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Choctaw County, OK

216 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.4% rated Good, 35.2% Fair, 7.4% Poor.

216
Public bridges
57.4%
Good condition
7.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Choctaw County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

48th
of 77 on Poor share
7.4%
Poor-condition share
216
public highway bridges
1973
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.

Choctaw County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Choctaw County ranks #48 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Choctaw County, Oklahoma contains 216 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.4% are rated “Good,” 35.2% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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

216

Public highway bridges in Choctaw County

Good condition

57.4%

124 of 216 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.2%

76 of 216 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.4%

16 of 216 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#48 of 77

Among Oklahoma counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 216 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
57.4% (124)
Fair
35.2% (76)
Poor
7.4% (16)

Choctaw County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,449 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 91 crossings a day against 928 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 216 of 216 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48.6% of Choctaw County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

105 of the 216 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 57.4% 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 6.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

E2060 over HANUBBY CREEK, built 1937, carries 100 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 1,449 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Choctaw County's bridges were built

216 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 52 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

How Choctaw County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Choctaw County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Choctaw County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Choctaw County (this page) 216 7.4%
Washington County 215 11.2%
Cotton County 213 3.3%
Hughes County 207 8.7%
Cherokee County 206 10.7%
Okfuskee County 204 6.9%

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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (216 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1973 here).

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

All 216 Good 124 Fair 76 Poor 16

Good-condition bridges (124)

D4364

Good

Over: TUTTLE CREEK

3.6 MI N OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1932 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1242C

Good

Over: CREEK

1. S. OF GOODLAND, Choctaw, OK

Built 1936 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4404

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 MI S OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1260C

Good

Over: GATES CREEK

5.4 MI N OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1248C

Good

Over: CREEK

1. E 1.2 S OF SPEER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1248C

Good

Over: CREEK

1. E 3.2 S OF SPEER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

FAU 2031 (I ST.)

Good

Over: MILLER CREEK

2.1 MI N OF US 70, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4350

Good

Over: CREEK

2. S 1. W OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1226C

Good

Over: WHITE GRASS CREEK OFLOW

1. W 7.2 S OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4340

Good

Over: CREEK

0.5 MI N OF FROGVILLE, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50

N4120

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

5.1S OF SOPER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1260C

Good

Over: CREEK

7.0 MI N OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2090

Good

Over: CREEK

2. S 1.8 W FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2100

Good

Over: CREEK

3. S 1.7 W OF TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2080

Good

Over: CREEK

1.5 S .4 E OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 75

N4420

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK OFLOW

1.5 E 1.6 N OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4420

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1.5 E 1.7 N OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2060

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

1. S .8 E OF US 271, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1208C

Good

Over: GATES CREEK

4.5 MI E SPENCERVILLE, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

FAS 1207

Good

Over: CREEK

1 W 3.6N OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 200

N4300

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

2. S & 1. W OF SAWYER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1997 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2070

Good

Over: HORSE CREEK

1.6 MI E OF HUGO, Choctaw, OK

Built 1984 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1214C

Good

Over: CREEK

1.2 MI N OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2060

Good

Over: DOAKSVILLE CREEK

.5N 3.5E FORT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1990 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4388

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

8. N & 2. E OF FT. TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1994 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 75

E2118

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 W OF GRANT, Choctaw, OK

Built 1925 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50

N4228

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 S OF GRANT, Choctaw, OK

Built 1925 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 300

N3990

Good

Over: MAYHEW CREEK

3. W 2.1 N OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1997 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 25

IRR E2095

Good

Over: HANUBBY CREEK

.5 S 1.4 W OF GOODLAND, Choctaw, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 150

IRR FAS 1208

Good

Over: CREEK

.4 S OF UNGER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1994 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

IRR FAS 1208

Good

Over: CREEK

1.4 S OF UNGER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1994 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1264C

Good

Over: PINE CREEK

.5 E 5.5 N OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 2000 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4080

Good

Over: LICK CREEK

1. E & 5.2 S OF UNGER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1998 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2050

Good

Over: BIRD CREEK

1.5 N 1.8 W FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 2003 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1223C

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

1.5S 1.5E OF GRANT, Choctaw, OK

Built 2001 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50

1230C

Good

Over: WHITEGRASS CREEK

1E 9.9S OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 2001 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 40

N4220

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

2E 3S OF SPEER, Choctaw, OK

Built 2004 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

1222C

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

3E 4S OF HUGO, Choctaw, OK

Built 2003 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4375

Good

Over: CREEK

1E 2S OF FT. TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 2010 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 24

E2120

Good

Over: CARNEY CREEK

5E OF GRANT, Choctaw, OK

Built 2014 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

N4300

Good

Over: CREEK

1W 2S OF SAWYER, Choctaw, OK

Built 2010 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E2070

Good

Over: CREEK

1E OF HUGO, Choctaw, OK

Built 2012 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 200

E1990

Good

Over: CREEK

1.5E 1S OF SPENCERVILLE, Choctaw, OK

Built 2015 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 40

N4050

Good

Over: MUDDY BOGGY CREEK

5N 3E of BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 2019 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 70

KIRK RD / E2070

Good

Over: CREEK

3E of HUGO, Choctaw, OK

Built 2020 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 24

S.H. 109

Good

Over: POINTER CREEK

0.65 S JCT US-70, Choctaw, OK

Built 1941 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 500

S.H. 109

Good

Over: CREEK

14.77 S & E JCT US-70, Choctaw, OK

Built 1945 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 200

S.H. 109

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

13.52 S & E JCT US-70, Choctaw, OK

Built 1945 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 200

S.H. 109

Good

Over: CARNEY CREEK

3.85 E JCT US-271, Choctaw, OK

Built 1975 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 520

CO. RD. E1980

Good

Over: IND. NATION TP UNDER

95.9 MIS S. JCT I-40, Choctaw, OK

Built 1968 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 100

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