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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 22

Good

Over: CEDAR VALLEY RUN

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

Built 1993 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,960

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: CEDAR VALLEY RUN

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

Built 1993 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,960

TWP. ROAD 75

Good

Over: SHREVE CREEK

0.4 MI. N. OF CR 8, Wayne, OH

Built 1995 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 488

County Road 228

Good

Over: MILLBROOK RUN

0.2 mile east of SR226, Wayne, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 408

County Road 59

Good

Over: Killbuck Creek

0.1 Mile East of CR21, Wayne, OH

Built 2018 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 174

COUNTY ROAD 504

Good

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.2 MI. W. OF CR60, Wayne, OH

Built 1923 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 1,018

BLOSSER ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF NEWARK CREEK

0.5 MI. W. OF CR103, Wayne, OH

Built 1974 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 262

COUNTY ROAD 32

Good

Over: NEWARK CREEK

0.3 MILE NORTH OF TR401, Wayne, OH

Built 2007 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 212

NORTH STREET

Good

Over: CHRISTMAS RUN CREEK

150 FT. E. OF SR 302, Wayne, OH

Built 2006 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 1,640

SR 302

Good

Over: APPLE CREEK

.07 MILES SOUTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 13,000

SR 604

Good

Over: WHITMAN DITCH

5.69 miles east of SR-3, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,060

SR 302

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK OVERFLOW

2.58 MILES EAST OF SR 539, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 4,558

TWP. ROAD 186

Good

Over: SHADE CREEK

0.9 MI. NORTH OF CR48, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 108

COUNTY ROAD 416

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SUGAR CREEK

0.2 MI. E. OF TR145, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 71

COUNTY ROAD 416

Good

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

0.4 MI. S. OF CR7, Wayne, OH

Built 1988 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 71

COUNTY ROAD 70

Good

Over: TOMMY RUN

0.2 MI. W. OF TR41, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,142

TWP. ROAD 59

Good

Over: TOMMY RUN

0.3 MI. W. OF TR200, Wayne, OH

Built 1989 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 583

TWP. ROAD 73

Good

Over: STEELE DITCH

0.1 MI. S. OF CR504, Wayne, OH

Built 1990 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 449

COUNTY ROAD 60

Good

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.3 MILE SOUTH OF CR504, Wayne, OH

Built 2013 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,086

COUNTY ROAD 105

Good

Over: NORTH FORK SUGAR CREEK

0.6 MI. S. OF SR241, Wayne, OH

Built 1994 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 298

COUNTY ROAD 30A

Good

Over: FOX RUN

0.2 MI. E. OF TR16, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 632

TWP. ROAD 44

Good

Over: S BRANCH OF SALT CREEK

0.3 MI. N. OF CR109, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 419

COUNTY ROAD 105

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.2 MI. S. OF CR 188, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 315

COUNTY ROAD 97

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.5 MI. N. OF CR188, Wayne, OH

Built 1994 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 294

COUNTY ROAD 188

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.3 MI. WEST OF CR105, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 162

TWP. ROAD 193

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.1 MI. W. OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 1989 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 777

TWP. ROAD 4

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.3 MILE WEST OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 2013 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 426

SR 226

Good

Over: TRIB OF LK-FRK MOHICANRV

.80 MI N HOLMS CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 841

USR 42

Good

Over: MUDDY FORK

.60 MI N ASD CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1984 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 2,467

TWP. ROAD 104

Good

Over: MELVIN RICHEY DITCH

0.20 Mile East of CR 3, Wayne, OH

Built 2022 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 67

SR 94

Good

Over: ORRVILLE DITCH

4.0 MI.N.OF U.S.30, Wayne, OH

Built 2006 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 2,549

SR-302

Good

Over: Christmas Run

2.18 miles west of US 30, Wayne, OH

Built 2019 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 5,200

COUNTY ROAD 59

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF CR51, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 281

COUNTY ROAD 22

Good

Over: CEDAR VALLEY RUN

0.1 MI. N. OF CR154, Wayne, OH

Built 1988 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 79

County Road 86

Good

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

0.2 mile east of SR302, Wayne, OH

Built 2015 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,260

Twp. Road 124

Good

Over: CEDAR VALLEY RUN

150 Feet North of CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 2014 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 166

TWP. ROAD 116

Good

Over: RED RUN

0.3 MI. N. OF CR 116, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 84

TWP. ROAD 302

Good

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.1 MI. N. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 246

COUNTY ROAD 228

Good

Over: OLD CHANNEL KILLBUCK CK

1.7 MI. E. OF SR226, Wayne, OH

Built 1987 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 408

COUNTY ROAD 416

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.3 MI. S. OF CR7, Wayne, OH

Built 1994 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 71

COUNTY ROAD 48

Good

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.3 MI. E. OF TR215, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 723

SUNSET DR.

Good

Over: RIVER STYX

0.3 MI. W. OF CR 57A, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 2,433

COUNTY ROAD 34

Good

Over: MILLBROOK CREEK

0.4 MILE WEST OF CR83, Wayne, OH

Built 2007 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 230

COUNTY ROAD 109

Good

Over: S. BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF TR44, Wayne, OH

Built 1994 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 330

Co. Road 52

Good

Over: North Fork

0.04 mile south of CR79, Wayne, OH

Built 2017 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 3,066

TWP. ROAD 186

Good

Over: MUNSON DITCH

0.1 MI. S. OF CR 30A, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 393

OLD COLUMBUS ROAD

Good

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.3 MI. SW. OF CR176, Wayne, OH

Built 1996 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 8,791

LARWILL STREET

Good

Over: CHRISTMAS RUN CREEK

600 FT. E. OF SR 302, Wayne, OH

Built 2008 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 112

SR 57

Good

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.05 MI N US 30, Wayne, OH

Built 1951 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 7,636

SR 302

Good

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK OVERFLOW

2.86 MILES EAST OF SR 539, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 4,558

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