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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

Poor-condition bridges (27)

COUNTY ROAD 70

Poor

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.1 MI. W. OF CR60, Wayne, OH

Built 1961 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 810

TWP. ROAD 101

Poor

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

0.2 MI. W. OF SR302, Wayne, OH

Built 1971 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 130

COUNTY ROAD 95

Poor

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.8 MI N. OF CR116, Wayne, OH

Built 1975 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 322

TWP. ROAD 436

Poor

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.1 MI. S. OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1986 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 505

COUNTY ROAD 16

Poor

Over: KISER DITCH

0.3 MI. N. OF SR95, Wayne, OH

Built 1942 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 261

COUNTY ROAD 225

Poor

Over: S. BRANCH SALT CREEK

150 FEET N. OF CR109, Wayne, OH

Built 1934 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 445

MILTON ST.

Poor

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.1 MI. S. OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1970 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 1,030

TWP. ROAD 85

Poor

Over: FOX RUN

0.67 MI. N. OF CR30A, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 117

TWP. ROAD 210

Poor

Over: SAVAGE RUN

0.4 MI. E. OF SR83, Wayne, OH

Built 1939 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 44

TWP. ROAD 109

Poor

Over: CRABAPPLE CREEK

0.1 MI. W. OF TR98, Wayne, OH

Built 1936 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 84

COUNTY ROAD 103

Poor

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.1 MI. N. OF SR241, Wayne, OH

Built 1957 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 112

TWP. ROAD 105

Poor

Over: NEWARK CREEK

0.3 MI. N. OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 508

COUNTY ROAD 51

Poor

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.3 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1921 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 435

COUNTY ROAD 51

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CK

0.5 MI. N. OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1922 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 435

TWP. ROAD 178

Poor

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

1.4 MI. E. OF CR51, Wayne, OH

Built 1980 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 585

COUNTY ROAD 30A

Poor

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

0.3 MI. E. OF CR84, Wayne, OH

Built 1935 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,037

TWP. ROAD 261

Poor

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.7 MI. N. OF CR116, Wayne, OH

Built 1977 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 84

COUNTY ROAD 213

Poor

Over: LITTLE KILLBUCK CREEK

0.5 MI. N. OF CR154, Wayne, OH

Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 168

TWP. ROAD 316

Poor

Over: MELVIN RICHEY DITCH

0.5 MI. E. OF CR16, Wayne, OH

Built 1958 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 127

TWP. ROAD 165

Poor

Over: N. BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.7 MI. E. OF CR54, Wayne, OH

Built 1920 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 582

MARKET STREET

Poor

Over: SHREVE CREEK

0.16 MI N OF PORTER DR, Wayne, OH

Built 1993 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 250

USR 250

Poor

Over: BR OF APPLE CREEK

9.69 MILES NORTH OF SR241, Wayne, OH

Built 1956 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 6,936

TWP. ROAD 162

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF APPLE CREEK

0.2 MI. NORTH OF CR188, Wayne, OH

Built 1936 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 269

TWP. ROAD 427

Poor

Over: FALL CREEK

0.2 MI. NW. OF CR504, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 360

TWP. ROAD 98

Poor

Over: NORTH FORK SUGAR CREEK

200 FEET S. OF CR80, Wayne, OH

Built 1948 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

EAST OHIO AVE.

Poor

Over: RIVER STYX

0.6 MI. SW. OF CR70, Wayne, OH

Built 1955 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,738

SR 604

Poor

Over: BR OF MUDDY FORK

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

Built 1955 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 807

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