. SR258, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1968 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 7,200

US 36

Good

Over: COL&OH R RR(TRENTON CONN

0.94 MI W OF JCT SR250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1969 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 5,650

SR 39

Good

Over: BRANDYWINE CREEK

2.51 MI. W. OF JCT. SR516, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1990 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 6,879

TOWNSHIP ROAD 243

Good

Over: I 77 STONE CR ABAND. RR

1.86 MI. N. OF JCT. SR751, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1969 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 96

TOWNSHIP ROAD 424

Good

Over: I77 PEN CENT RR SUGAR CR

0.98 MI. S. OF JCT. US250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1964 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 951

SR 93

Good

Over: S FORK SUGAR CR

0.49 MI. S. OF JCT. SR516, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1948 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 1,393

SR 416

Good

Over: OLDTOWN CREEK

1.8 MI S OF JCT USR 250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1992 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 4,286

JEFFERSON TWP CR 2

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STONE CREEK

0.1 MI S OF CO. RD 49 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1965 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 1,462

IR 77

Good

Over: TRIB OF TUSCARAWAS RIVER

1.24 MI. S. OF JCT.SR212, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 16,019

SR 21

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.84 MI. N. OF JCT SR250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1932 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 3,785

SR 416

Good

Over: MUD RUN

4.78 MI. N. OF JCT. US36, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1973 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 4,060

SR 39

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK SUGAR CRK

1.26 MI E OF SR 93, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,839

STATE ROUTE 39

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.1 MI.E.OF SR 211, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,620

IR 77

Good

Over: RELOCATED BRICK PLANT RD

0.60 MI. N. OF JCT. SR751, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,648

IR 77

Good

Over: RELOCATED BRICK PLANT RD

0.60 MI. N. OF JCT. SR751, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,648

IR 77

Good

Over: STONE CREEK

3.84 MI. S. OF US 250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,648

IR 77 & US 250

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.44 MI. N. OF US 250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,775

IR 77 & US 250

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.44 MI. N. OF US 250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,775

US 250

Good

Over: TUSCARAWAS RIVER

0.92 MI. E. OF SR 416, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,789

US 250

Good

Over: TUSCARAWAS RIVER

3.16 MI. E. OF JCT. IR77, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,789

SR 258

Good

Over: TUSCARAWAS RIVER

0.42 MI. E. OF JCT. US36, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,330

SR 258

Good

Over: LAUREL CREEK

1.75 MI. E. OF JCT. SR342, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 262

SR 800

Good

Over: TUSCARAWAS RIVER

2.72 MI. N. OF JCT. SR39, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1939 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,463

AUB TWP CR 48

Good

Over: EAST BRANCH CREEK

0.20 MI E OF CO RD 46 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2014 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 222

GOSHEN CR 24

Good

Over: OLDTOWN CREEK

500 FT S OF JCT TR-1196, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2003 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,048

SUGARCREEK CR 73

Good

Over: SUGARCREEK

0.2 MI.E. OF CO.RD. 75JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 368

SUGARCREEK CR 76

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.5 MI E OF JCT SR 93, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 679

DOVER TWP CR 80

Good

Over: BRANCH OF BROAD RUN CREE

.2 MILE N.E. OF JCT SR516, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 916

DOVER TWP CR 80

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.20 MILE W. OF I77, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,023

FRANKLIN TWP CR 99

Good

Over: SUGARCREEK

STRASBURG N. CORP. LINE, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 573

SALEM TWP CR 21

Good

Over: WEST FORK CREEK

0.1 MI SW OF CO RD 20 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2011 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,473

AUB TWP CR 52

Good

Over: FAST BRANCH CREEK

150 E OF CO RD 46 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1950 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 795

WARWICK TWP CR 62

Good

Over: PIKE CREEK

.2 MI E OF JCT SR250, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,798

RUSH TWP CR 30

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

300 FT SOUTH OF JCT CR-32, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 139

WASHINGTON TWR 118

Good

Over: DUNLAP CREEK

0.3 MI S OF SR 258 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 96

WAYNE TWP RD 62

Good

Over: SUGARCREEK

1 MI N OF SR 93 JCT, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2012 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 351

MILL TWP CR 37

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

0.3 MI NE OF CR 28, Tuscarawas, OH

Built 2015 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 123

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