Total bridges
206
Public highway bridges in Cherokee County
County profile · official public datasets
Cherokee County, OK
206 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35% rated Good, 54.4% Fair, 10.7% Poor.
- 206
- Public bridges
- 35%
- Good condition
- 10.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cherokee County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 57th
- of 77 on Poor share
- 10.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 206
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Cherokee County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cherokee County ranks #57 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.7%). Cherokee County, Oklahoma contains 206 public highway bridges. Roughly 35% are rated “Good,” 54.4% “Fair,” and 10.7% “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
35%
72 of 206 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.4%
112 of 206 rated 5-6
Poor condition
10.7%
22 of 206 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#57 of 77
Among Oklahoma counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 206 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 35% (72)
Fair 54.4% (112)
Poor 10.7% (22)
Cherokee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,506 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 159 crossings a day against 622 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 206 of 206 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.7% of Cherokee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
86 of the 206 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 35% 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 12.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
1146C/ E0845 over LITTLE GREEN LEAF CREEK, built 1930, carries 450 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 22-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,506 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cherokee County's bridges were built
206 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s 14
1930–1939
14 bridges
- 1940s 14
1940–1949
14 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
33 bridges
- 1960s 10
1960–1969
10 bridges
- 1970s 7
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
26 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
39 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
30 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
22 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 39 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).
How Cherokee County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Cherokee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.7% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton County | 213 | 43.7% | 53.1% | 3.3% | 1980 |
| Hughes County | 207 | 42% | 49.3% | 8.7% | 1978 |
| Cherokee County (this page) | 206 | 35% | 54.4% | 10.7% | 1978 |
| Okfuskee County | 204 | 39.7% | 53.4% | 6.9% | 1970 |
| Latimer County | 199 | 58.8% | 35.2% | 6% | 1975 |
| McIntosh County | 199 | 31.2% | 62.3% | 6.5% | 1969 |
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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OK (206 bridges here).
- Dale County, AL · 206 bridges
- Henry County, IN · 206 bridges
- Audubon County, IA · 206 bridges
- Bourbon County, KS · 206 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (206)
N4488
FairOver: LITTLE GREEN LEAF CREEK
3.1 W .3 N OF SH 82, Cherokee, OK
Built 1987 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
N4480
FairOver: CREEK
3.5 N & 3.5 W OF TAHLEQUA, Cherokee, OK
Built 1989 Load: 9.9 t ADT: 100
N4449
FairOver: MILL CREEK
1.9 E 1.4 W OF US 62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1989 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 100
D0680
FairOver: CREEK
4.0 N OF LOST CITY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50
1136C/ N4410
FairOver: RANGER CREEK
1.7 S OF SH 80 S HULBERT, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 815
1168C/ E0680
FairOver: CREEK
0.4 MI SE OF SH 10, Cherokee, OK
Built 1928 Load: 12.5 t ADT: 100
E0695
FairOver: PUMPKIN HOLLOW CREEK
10.6S & 0.7W OF NE CO COR, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 50
N4430
FairOver: CREEK
1.4 E 1.6 S OF HULBERT, Cherokee, OK
Built 1939 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 60
E0690
FairOver: CREEK
3.1 W 5 N TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK
Built 1990 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 50
E0655
FairOver: KIRK & SAWMILL HOLLOW CR
0.7 S & 1.6 E OF SCRAPER, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 50
N4510
FairOver: CREEK
.2 N SH51 ON STICKROSS RD, Cherokee, OK
Built 1938 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 350
E0802
FairOver: BOBTAIL CREEK
3.7S 3.5W OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK
Built 1998 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100
BLUE TOP RD.
FairOver: ELK CREEK
1 MI W DRY CREEK RD. JCT., Cherokee, OK
Built 1992 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 280
E0844
FairOver: NEGRO JAKE HOLLOW
2.2 N & 3 E SH82 & SH100, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 50
1168C
FairOver: DOG CREEK
4.6 MI NE OF ELLERVILLE, Cherokee, OK
Built 1960 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 100
N4488
FairOver: BLACKBIRD CREEK
3.2 W & 1.9 N OF MOODY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 100
E0700
FairOver: CREEK
2.0 S & 1.2 E OF MOODYS, Cherokee, OK
Built 1995 Load: 16.4 t ADT: 50
1114C/ E0650
FairOver: FOURTEEN MILE CREEK
3.0 N 1.4 E. OF MOODY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 741
N4544
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
2.8 N & 0.4 E OF LOWREY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1987 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 100
1124C/ N4417
FairOver: DOUBLE SPRING CREEK
.3 MI N. HULBERT @ SH51, Cherokee, OK
Built 1931 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 1,304
N4590
FairOver: CREEK
.5S OF TAILHOLT, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 18.6 t ADT: 50
N4517 (PARK HILL )
FairOver: ROSS BRANCH CREEK
0.2 MI E OF SH 82, Cherokee, OK
Built 1916 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 650
E0764 (CHOCTAW)
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
CITY PARK, Cherokee, OK
Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 250
E0761 (SHAWNEE ST.
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
CITY PARK, Cherokee, OK
Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 250
FAU 3380 (ALLEN RD
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
0.3 MI W OF N Grand, Cherokee, OK
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 750
E0752 (NORTH ST)
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
0.1 MI E OF VINITA ST., Cherokee, OK
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
E0755 (YORK ST)
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
0.1 MI E VINITA ST., Cherokee, OK
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
FAU 3355(GRAND AV)
FairOver: CREEK
0.9 MI N OF DOWNING, Cherokee, OK
Built 1952 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 9,800
FAU 3355(MSK. AVE
FairOver: ROSS BRANCH CREEK
0.4 MI N US 62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1957 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 12,000
E0760 (DOWNING)
FairOver: TAHLEQUAH CREEK
0.1 MI E OF MUSKOGEE AVE., Cherokee, OK
Built 1968 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 15,100
FAU 3355(MUSKOGEE)
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
.2N OF DOWNING, Cherokee, OK
Built 1980 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 10,000
E0768 (FIRST ST)
FairOver: EAST BRANCH CREEK
CITY PARK, Cherokee, OK
Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 250
1138C/ E0770
FairOver: CREEK
4.0 MI E OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK
Built 1938 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 300
S.H. 51
FairOver: WALL TRIP BRANCH
1.0 MI S US62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1939 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 3,200
N4450
FairOver: MANARD BAYOU
2. E 2.3 N OF US 62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1989 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 100
QUALLS RD./ N4484
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI S OF QUALLS, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 150
E0675
FairOver: CREEK
1.3 W 3.5 N OF LOST CITY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 150
E0671
FairOver: CREEK
0.6 W 3.8 N OF LOST CITY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 20.3 t ADT: 150
E0773
FairOver: CREEK
2.6 S 1.5 E OF HULBERT, Cherokee, OK
Built 1939 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 50
S.H. 10
FairOver: BLACK FOX CREEK
19.4 MI N US62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1972 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 1,400
E0670
FairOver: CREEK
4. N .4 W OF LOST CITY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 150
N4460
FairOver: 14 MILE CREEK TRIB.
2W 1S OF GIDEON, Cherokee, OK
Built 2005 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 150
N4593
FairOver: SAWMILL CREEK
1.8 MI W OF ADAIR C/L, Cherokee, OK
Built 1965 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100
FAU 3353 (WATER ST
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH CREEK
0.2 MI N OF US62, Cherokee, OK
Built 1950 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 400
INDIAN RD./ N4516
FairOver: PETTIT CREEK
3.0 S OF KEYS SH 82, Cherokee, OK
Built 1963 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 650
QUALLS RD./ N4482
FairOver: CREEK
0.4 MI S OF QUALLS, Cherokee, OK
Built 1940 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 150
SHADY GROVE RD.
FairOver: DOUBLE SPRING CREEK
2.9 N OF SH51, Cherokee, OK
Built 1960 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 450
S.H. 100
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.5 MI E SH82, Cherokee, OK
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,300
INDIAN RD./ N4521
FairOver: CREEK
2.2 MI S OF KEYS SH 82, Cherokee, OK
Built 1963 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 650
1104C
FairOver: CREEK
2.4 MI N OF LOWERY, Cherokee, OK
Built 1960 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 750
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