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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)

FAS 0417

Good

Over: DUCK POND CREEK

5.S .7E OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 99

N1470

Good

Over: DUCK POND CREEK

6.W 2.7 S OF CLEAR LAKE, Beaver, OK

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

U.S. 83

Good

Over: SHARP CREEK

2.2 MI. S. JCT. US-64, Beaver, OK

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500

U.S. 83

Good

Over: CREEK

5.2 MI.N. TEXAS ST.L, Beaver, OK

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800

U.S. 83

Good

Over: CREEK

7.0 MI.N. TEXAS ST.L, Beaver, OK

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,700

N1380

Good

Over: CREEK

.7S 1.2W .1S OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24

U.S. 64

Good

Over: SHORT CREEK

1.2 MI N JTN US83 TURPIN, Beaver, OK

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,600

E0210

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

6N .7E OF JCT US83/SH3, Beaver, OK

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 36

N1420

Good

Over: DUCK POND CREEK

3E 1.6S OF S.H. 23, Beaver, OK

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

U.S. 270

Good

Over: CREEK

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

Built 1932 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 1,600

E0140

Good

Over: DUGOUT CREEK

.7S 6.4W OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 2016 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

E0340 (0442C)

Good

Over: KIOWA CREEK

2W 4S .5E OF LOGAN, Beaver, OK

Built 2021 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

N1450

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK KIOWA CREEK

6 E 7.3 S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2023 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

0434C

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

5E 5.9S OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 2003 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100

E0230

Good

Over: CO. RD. UNDER

BULL CREEK, Beaver, OK

Built 2008 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 24

E0150

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

4E 12N 1.6E OF US83/US270, Beaver, OK

Built 2014 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100

N1620 (0490C)

Good

Over: KIOWA CREEK

3N OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 2016 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100

0412C

Good

Over: DUGOUT CREEK

10N 7.4W OF ELM WOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2002 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

E0340

Good

Over: CREEK

7S 4.4E OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 2022 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

N1330

Good

Over: S. FORK OF CLEAR CREEK

6W .8S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2012 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 70

0430C

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3.S 2.9W OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 1982 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

0480C

Good

Over: COON CREEK

15.E 5.9S OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1999 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

0416C

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

8.N 4.E OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2002 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100

N1610

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

3.7N 3.2W 2.7N OF GATE, Beaver, OK

Built 1992 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 70

N1500

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

12.3E 4.8N OF FORGAN, Beaver, OK

Built 2004 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

E0210

Good

Over: CREEK

6N; 14.2W OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2007 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 25

E0250

Good

Over: S FORK CLEAR CREEK

2. N 2.7 W OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 1991 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100

E0190 (0416C)

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

8N 2.2E OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2018 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 80

E0180

Good

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

4.5S 3.6W OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 2007 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 100

E0110

Good

Over: SHARPE CREEK

3W; 1S; .2W OF TURPIN, Beaver, OK

Built 2007 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100

N1190

Good

Over: SHARP CREEK

1.5S OF TURPIN, Beaver, OK

Built 2016 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 100

E0330

Good

Over: CREEK

6S; 2.6W OF BALKO, Beaver, OK

Built 2010 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 400

N1650

Good

Over: BEAVER RIVER

4S of U.S. 64, Beaver, OK

Built 2018 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 70

N1410

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

2N 2E .7N OF ELMWOOD, Beaver, OK

Built 2016 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 100

E0180

Good

Over: HOME CREEK

4.5S 1.6W OF BEAVER, Beaver, OK

Built 2007 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 100

U.S. 270

Good

Over: AURORA CREEK

5.1 S JCT U.S. 64, Beaver, OK

Built 2017 Load: 71.6 t ADT: 1,700

U.S. 270

Good

Over: CREEK

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

Built 1932 Load: 82.2 t ADT: 2,200

0496C

Poor

Over: HORSE CREEK

.1E .5N OF GATE, Beaver, OK

Built 1940 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 30

N1590

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3.W .6S OF SLAPOUT, Beaver, OK

Built 1983 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100

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