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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

Good-condition bridges (232)

COUNTY ROAD 217

Good

Over: NORTH FORK SUGAR CREEK

90 FEET WEST OF CR97, Wayne, OH

Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 138

COUNTY ROAD 149

Good

Over: BEARD & BOWERS DITCH

0.9 MI. S. OF CR30A, Wayne, OH

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 519

COUNTY ROAD 30A

Good

Over: MUDDY FORK TRIB.

0.3 MI. EAST OF CR93, Wayne, OH

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 632

TWP. ROAD 182

Good

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MILE EAST OF CR 157, Wayne, OH

Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 293

COUNTY ROAD 438

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

0.1 MI. S. OF TR439, Wayne, OH

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,337

COUNTY ROAD 109

Good

Over: S. BRANCH OF SALT CREEK

300 FEET W. OF CR225, Wayne, OH

Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 330

CREAMERY ROAD

Good

Over: S. BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.2 MI. E. OF CR501, Wayne, OH

Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 327

COUNTY ROAD 77

Good

Over: N. BRANCH OF SALT CREEK

0.3 MI. EAST OF CR54, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,770

COUNTY ROAD 188

Good

Over: HARPER DITCH

0.2 MI. WEST OF CR105, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 162

TWP. ROAD 131

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.8 MILE EAST OF CR52, Wayne, OH

Built 2008 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 88

TWP. ROAD 49

Good

Over: JENNINGS DITCH

0.7 MILE WEST OF CR176, Wayne, OH

Built 2005 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 348

TOWNSHIP ROAD 76

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

1.0 MILE SOUTH OF TR167, Wayne, OH

Built 2004 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 499

SPRUCE ST.

Good

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.2 MILE EAST OF CR176, Wayne, OH

Built 2007 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,597

COUNTY ROAD 176

Good

Over: JENNINGS DITCH LATERAL

0.5 MI. S. OF TIMKEN ROAD, Wayne, OH

Built 2009 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,401

USR 30 & USR 250

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

2.1 MILES EAST OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,727

SR 241

Good

Over: SMALL CREEK

.79 MI N OF HOLMS CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,809

SR 302

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

3.06 MILES EAST OF SR 539, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,558

INDUSTRIAL STREET

Good

Over: TRIB TO CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.270 MI N OF E OHIO AVE, Wayne, OH

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 377

SR 3

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

.85 MILES NORTH OF SR95, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,102

SR 3

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

.85 MILES NORTH OF SR95, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,102

USR 30

Good

Over: OVER PLA-036-0393 CH

3.26 MI E OF ASD CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,150

CH12 SYLVAN RD

Good

Over: O/WAY-250-1251

.15 MILES SOUTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1979 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,466

TWP. ROAD 102

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF CR21, Wayne, OH

Built 2023 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 219

SR 21

Good

Over: OVER CHIPPEWA CREEK

.95 MI N STARK CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1957 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 7,162

SR-83

Good

Over: Tributary to Savage Run

.6 mi. N.of HolmesCo.Line, Wayne, OH

Built 2020 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,700

SR 83

Good

Over: MULBERRY RUN

4.45 MI N OF HOLMES CO, Wayne, OH

Built 1983 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,834

SR 585

Good

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA CREEK

3.56 MILES SOUTH OF SR 57, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 9,130

COUNTY ROAD 95

Good

Over: BRANCH OF NEWMAN CREEK

0.6 MI. N. OF SR94, Wayne, OH

Built 1940 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 369

COUNTY ROAD 6

Good

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CREEK

0.5 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1990 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 938

County Road 70

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.3 Mile East of SR94, Wayne, OH

Built 2014 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,560

COUNTY ROAD 157

Good

Over: SHREVE RUN

0.2 MI. S. OF SR226, Wayne, OH

Built 1989 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 374

COUNTY ROAD 188

Good

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

0.8 MI. E OF CR94A, Wayne, OH

Built 1938 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,151

COUNTY ROAD 176

Good

Over: JENNINGS DITCH

1.4 MI. N. OF SR83, Wayne, OH

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,565

COUNTY ROAD 54

Good

Over: BRANCH OF APPLE CREEK

0.1 MI. SOUTH OF SR250, Wayne, OH

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 276

COUNTY ROAD 179

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.3 MI. S. OF CR 7, Wayne, OH

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 859

COUNTY ROAD 504

Good

Over: STEELE DITCH

370 FT. E. OF TR73, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 4,339

TWP. ROAD 16

Good

Over: MUDDY FORK

0.6 MI. NORTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 116

COUNTY ROAD 94A

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SALT CREEK

0.1 MI. W. OF TR84, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 775

COUNTY ROAD 2

Good

Over: NORTH BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.2 MI. WEST OF CR501, Wayne, OH

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,117

SR 21

Good

Over: OVER CHIPPEWA-CREEK

.95 MI N STARK CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 7,162

PORTAGE RD

Good

Over: WAY-3-1669/LTL APPLE CRK

1.26 MILES NORTH OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5,523

COUNTY ROAD 54

Good

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.4 MI. S. OF US30A, Wayne, OH

Built 2023 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 2,065

MILLTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE APPLE CREEK

300 FEET E. OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1985 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 7,770

SR 226

Good

Over: CREEK

0.45 MI N HOLMS CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1986 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 841

SR 301

Good

Over: BRANCH OF MUDDY FORK

2.84 MILES NORTH OF SR302, Wayne, OH

Built 1990 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 2,220

SR 21

Good

Over: OVER CHI-172 -0494 C

1.81 MI N OF STARK CO, Wayne, OH

Built 1957 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,162

SR 21

Good

Over: OVER CHI-172 -0495 C

1.81 MI N OF STARK CO, Wayne, OH

Built 1957 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,162

SR 226

Good

Over: OVER SHREVE RUN

0.98 MI.N.OF HOLMES CO LN, Wayne, OH

Built 2009 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,626

USR 250

Good

Over: LITTLE APPLE CREEK

7.66 MI. W. OF SR241/SR94, Wayne, OH

Built 2020 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,300

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: CEDAR VALLEY RUN

0.3 MI. NW. OF CR 186, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,960

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