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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.

Total bridges

493

Public highway bridges in Canadian County

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

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.

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Canadian County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Garfield County 504 11.7%
Canadian County (this page) 493 3.4%
Kiowa County 477 2.9%
Grant County 476 7.4%
Le Flore County 469 11.3%
Lincoln County 450 13.3%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1986 here).

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

All bridges (493)

E0990

Fair

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

1.S .4E OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK

Built 1952 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 100

OVERHOLSER LAKE RD

Fair

Over: LAKE

W OF LAKE @ STONEBRIDGE, Canadian, OK

Built 1935 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 2,000

FAU 3961 (BANNER R

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.7N OF BANNER, Canadian, OK

Built 2001 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 200

N2840

Fair

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

1E 3.4N JCT I-40/US81, Canadian, OK

Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 200

S.H. 3

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.2 MI. E. JCT. SH4, Canadian, OK

Built 1939 Load: 25.0 t ADT: 11,800

N2680

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.4 MI N US 270, Canadian, OK

Built 1984 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 160

N285.0

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

22.6 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 101

ELM STREET

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

16.6 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

CZECH HALL RD.

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

33.0 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1998 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,000

N2640

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.3 N 1. E OF GEARY, Canadian, OK

Built 1996 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 100

FAS 0938

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.2 MI E US 81, Canadian, OK

Built 1972 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 260

E0900

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.S 2.8E OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK

Built 1987 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 100

CIMARRON RD.

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

28.6 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 200

N2770

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.W .5S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK

Built 1987 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 100

N2900

Fair

Over: CREEK

5W 2.1S OF PIEDMONT, Canadian, OK

Built 2001 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 100

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

10.5 MI. E. BLAINE CL, Canadian, OK

Built 1929 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 900

MANNING RD.

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

25.6 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 120

N2740

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.2 MI N OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK

Built 2000 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,200

N2820

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.W .1N OF UNION CITY, Canadian, OK

Built 1991 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 100

I-40 BUS.

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.5 MI. E. JCT. I40, Canadian, OK

Built 1929 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 4,100

SW 104TH ST.

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.9 E OF CEMETERY RD., Canadian, OK

Built 1991 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 500

E1110

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.N 5.2W OF UNION CITY, Canadian, OK

Built 1998 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 100

SW 89TH ST.

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.7 E OF CIMARRON RD, Canadian, OK

Built 1998 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 200

E1120

Fair

Over: CREEK

3. S .7 W CEDER LAKE, Canadian, OK

Built 1989 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 100

N2920

Fair

Over: CREEK

10.0 E 1.6 S OKARCHE, Canadian, OK

Built 1921 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 100

E0900

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.S 14.5E OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK

Built 1965 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 100

E1110

Fair

Over: CREEK

1N 2.2E OF UNION CITY, Canadian, OK

Built 2014 Load: 30.6 t ADT: 100

N2830

Fair

Over: CREEK

1E 1.5S OF OKARCHE, Canadian, OK

Built 2005 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 50

I-40 EB

Fair

Over: U.S. 81 UNDER

I40 & US81, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 14,900

I-40 WB

Fair

Over: U.S. 81 UNDER

I40 & US81, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 15,550

N2740

Fair

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

1.5 MI N OF CALUMET, Canadian, OK

Built 1969 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,310

U.S. 81 & S.H. 3

Fair

Over: UP R.R. UNDER

.6 MI SE KINGFISHER CL, Canadian, OK

Built 1970 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,400

SW 44TH ST.

Fair

Over: CREEK

50 E OF MORGAN RD, Canadian, OK

Built 1980 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,300

I-40 WB

Fair

Over: S. CANADIAN RIVER

1.1 E CADDO C/L, Canadian, OK

Built 2016 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,100

I-40 EB

Fair

Over: S. CANADIAN RIVER

1.1 E CADDO C/L, Canadian, OK

Built 2016 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 11,950

FAS 0934

Fair

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

3.0 E 1.5 N CALUMET, Canadian, OK

Built 1986 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 400

E1080

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.5 S 1.1 E 270; I-40, Canadian, OK

Built 1996 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 100

E1000

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.3N 2.0E OF EL RENO, Canadian, OK

Built 2007 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 100

FAS 3861 (CU CLUB)

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

19.5 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1966 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 300

E1080

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.5 S 4.1 E US 270 & I-40, Canadian, OK

Built 1999 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 100

E1080 (SW 15TH)

Fair

Over: CREEK

.2E RICHMAND RD ON 15TH, Canadian, OK

Built 2003 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 80

E1030 - ELM ST.

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.4 MI E OF US 81, Canadian, OK

Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400

S.H. 66

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.5 MI. E. JCT. US81, Canadian, OK

Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,700

U.S. 270

Fair

Over: CREEK

6.2 MI E BLAINE C/L, Canadian, OK

Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 800

CEMETERY RD.

Fair

Over: MUSTANG CREEK

1.8 MI. N. JCT.SH152, Canadian, OK

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,100

I-40 BUS.

Fair

Over: FOUR MILE CREEK

100 W. OF CNTRY CLUB RD, Canadian, OK

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,600

I-40

Fair

Over: CANYON VIEW CREEK

2.3 MI. E. CADDO CL, Canadian, OK

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,950

I-40

Fair

Over: CANYON VIEW CREEK

2.3 MI. E. CADDO CL, Canadian, OK

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,100

U.S. 281 SPUR

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

4.1 MI. E CADDO C/L, Canadian, OK

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,200

HEASTON RD.

Fair

Over: I-40 UNDER

13.2 MI. E. CADDO CO, Canadian, OK

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 265
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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