Total bridges
317
Public highway bridges in Van Wert County
County profile · official public datasets
Van Wert County, OH
317 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 89% rated Good, 11% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 317
- Public bridges
- 89%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Van Wert County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 317
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Van Wert County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Van Wert County ranks #2 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Van Wert County, Ohio contains 317 public highway bridges. Roughly 89% are rated “Good,” 11% “Fair,” and 0% “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.
Good condition
89%
282 of 317 rated 7-9
Fair condition
11%
35 of 317 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 317 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#2 of 88
Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 317 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 89% (282)
Fair 11% (35)
Poor 0% (0)
40.1% of Van Wert County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
127 of the 317 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 89% 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.
When Van Wert County's bridges were built
317 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
69 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
63 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
42 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
40 bridges
- 2010s 23
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 12
2020–2029
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1982, 5 years newer than the Ohio average of 1977.
How Van Wert County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Ohio counties nearest Van Wert County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auglaize County | 321 | 81.9% | 17.8% | 0.3% | 1980 |
| Columbiana County | 321 | 58.9% | 38.6% | 2.5% | 1961 |
| Fairfield County | 320 | 56.6% | 38.4% | 5% | 1973 |
| Clermont County | 319 | 61.4% | 30.1% | 8.5% | 1972 |
| Van Wert County (this page) | 317 | 89% | 11% | 0% | 1982 |
| Miami County | 315 | 72.1% | 21% | 7% | 1983 |
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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OH (317 bridges here).
- Gwinnett County, GA · 317 bridges
- Cherokee County, KS · 317 bridges
- St. Landry County, LA · 317 bridges
- Washington County, MS · 317 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (317)
CABLE STREET
GoodOver: TOWN CREEK
JUST WEST OF PENN-CEN RR, Van Wert, OH
Built 1969 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 235
WERNER ROAD
GoodOver: FLAT ROCK CREEK
0.90 MI N JCT T 152, Van Wert, OH
Built 1971 Load: 55.4 t ADT: 68
HARRISON CENTER RD
GoodOver: HOAGLIN CREEK
0.5 MI W SR 49, Van Wert, OH
Built 2018 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 189
STIRN ROAD
GoodOver: DOG CREEK
0.10 Mi N McCleery Rd T92, Van Wert, OH
Built 2016 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 37
GAMBLE ROAD
GoodOver: SPICE RUN
3.80 MI N JCT C 84, Van Wert, OH
Built 1978 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 108
VW MERCER CO LINE
GoodOver: KYLE PRAIRIE DITCH
.25 MI. W.OF JONESTOWN RD, Van Wert, OH
Built 2005 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 52
THOMAS ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE AUGLAIZE RIVER
0.90 MI N JCT SR 81, Van Wert, OH
Built 1987 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 21
FEASBY WISENER RD
GoodOver: DOG CREEK
FEASBYWISE 1.5M E OF MPWR, Van Wert, OH
Built 2014 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 34
LIBERTY-UNION ROAD
GoodOver: TOWN CREEK
2.90 MI N JCT C 50, Van Wert, OH
Built 1966 Load: 59.3 t ADT: 703
HOAGLIN ROAD
GoodOver: HOAGLIN CREEK
0.1 MI S JCT TR202, Van Wert, OH
Built 2021 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 22
JONES-HUGHES ROAD
GoodOver: LONG PRAIRIE DITCH
0.37 MI NE JCT SR709, Van Wert, OH
Built 1970 Load: 62.2 t ADT: 22
RICHEY ROAD
GoodOver: TOWN CREEK
2.45 MI N JCT C 50, Van Wert, OH
Built 1968 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 140
WETZEL ROAD
GoodOver: MADDOX CREEK
.1 MI. W. OF JOHN YOH RD., Van Wert, OH
Built 2005 Load: 70.0 t ADT: 134
FEASBY WISENER RD
GoodOver: CAREY DITCH
1.20 MI W JCT C 77, Van Wert, OH
Built 1969 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 40
MARKET STREET
GoodOver: TOWN CREEK
150 N OF E. CRAWFORD STR, Van Wert, OH
Built 2021 Load: 75.5 t ADT: 420
USR 127
GoodOver: HAGERMAN CREEK
.5 MILES S OF SCOTT OH, Van Wert, OH
Built 2022 Load: 77.8 t ADT: 3,800
JEFFERSON STREET
GoodOver: TOWN CREEK
JUST SOUTH OF JCT SR 118, Van Wert, OH
Built 2020 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 810
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