Total bridges
493
Public highway bridges in Canadian County
County profile · official public datasets
Canadian County, OK
493 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.5% rated Good, 47.1% Fair, 3.4% Poor.
- 493
- Public bridges
- 49.5%
- Good condition
- 3.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Canadian County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 26%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 493
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Canadian County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Canadian County ranks #20 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.4%). Canadian County, Oklahoma contains 493 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.5% are rated “Good,” 47.1% “Fair,” and 3.4% “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.
Good condition
49.5%
244 of 493 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.1%
232 of 493 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.4%
17 of 493 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#20 of 77
Among Oklahoma counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 493 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.5% (244)
Fair 47.1% (232)
Poor 3.4% (17)
Canadian County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,070 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 239 crossings a day against 6,422 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 493 of 493 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
31% of Canadian County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
153 of the 493 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 49.5% 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 23.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
0922C over CREEK, built 1928, carries 970 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 4,070 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Canadian County's bridges were built
493 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 22
1920–1929
22 bridges
- 1930s 15
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 15
1940–1949
15 bridges
- 1950s 16
1950–1959
16 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
64 bridges
- 1970s 25
1970–1979
25 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
62 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
78 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
105 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
75 bridges
- 2020s 14
2020–2029
14 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 105 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 9 years newer than the Oklahoma average of 1977.
How Canadian County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Canadian County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 12 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield County | 504 | 27% | 61.3% | 11.7% | 1970 |
| Canadian County (this page) | 493 | 49.5% | 47.1% | 3.4% | 1986 |
| Kiowa County | 477 | 65.4% | 31.7% | 2.9% | 1973 |
| Grant County | 476 | 28.2% | 64.5% | 7.4% | 1988 |
| Le Flore County | 469 | 44.3% | 44.3% | 11.3% | 1967 |
| Lincoln County | 450 | 37.1% | 49.6% | 13.3% | 1974 |
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 Canadian 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 Canadian County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OK (493 bridges here).
- Greene County, MO · 493 bridges
- Vermilion County, IL · 494 bridges
- Shasta County, CA · 492 bridges
- Lyon County, KS · 492 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (232)
NW 23RD ST.
FairOver: CREEK
.8 E OF SARA RD, Canadian, OK
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 200
E1020
FairOver: CREEK
4.5S 6.1W OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1934 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 350
RICHLAND RD.
FairOver: CREEK
.4S OF SW 89TH STREET, Canadian, OK
Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
E1030
FairOver: SIXMILE CREEK
E1030N2880007, Canadian, OK
Built 1942 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
FAS 0936
FairOver: CREEK
3.5 MI W OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1945 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,000
N2900
FairOver: CREEK
1. E .2 N OF BANNER, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
E0890
FairOver: CREEK
4.0 MI W OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1991 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
FAS 0902
FairOver: CREEK
2S OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 2001 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 900
N2860
FairOver: CREEK
4.E 2.8S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 100
E0920
FairOver: CREEK
3E 3S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2014 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 100
RICHLAND RD.
FairOver: CREEK
0.3 MI S OF NW 10, Canadian, OK
Built 1964 Load: 8.7 t ADT: 100
N2840
FairOver: CREEK
4. N .1 S OF EL RENO, Canadian, OK
Built 1925 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 100
N2870
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI S OF SH 3, Canadian, OK
Built 1989 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 100
N2670
FairOver: CREEK
4E 1.2S OF GEARY, Canadian, OK
Built 1990 Load: 10.7 t ADT: 100
E1060
FairOver: CREEK
1.5S .2W OF I-40/U.S. 81, Canadian, OK
Built 2004 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 100
E1050
FairOver: CREEK
2.5S;1.9W U.S.270 / I-40, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 11.1 t ADT: 100
N2910
FairOver: CREEK
9. E 2.2 S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1990 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 100
E1070
FairOver: CREEK
5N 4.4E OF UNION CITY, Canadian, OK
Built 2011 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 100
N2850
FairOver: CREEK
3E 3.3S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2011 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 100
E1060
FairOver: CREEK
3.5;3.9W U.S. 270/ I-40, Canadian, OK
Built 2009 Load: 12.8 t ADT: 100
N2760
FairOver: CREEK
2. E .5 N OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1989 Load: 13.2 t ADT: 100
0922C
FairOver: CREEK
4.S 1.8E OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1928 Load: 13.2 t ADT: 970
N2800
FairOver: CREEK
2W 2.1S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2011 Load: 13.3 t ADT: 100
E0920
FairOver: CREEK
3S 2.1W OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2009 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 100
FAS 0935
FairOver: CREEK
5.0 MI N OF SH 37, Canadian, OK
Built 1987 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 200
FAU 3880 (FOREMAN
FairOver: CREEK
3.6 MI E OF US 81, Canadian, OK
Built 1990 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 100
N2720
FairOver: CREEK
.5S 2W 1.75S OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 2017 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 50
E1090
FairOver: CREEK
6.5S 4.2E 270; I40, Canadian, OK
Built 1946 Load: 14.2 t ADT: 100
E WAGNER RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.1E OF SH 4, Canadian, OK
Built 1979 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 400
N2640
FairOver: CREEK
2.2S I40; METHODIST RD, Canadian, OK
Built 1987 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 300
E1010
FairOver: CREEK
3.3 S 4.7 W OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100
N2720
FairOver: CREEK
10.W 1.7S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1938 Load: 14.7 t ADT: 100
N2760
FairOver: CREEK
6W .8S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2004 Load: 14.7 t ADT: 100
E0900
FairOver: CREEK
1.S 6.2W OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1987 Load: 15.1 t ADT: 100
N2980
FairOver: CREEK
3E OF PIEDMONT, Canadian, OK
Built 1980 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 100
N2720
FairOver: CREEK
2.W 2.S OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 2011 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 50
COURTNEY RD.
FairOver: I-40 WB UNDER
12.2 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK
Built 1961 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 200
COURTNEY RD.
FairOver: I-40 EB UNDER
12.2 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK
Built 1961 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 200
E1000
FairOver: CREEK
2.5 S .2 W OF CALUMENT, Canadian, OK
Built 1975 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 100
E1100
FairOver: CREEK
2. N 5. W UNION CITY, Canadian, OK
Built 1987 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 100
IRR FAS 0931
FairOver: CREEK
3.5 N 2.5 W CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1991 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 100
IRR E0930
FairOver: CREEK
4.S 12.6W OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 1998 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 100
E0970
FairOver: CREEK
7. N .9 W OF BANNER, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 100
E1030
FairOver: CREEK
7.0 S 5.9 E OF GEARY, Canadian, OK
Built 1986 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 100
N2870
FairOver: CREEK
5E 2.3S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK
Built 2004 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 100
E1120
FairOver: CREEK
3. S 2.1 W OF CEDER LAKE, Canadian, OK
Built 1987 Load: 18.6 t ADT: 100
E1090
FairOver: CREEK
3.N 5.9E UNIONCITY, Canadian, OK
Built 1928 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
E1020
FairOver: CREEK
4.S 4.9W OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1928 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 350
FAS 0938
FairOver: CREEK
0.7 MI W US 81, Canadian, OK
Built 1961 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 170
N2770
FairOver: CREEK
3.E 2.8S OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK
Built 1982 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
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