Total bridges
179
Public highway bridges in Vinton County
County profile · official public datasets
Vinton County, OH
179 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 50.3% rated Good, 41.3% Fair, 8.4% Poor.
- 179
- Public bridges
- 50.3%
- Good condition
- 8.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Vinton County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 71st
- of 88 on Poor share
- 8.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 179
- public highway bridges
- 1977
- 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.
Vinton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Vinton County ranks #71 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.4%). Vinton County, Ohio contains 179 public highway bridges. Roughly 50.3% are rated “Good,” 41.3% “Fair,” and 8.4% “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.
Good condition
50.3%
90 of 179 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.3%
74 of 179 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.4%
15 of 179 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#71 of 88
Among Ohio counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 179 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 50.3% (90)
Fair 41.3% (74)
Poor 8.4% (15)
Vinton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,483 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 232 crossings a day against 701 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 179 of 179 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.3% of Vinton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
74 of the 179 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 50.3% 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 16.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
C24 over Stream, built 2004, carries 573 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 15-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,483 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Vinton County's bridges were built
179 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 12
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s 17
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
25 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
21 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
47 bridges
- 2000s 18
2000–2009
18 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 47 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Ohio average (1977).
How Vinton County compares with Ohio's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Ohio counties nearest Vinton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 87 Ohio counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton County | 186 | 46.8% | 42.5% | 10.8% | 1984 |
| Adams County | 184 | 42.9% | 52.2% | 4.9% | 1974 |
| Vinton County (this page) | 179 | 50.3% | 41.3% | 8.4% | 1977 |
| Paulding County | 176 | 69.3% | 24.4% | 6.3% | 1986 |
| Perry County | 175 | 66.9% | 31.4% | 1.7% | 1974 |
| Monroe County | 167 | 42.5% | 47.3% | 10.2% | 1963 |
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 Vinton 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 Vinton County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OH (179 bridges here).
- Graham County, AZ · 179 bridges
- Thomas County, GA · 179 bridges
- Carroll County, IL · 179 bridges
- Fremont County, IA · 179 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (15)
COUNTY ROAD 25
PoorOver: LITTLERACCONCREEK
.2 MI N OF JCT SR 683, Vinton, OH
Built 1986 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 217
JKSN. TWP. RD. 2J
PoorOver: MIDDLE FORK SALT CREEK
.6 MI. SW. OF JCT. CR23, Vinton, OH
Built 1956 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 209
CLTN TWP ROAD 6C
PoorOver: WOLF RUN
.2 MI E OF JCT SR 324, Vinton, OH
Built 1919 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 324
JKSN. TWP. RD. 34J
PoorOver: MIDDLE FORK SALT CREEK
.1 MI. S. OF JCT. CR18, Vinton, OH
Built 1941 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 219
COUNTY ROAD 17
PoorOver: NORTH BRANCH
1.5 MI W OF JCT CR 44, Vinton, OH
Built 1967 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 293
RHLD. TWP. ROAD 2R
PoorOver: HEADLEY HOLLOW CREEK
1.4 MI. W. OF JCT. CR12, Vinton, OH
Built 1955 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 209
TR 12
PoorOver: KELLY BRANCH RADABAUGH S
4.80ML N JCT SR327 CR12, Vinton, OH
Built 1997 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 96
COUNTY ROAD 26
PoorOver: INDIAN CAMP RUN
.2 MI S OF JCT SR 124, Vinton, OH
Built 1918 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 92
COUNTY ROAD 9
PoorOver: ROCK CAMP RUN
.6 MI. E. OF JCT. CR10, Vinton, OH
Built 1954 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 73
TWP RD 20J
PoorOver: NORTH BRANCH
.55 MI NE OF JCT CR17, Vinton, OH
Built 1936 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 209
RHLD. TWP. RD. 21R
PoorOver: LITTLE RACCOON CREEK
1.2 MI. N. OF JCT. CR25, Vinton, OH
Built 1954 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 81
SR 160
PoorOver: TRIBUTARY OF SUGAR RUN
2.07M S OF JCT SR 349, Vinton, OH
Built 1928 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 294
C24
PoorOver: Stream
.01 MILES N OF SR 324, Vinton, OH
Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 573
RHLD. TWP. ROAD 2R
PoorOver: HEADLEY HOLLOW CREEK
1.3 MI. S. OF JCT. CR12, Vinton, OH
Built 1955 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 209
COUNTY ROAD 47
PoorOver: NORTH BRANCH
.4 MI. N. OF JCT. CR17, Vinton, OH
Built 1937 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 385
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