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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.

Total bridges

206

Public highway bridges in Cherokee County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cherokee County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cotton County 213 3.3%
Hughes County 207 8.7%
Cherokee County (this page) 206 10.7%
Okfuskee County 204 6.9%
Latimer County 199 6%
McIntosh County 199 6.5%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1978 here).

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

All 206 Good 72 Fair 112 Poor 22

Good-condition bridges (72)

FAS 1117/ E0601

Good

Over: CREEK

6.0 MI SW OF OAKS, Cherokee, OK

Built 1940 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 491

FAU 3345 SEMINARY

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH CREEK

1 BLK W SH 82, Cherokee, OK

Built 1950 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 600

N4420

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

.3E 1.9S OF HULBERT, Cherokee, OK

Built 2001 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 60

E0836

Good

Over: CREEK

1.2 E .7 S OF MUSK CO COR, Cherokee, OK

Built 1945 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 50

1118C/ N4361

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

2.1 MI N OF SH 51, Cherokee, OK

Built 1989 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 450

PENDLETON ST.

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH CREEK

TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2000 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 444

N4515 MAPLE

Good

Over: CREEK

3 BLKS E OF SH 82 (MAPLE), Cherokee, OK

Built 1965 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 200

E0750

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

W.ALLEN ROAD, Cherokee, OK

Built 1982 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 400

E0754

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

1.4W .4N TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1997 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E0750 (MAIN PKWY)

Good

Over: CREEK

1. N 1.9 W TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1982 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 400

N4458

Good

Over: GULAGAR SPRING

3.7E 4.8N US62/MUSK.C/L, Cherokee, OK

Built 1997 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4520 PARK HILL RD

Good

Over: TAHLEQUAH CREEK TRIB.

E OF BERTHA PARKER EXPY, Cherokee, OK

Built 2003 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 400

N4510

Good

Over: TOWN BRANCH CREEK

.1S OF FIRST ST., Cherokee, OK

Built 2010 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4490

Good

Over: CREEK

2.5 W 0.4 N TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1956 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 300

N4470/ LAMON RD.

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

.2S OF SH51 4W TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2019 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100

1132C/ N4570

Good

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

2.7 MI N OF US 62, Cherokee, OK

Built 1987 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 390

N4520

Good

Over: PARK HILL BRANCH

4.1 MI S OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1995 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 150

E0800

Good

Over: EUREKA SPRINGS

3.6E 4.9N US62/MUSK.C/L, Cherokee, OK

Built 1997 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100

S.H. 51

Good

Over: FOURTEEN MILE CREEK

5 E OF WAGONER C/L, Cherokee, OK

Built 2020 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 3,300

N4595

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1.6 W 1.6 S OF SH 100, Cherokee, OK

Built 1987 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 50

N4440

Good

Over: 14 MILE CREEK

2E .2S OF LOST CITY, Cherokee, OK

Built 2005 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 138

IRR 1104C

Good

Over: CREEK

2.2 E & 1.0 N OF TERESITA, Cherokee, OK

Built 1940 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 115

E0785

Good

Over: CREEK

1.8E OF WELLING, Cherokee, OK

Built 2004 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 100

1160C/ E0910

Good

Over: CREEK

0.2 EOF DRY CREEK RD. JCT, Cherokee, OK

Built 1996 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 250

N4468

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

.8S .2E OF ZEB, Cherokee, OK

Built 2004 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 61

E0810

Good

Over: HILL CREEK

.6S HWY 62; 1.6W HWY 82, Cherokee, OK

Built 2014 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 100

E0730

Good

Over: SPARROW HAWK BRANCH

2N; 2.4E; SH10-US62 INT, Cherokee, OK

Built 2005 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

1126C/ N4470

Good

Over: DOUBLE SPRING CREEK

3.2 N 4.5 W TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1984 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 70

BLUE TOP RD.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 W OF DRY CREEK JCT., Cherokee, OK

Built 1930 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 298

E0770

Good

Over: RANGER CREEK TRIB.

.1W OF 4 MILE RD., Cherokee, OK

Built 2003 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

N4460

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

5.2E TAHLEQ & .6S SH51, Cherokee, OK

Built 2006 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

E0775 (POWELL RD.)

Good

Over: TAHLEQUAH CREEK

1E 1S OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2001 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 150

E0715

Good

Over: STEELY SPRING CREEK

4.2N 3E OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2003 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 221

N4552

Good

Over: TELEMAY HOLLOW CREEK

3.2E .5N OF MOODY, Cherokee, OK

Built 2009 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 100

N4510

Good

Over: GOODMAN CREEK

.5W 51-WILLIS RD.5S, Cherokee, OK

Built 2002 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 24

N4530

Good

Over: PARK HILL BRANCH

4S 1.2E OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2009 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 50

E0790

Good

Over: GOODMAN CREEK

.5W OF S.H. 10, Cherokee, OK

Built 2017 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 350

N4520

Good

Over: SOUTH PARK HILL BRANCH

.7E .3S OF US62/SH82, Cherokee, OK

Built 1999 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 150

N4547

Good

Over: CREEK

3.2 E & .8 N OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 1992 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 300

N4513

Good

Over: CREEK

8.3 M E & 1.6 S OF NW COR, Cherokee, OK

Built 1996 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 100

4TH ST.

Good

Over: TAHLEQUAH CREEK

CITY OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2001 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 5,000

N4430

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

1SE HULBERT; S OK51, Cherokee, OK

Built 2004 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 60

N4512

Good

Over: CREEK

8.5E 1.5S OF CO. CORNER, Cherokee, OK

Built 1997 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 25

E0780

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

3.2S .5W OF HULBERT, Cherokee, OK

Built 2009 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100

N4559 (1144C)

Good

Over: BARRON FORK CREEK

.8S of WELLING, Cherokee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 250

N4450

Good

Over: 14 MILE CREEK TRIB.

1.7N 1E SHADY GROVE SCHOO, Cherokee, OK

Built 2009 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

S.H. 82

Good

Over: TERRAPIN CREEK

2.7S OF COOKSON, Cherokee, OK

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800

E0730

Good

Over: CREEK

3.3E;1.8N-SH 51/SH 80, Cherokee, OK

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

E0830

Good

Over: MANARD BAYOU CREEK

1N US62 .5E MUSKOGEE CL, Cherokee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

E0690

Good

Over: FOURTEEN MILE CREEK

7N OF TAHLEQUAH, Cherokee, OK

Built 2014 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 100

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