Total bridges
339
Public highway bridges in Carter County
County profile · official public datasets
Carter County, OK
339 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36% rated Good, 59.3% Fair, 4.7% Poor.
- 339
- Public bridges
- 36%
- Good condition
- 4.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Carter 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 38%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 339
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- 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.
Carter County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Carter County ranks #29 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.7%). Carter County, Oklahoma contains 339 public highway bridges. Roughly 36% are rated “Good,” 59.3% “Fair,” and 4.7% “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
36%
122 of 339 rated 7-9
Fair condition
59.3%
201 of 339 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.7%
16 of 339 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#29 of 77
Among Oklahoma counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 339 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36% (122)
Fair 59.3% (201)
Poor 4.7% (16)
Carter County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,094 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 193 crossings a day against 3,788 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 339 of 339 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
33.3% of Carter County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
113 of the 339 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 36% 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 34.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
1054C over CREEK, built 1941, carries 1,062 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,094 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Carter County's bridges were built
339 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
36 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s 15
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
37 bridges
- 1970s 11
1970–1979
11 bridges
- 1980s 28
1980–1989
28 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
75 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
78 bridges
- 2010s 30
2010–2019
30 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 78 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 6 years newer than the Oklahoma average of 1977.
How Carter County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Carter County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 7 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osage County | 366 | 38.3% | 41.8% | 19.9% | 1966 |
| Washita County | 361 | 70.1% | 26.3% | 3.6% | 1976 |
| Noble County | 342 | 35.1% | 61.4% | 3.5% | 1976 |
| Carter County (this page) | 339 | 36% | 59.3% | 4.7% | 1983 |
| Garvin County | 330 | 39.4% | 49.7% | 10.9% | 1977 |
| Cleveland County | 316 | 46.2% | 48.7% | 5.1% | 1984 |
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 Carter 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 Carter County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OK (339 bridges here).
- Davidson County, NC · 340 bridges
- Clark County, OH · 340 bridges
- Blair County, PA · 338 bridges
- Vernon County, LA · 341 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (339)
I-35
FairOver: SEWER CREEK
6.4 MI N LOVE C/L, Carter, OK
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32,700
I-35 SB
FairOver: CO. RD. E184.0 UNDER
1.0 MI N JCT SH53, Carter, OK
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,400
I-35 NB
FairOver: CO. RD. E184.0 UNDER
1.0 MI N JCT SH53, Carter, OK
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,150
I-35 NB
FairOver: CO. RD. E182.9 UNDER
1.9 MI N JCT SH53, Carter, OK
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,150
S.H. 53 (EAST)
FairOver: I-35 UNDER
7.0 MI N JCT SH142, Carter, OK
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300
U.S. 70
FairOver: WILSON CREEK
9.8 MI E JCT I-35, Carter, OK
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500
E1860
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
1N & 1.5W JCT SH76 &SH53W, Carter, OK
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
1070C
FairOver: CREEK
4W & .8S JCT US77 & SH53E, Carter, OK
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 106
E1930
FairOver: CREEK
2.N .8E OF US 177 & SH199, Carter, OK
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25
N3240
FairOver: CREEK
3.5W; 1.5S OF U.S. 70, Carter, OK
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,785
E2027
FairOver: BRANCH CREEK
1.7W .3 N OF I-35 & SH77S, Carter, OK
Built 1984 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 100
E1870
FairOver: HICKORY CREEK
7.8 W 2. S OF I-35- SH 53, Carter, OK
Built 1991 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 100
1058C
FairOver: CREEK
.7E .9S U.S 70 / U.S 70A, Carter, OK
Built 2006 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 25
SPRINGDALE RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.7 E SPRINGDALE/P SE, Carter, OK
Built 1960 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 4,461
S.H. 53
FairOver: TULIP CREEK
19.7 MI E JCT SH76, Carter, OK
Built 1936 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 1,500
1074C
FairOver: CADDO CREEK
2. E 2.8 W US 77 & SH 142, Carter, OK
Built 1982 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 265
E1810
FairOver: CREEK
3N & 4.7 E JCT SH76 & 53E, Carter, OK
Built 1988 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100
S.H. 7
FairOver: MASSEY CREEK
11.6 MI E STEPHENS C/L, Carter, OK
Built 1992 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,900
E1910
FairOver: CREEK
3.6W 3N JCT SH 142/I-35, Carter, OK
Built 2004 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100
E1980
FairOver: CREEK
4.8E OF U.S. 70, Carter, OK
Built 2016 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 391
E1895
FairOver: CREEK
6.2W 4.5S SH 53 & I-35, Carter, OK
Built 1992 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100
I-35 SB
FairOver: CO. RD. E182.9 UNDER
1.9 MI N JCT SH53, Carter, OK
Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 15,400
S.H. 53
FairOver: BIG BRANCH CREEK
7.1 MI E JCT US77, Carter, OK
Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,100
N3140
FairOver: CREEK
1E 2.2S OF SH76/US70A, Carter, OK
Built 2004 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 300
E1990
FairOver: CREEK
2.3S; 1.7E OF SH76/US70A, Carter, OK
Built 2010 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 100
1002C
FairOver: CREEK
4N & 2.5W OF JCT SH7 & 76, Carter, OK
Built 1993 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 442
S.H. 76
FairOver: CADDO CREEK
1.9 MI N JCT SH53E, Carter, OK
Built 2004 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,200
E1730
FairOver: CREEK
1 N & 2.5 E JCT SH 7 & 76, Carter, OK
Built 1998 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100
INDUSTRIAL RD
FairOver: CREEK
2.5W 4.5N JCT US-70/SH-76, Carter, OK
Built 2001 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100
E1920
FairOver: CREEK
4W 3N JCT U.S.177/S.H.199, Carter, OK
Built 2007 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
N3300
FairOver: CADDO CREEK
4.3N 1.W OF SH199 & SH142, Carter, OK
Built 1997 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 325
E1820
FairOver: CREEK
2N .6E OF JCT SH76/56E, Carter, OK
Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100
N3190
FairOver: CREEK
6E 5.7N SH76/US70/WILSON, Carter, OK
Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 50
E1830
FairOver: CREEK
.2N 2.4W OF FOX SH76, Carter, OK
Built 2004 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 25
I-35 SB
FairOver: FAU 4880 E1970 UNDER
1.4N OF U.S. 70E, Carter, OK
Built 2010 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 16,100
I-35 NB
FairOver: E1970 UNDER
1.4N OF U.S. 70E, Carter, OK
Built 2010 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 16,500
E1950
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
8.5E 1N OF US 70/ SH 76, Carter, OK
Built 2017 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 100
OLD S.H. 199
FairOver: SEWER CREEK
0.4 MI E JCT I-35, Carter, OK
Built 1937 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 13,800
I-35 SB
FairOver: U.S. 70 UNDER
4.7 MI N LOVE C/L, Carter, OK
Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 16,100
I-35 NB
FairOver: U.S. 70 UNDER
4.7 MI N LOVE C/L, Carter, OK
Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 16,500
1062C
FairOver: CREEK
6W & 5.2N JCT I-35 & US70, Carter, OK
Built 1994 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 257
E1830
FairOver: CREEK
.2N 3.4W OF FOX SH76, Carter, OK
Built 2004 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 25
N3190
FairOver: CREEK
6E 1.1S US70/SH76/WILSON, Carter, OK
Built 2002 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 410
E1860
FairOver: CREEK
1S 2.1W JCT. US-177/SH-53, Carter, OK
Built 2001 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100
E1890
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
2S .3W JCT SH76/53W, Carter, OK
Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100
E1915
FairOver: RED BRANCH CREEK
6.5W 4.5N OF US70/I-35, Carter, OK
Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50
N3100
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
4.4 MI N OF US 70 & 76 N, Carter, OK
Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 260
N3130
FairOver: CREEK
4E .2N JCT SH76/SH53W, Carter, OK
Built 2003 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 50
E1860
FairOver: CREEK
.9S OF MILO, Carter, OK
Built 2015 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150
1070C
FairOver: SULLIVAN CREEK
4. W 1.9 S OF US 77 & 53, Carter, OK
Built 1998 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
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