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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

All bridges (391)

COUNTY ROAD 32

Fair

Over: NEWMAN CREEK

0.3 MI. N. OF CR242, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 203

TWP. ROAD 170

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK

0.4 MI. W. OF CR6, Wayne, OH

Built 1956 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 252

Clinton Road

Fair

Over: SILVER CREEK

0.1 MI. N. OF CR169, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 722

TWP. ROAD 145

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.5 MI. S. OF CR23, Wayne, OH

Built 1905 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 410

TWP. ROAD 341

Fair

Over: W. BRANCH RED RUN

0.3 MI. W. OF SR57, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 589

COUNTY ROAD 30A

Fair

Over: MUDDY FORK

0.2 MI. E. OF CR93, Wayne, OH

Built 1965 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 632

COUNTY ROAD 501

Fair

Over: N. BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.1 MI. N. OF CR2, Wayne, OH

Built 1976 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 2,090

TWP. ROAD 433

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.4 MI. N. OF CR188, Wayne, OH

Built 1976 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 157

OLD COLUMBUS ROAD

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MI. SW. OF CR176, Wayne, OH

Built 1955 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 8,791

COUNTY ROAD 176

Fair

Over: LATERAL OF JENNINGS DITC

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

Built 1936 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 4,401

USR 250

Fair

Over: RATHBURN RUN

2.15 MILES WEST OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1983 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 6,096

SR 3

Fair

Over: CHRISTMAS RUN

.30 MI S US 30, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 12,203

USR 30/USR 250/SR

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-030-1009

.63 MILES EAST OF SR3, Wayne, OH

Built 1960 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 3,597

SR 94

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

.11 MILES NORTH OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 11,000

SR 3 & SR 83

Fair

Over: APPLE CREEK

.27 MILES EAST OF SR 585, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20,593

SR 3

Fair

Over: LITTLE APPLE CRK RAMP H-

SR3 SB ON RAMP FROM SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,700

SR 3 & SR 83

Fair

Over: LITTLE APPLE CREEK

.38 MILES NORTH OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,902

USR 30/USR 250/SR

Fair

Over: OVER APPLE CREEK

0.08 MI.E.OF S.R.302, Wayne, OH

Built 2005 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 26,739

CR 30A

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-030-1147R

PITTSBURG AVE/E.LINCN WAY, Wayne, OH

Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,752

USR 30

Fair

Over: DITCH

.49 MI W OF STARK CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,272

SR 57

Fair

Over: OVER RITTMAN RD./B&O RR.

.44 MI S MEDINA CO LINE, Wayne, OH

Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,659

SR 94

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

4.67 MILES NORTH OF US250, Wayne, OH

Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,221

SR 94 & SR 585

Fair

Over: OVER CSXT RR&ACCESS ROAD

.79 MILES NORTH OF SR604, Wayne, OH

Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,546

USR 250

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-030-0648

OVER USR30, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,686

SR 585

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-3-1547L.APPLE C

INTERSECTION OF SR 3/585, Wayne, OH

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,540

COUNTY ROAD 186

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CK

0.5 MI. S. OF CR86, Wayne, OH

Built 1971 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 671

TWP. ROAD 261

Fair

Over: EAST BRANCH OF RED RUN

0.2 MI. S. OF CR116, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 79

WELLS ST.

Fair

Over: SHREVE RUN

0.8 MI. N. OF CR1, Wayne, OH

Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 92

COUNTY ROAD 21

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF KILLBUCK CK

0.3 MI. S. OF CR102, Wayne, OH

Built 1919 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 273

TWP. ROAD 178

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.4 MI. E. OF CR21, Wayne, OH

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 594

COUNTY ROAD 188

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF APPLE CREEK

0.3 MILE EAST OF CR142, Wayne, OH

Built 1971 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,588

COUNTY ROAD 502

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

0.3 MI. W. OF CR44, Wayne, OH

Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,667

TWP. ROAD 47

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA

0.5 MI. N. OF CR120, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 456

COUNTY ROAD 120

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHIPPEWA CREEK

0.8 MI. E. OF SR57, Wayne, OH

Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 716

NORTH MAIN ST.

Fair

Over: LANDIS DITCH

40 FT. N. OF HOME ST., Wayne, OH

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,081

COUNTY ROAD 16

Fair

Over: MUDDY FORK

0.4 MI. N. OF SR95, Wayne, OH

Built 1944 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 261

TWP. ROAD 109

Fair

Over: N. BRANCH SALT CREEK

0.7 MI. E. OF CR501, Wayne, OH

Built 1974 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 677

COUNTY ROAD 86

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.5 MI. E. OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,807

TWP. ROAD 222

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.2 MI. W. OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 104

TWP. ROAD 68

Fair

Over: APPLE CREEK

0.16 MILE SOUTH OF CR19, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 432

TWP. ROAD 4

Fair

Over: KILLBUCK CREEK

0.5 MI. EAST OF SR302, Wayne, OH

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 360

WALNUT STREET

Fair

Over: E.JEFFSON/E.PINE/NS RR

MARKETST/NORFOLK SOUTHERN, Wayne, OH

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,366

SR 302

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF MUDDY CREEK

1 MI W OF SR301, Wayne, OH

Built 1985 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,279

USR 250

Fair

Over: US 250 & SR 83

at US250 E & SR83 S Split, Wayne, OH

Built 1979 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 9,667

SR 302

Fair

Over: OVER-WAY-030-1031

OVER US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1962 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 13,000

SR 302

Fair

Over: CASHEY CREEK

2.41 MILES EAST OF SR 539, Wayne, OH

Built 1991 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 4,558

TWP. ROAD 106

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

0.4 MI. W. OF CR22, Wayne, OH

Built 1970 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 207

SR 57

Fair

Over: CHIPPEWA CREEK

2.24 MILES NORTH OF SR585, Wayne, OH

Built 1971 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 7,198

CH-359 Secrest Rd

Fair

Over: OVER WAY-250-1312

.76 MILES SOUTH OF US30, Wayne, OH

Built 1979 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 443

COUNTY ROAD 111

Fair

Over: REPP RUN

0.1 MI. W. OF CR36, Wayne, OH

Built 1900 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 373

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