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Wayne County, OH

391 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 59.3% rated Good, 33.8% Fair, 6.9% Poor.

391
Public bridges
59.3%
Good condition
6.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

64th
of 88 on Poor share
6.9%
Poor-condition share
391
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Wayne County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #64 of 88 Ohio counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.9%). Wayne County, Ohio contains 391 public highway bridges. Roughly 59.3% are rated “Good,” 33.8% “Fair,” and 6.9% “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

391

Public highway bridges in Wayne County

Good condition

59.3%

232 of 391 rated 7-9

Fair condition

33.8%

132 of 391 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.9%

27 of 391 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#64 of 88

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

Condition distribution

Share of 391 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
59.3% (232)
Fair
33.8% (132)
Poor
6.9% (27)

Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,281 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 751 crossings a day against 2,898 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 391 of 391 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.5% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

178 of the 391 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 59.3% 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 34.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

USR 250 over BR OF APPLE CREEK, built 1956, carries 6,936 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 27-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 20,281 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Wayne County's bridges were built

391 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Ohio average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Ohio counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.9% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wayne County and the 5 Ohio counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stark County 415 5.5%
Wayne County (this page) 391 6.9%
Trumbull County 383 10.2%
Butler County 377 4.8%
Scioto County 376 5.1%
Allen County 367 9.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OH (391 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OH (1976 here).

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

All 391 Good 232 Fair 132 Poor 27

Fair-condition bridges (132)

TWP ROAD 3

Fair

Over: MELVIN RICHEY DITCH

0.4 MI. E. OF CR16, Wayne, OH

Built 1936 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 341

TWP. ROAD 247

Fair

Over: WOLF RUN

1.7 MI. S. OF US42, Wayne, OH

Built 1940 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 68

COUNTY ROAD 145

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA

300 FT. S. OF TR221, Wayne, OH

Built 1955 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 562

COUNTY ROAD 7

Fair

Over: NEWARK CREEK

0.5 MI. E. OF SR94, Wayne, OH

Built 1933 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 764

TWP. ROAD 334

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF SUGAR CREEK

0.4 MI. W. OF CR97, Wayne, OH

Built 1916 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 157

TWP. ROAD 107

Fair

Over: RATHBURN RUN

0.2 MI. N. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 214

TWP. ROAD 107

Fair

Over: RATHBURN RUN

0.5 MI. N. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1950 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 214

TWP. ROAD 41

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.8 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 214

TWP. ROAD 41

Fair

Over: WALD DITCH

0.8 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 214

CR-102 Ruff Rd

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-071-0368

.6 MI N OF SR539, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 154

TWP. ROAD 140

Fair

Over: FOX RUN

0.4 MI. SW. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1935 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 206

COUNTY ROAD 186

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

2.2 MI. N. OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 1940 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 448

TWP. ROAD 245

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF MUDDY FORK

0.1 MI. S. OF SR302, Wayne, OH

Built 1920 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 271

TWP. ROAD 172

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI. E. OF CR5A, Wayne, OH

Built 1980 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 1,186

COUNTY ROAD 48

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.2 MI. W. OF CR186, Wayne, OH

Built 1940 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 472

TWP. ROAD 200

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.6 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1954 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 362

SR 302

Fair

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

.76 MI E SR 301, Wayne, OH

Built 1994 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 1,362

SR 172

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-030-2624

.24 MILES W.OF CO.LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1968 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 3,900

SR 241

Fair

Over: OVER W&E RR

0.27 MI S STARK CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1947 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 3,141

COUNTY ROAD 169

Fair

Over: SILVER CREEK

0.1 MI. S. OF TR172, Wayne, OH

Built 1940 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 498

TWP. ROAD 34

Fair

Over: MILLBROOK RUN

0.4 MI. W. OF SR226, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 132

COUNTY ROAD 36

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MI. S. OF CR70, Wayne, OH

Built 1936 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 109

TWP. ROAD 108

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.8 MI. E. OF CR44, Wayne, OH

Built 1960 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 754

TWP. ROAD 226

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF CR68, Wayne, OH

Built 1945 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 504

TWP. ROAD 35

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CK

0.1 MI. N. OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1936 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 129

SR 95

Fair

Over: KISER DITCH

.82 MI E OF ASD CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1986 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 1,064

USR 30

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.11 MILES EAST OF SR57, Wayne, OH

Built 1951 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 21,501

SR 94

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK OF SUGAR CREE

1.79 MILES NORTH OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1964 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,221

SR 604

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

.66 MILES EAST OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 868

COUNTY ROAD 79

Fair

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

2.1 MI. E. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1926 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,354

TWP. ROAD 76

Fair

Over: JENNINGS DITCH

0.4 MI. N. OF TR14, Wayne, OH

Built 1954 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 87

TWP. ROAD 221

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA

0.8 MI. E. OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 353

TWP. ROAD 50

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.4 MI. N. OF CR504, Wayne, OH

Built 1960 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 546

COUNTY ROAD 18

Fair

Over: MUDDY FORK

0.8 MI. OF W. OF CR149, Wayne, OH

Built 1971 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 187

COUNTY ROAD 10

Fair

Over: SALT CREEK

300 FEET S. OF CR2, Wayne, OH

Built 1956 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,528

USR 30

Fair

Over: OVER W&LE RR

1.2 MI E OF SR57, Wayne, OH

Built 1951 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 21,501

SR 302

Fair

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

1 MI E OF SR539, Wayne, OH

Built 1958 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,777

SR 604

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

4.73 MILES EAST OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 2,060

SR 604

Fair

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

1.39 MILES EAST OF SR-83, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 868

SR 94

Fair

Over: DITCH

9.67 MILES NORTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1930 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,127

SR 226

Fair

Over: BR OF KILLBUCK CREEK

1.38 MILES SOUTH OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 5,406

SR 241

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK CREEK

1.95 MI S STARK CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1964 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,141

COUNTY ROAD 242

Fair

Over: NEWMAN CREEK

0.1 MI. E. OF SR94, Wayne, OH

Built 1982 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 459

SUMMIT ST.

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

160 FT. S. OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 202

CR-70 Doylestown

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-585 -1647

2.57 MILES NORTH OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 4,757

SR 95

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

1.80 MILES WEST OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 1,064

USR 30 & USR 250

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK OVERFLOW

2.44 MILES EAST OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 8,727

USR 30 & USR 250

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK OVERFLOW

2.44 MILES EAST OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 8,727

SR 57

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA CREEK

4.32 MILES NORTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1955 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 10,198

SR 585

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

1.22 MILES NORTH OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 10,572

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