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Beaver County, OK

189 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.3% rated Good, 66.7% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

189
Public bridges
32.3%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Beaver County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 9%
lowest Poor share in state
1.1%
Poor-condition share
189
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.

Beaver County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Beaver County ranks #7 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Beaver County, Oklahoma contains 189 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.3% are rated “Good,” 66.7% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

189

Public highway bridges in Beaver County

Good condition

32.3%

61 of 189 rated 7-9

Fair condition

66.7%

126 of 189 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

2 of 189 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#7 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 189 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
32.3% (61)
Fair
66.7% (126)
Poor
1.1% (2)

Beaver County's Poor-condition bridges carry 130 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 65 crossings a day against 467 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 189 of 189 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

47.1% of Beaver County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

89 of the 189 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 32.3% 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 76.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N1590 over INDIAN CREEK, built 1983, carries 100 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 130 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Beaver County's bridges were built

189 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

How Beaver County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Beaver County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Beaver County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Okfuskee County 204 6.9%
Latimer County 199 6%
McIntosh County 199 6.5%
Beaver County (this page) 189 1.1%
Craig County 180 19.4%
Pawnee County 174 19%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (189 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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

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

All 189 Good 61 Fair 126 Poor 2

All bridges (189)

N1610

Fair

Over: CROOKED CREEK

HARPER C/L; 6W 8.8N US64, Beaver, OK

Built 2004 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 25

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.0 MI.W. HARPER CL, Beaver, OK

Built 1932 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 2,000

FAS 0403

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.3 MI E US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1970 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 60

0407C

Fair

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

.7S 4.W OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 1981 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 100

N1600

Fair

Over: CREEK

6N 2W 3.3N OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 1968 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.6 MI.E.OF TEXAS CO, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 1,600

0488C

Fair

Over: BEAVER RIVER

7. W 5.6 S OF GATE, Beaver, OK

Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100

0456C

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK CLEAR CREEK

9W .1N OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1980 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 102

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: FULTON CREEK

0.9 MI.E OF TEXAS CO, Beaver, OK

Built 1987 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,600

E0060

Fair

Over: SMALL CREEK

1.7W 1N 1.8W OF FORGAN, Beaver, OK

Built 2014 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: BEAVER RIVER

5.9 MI.S. JCT. US64, Beaver, OK

Built 1986 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 2,200

S.H. 23

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.9 MI.S. JCT. US270, Beaver, OK

Built 1973 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 890

E0170

Fair

Over: WILLOW CREEK

10N 10.3W OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 50

E0240

Fair

Over: DUCK POND CREEK

2S 4.8W OF CLEAR LAKE, Beaver, OK

Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 50

N1680

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

4S OF US270;.25W ELLIS CL, Beaver, OK

Built 2004 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100

N1520

Fair

Over: COON CREEK

13E 6.3S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1983 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

0458C

Fair

Over: BEAVER RIVER

9.E 2.6S OF TURPIN, Beaver, OK

Built 1981 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 100

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

14.3 MI.E. JCT. US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.7 MI.S. JCT. US64, Beaver, OK

Built 1932 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 1,800

N1440

Fair

Over: N. FORK KIOWA CREEK

5.E 7.5S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 100

N1490

Fair

Over: DUCK POND CREEK

4.W 1.7 S OF CLEAR LAKE, Beaver, OK

Built 1982 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 100

N1170

Fair

Over: FULTON CREEK

5W 1.8S OF US83 & SH3, Beaver, OK

Built 1998 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 50

0486C

Fair

Over: KIAWA CREEK

17.E 2.9S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1997 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 40

E0220

Fair

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

6W US 270; NW OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2004 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 100

E0290

Fair

Over: FULTON CREEK

2S 4.8W JCT US 412/US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 2007 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 50

N1350

Fair

Over: N FORK CLEAR CREEK

4W 2.9N OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2010 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 50

N1190

Fair

Over: BULL CREEK

3W 3.4N S.H. 3, Beaver, OK

Built 2010 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 24

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK CLEAR CREEK

7.9 MI.E. JCT. US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1988 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 2,200

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: S. FORK CLEAR CREEK

12.9 MI.E. JCT. US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1988 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

12.5 MI.E. JCT. SH23, Beaver, OK

Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 64

Fair

Over: HOG CREEK

1.4 MI.W.OF HARPER CL, Beaver, OK

Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 920

U.S. 64

Fair

Over: HOG CREEK OFLOW

1.3 MI.W.OF HARPER CL, Beaver, OK

Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 920

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

0.4 MI.E. TEXAS CL, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,600

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

9.1 MI.E. JCT. US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,000

S.H. 23

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.3 MI.N.TEXAS ST.LN, Beaver, OK

Built 1951 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

E0250

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

2.N 1.1E OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

S.H. 23

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.7 MI.S. JCT. US270, Beaver, OK

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 890

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

16.1 MI.E. JCT. SH23, Beaver, OK

Built 1932 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1.3 MI.N. JCT. SH3, Beaver, OK

Built 1996 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 1,200

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.9 MI.E.OF TEXAS CO, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 1,600

E0230

Fair

Over: CAMP CREEK

3E 4N 1.9E OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 1997 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: KIOWA CREEK

19.8 MI.E. JCT. SH23, Beaver, OK

Built 1987 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.2 MI.S. JCT. US64, Beaver, OK

Built 1932 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 1,800

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

15.4 MI.E. JCT. US 83, Beaver, OK

Built 1936 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 2,000

E0190

Fair

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

8. N 4.3 W OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1989 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

N1480 (0478C)

Fair

Over: BEAVER RIVER

9E 11.9N OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2013 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

E0250

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.2N .5W OF BALKO, Beaver, OK

Built 2012 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 25

FAS 0401

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

.7S 2.1E OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 1939 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 300

U.S. 83

Fair

Over: BEAVER RIVER

7.5 MI.S.JCT. US64, Beaver, OK

Built 1988 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 3,200

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: WEST CAMP CREEK

4.4 MI.W. HARPER CL, Beaver, OK

Built 1987 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,000

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