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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

All bridges (216)

CO. RD. 1206C

Fair

Over: IND. NATION TP UNDER

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

Built 1968 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 100

S.H. 109

Fair

Over: MUDDY BOGGY CREEK

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

Built 1980 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 200

IND. NATION TP

Fair

Over: CREEK

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

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800

U.S. 70

Fair

Over: S BROADWAY ST & K R.R.

0.56 E JCT US-271 BR, Choctaw, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,900

U.S. 70

Fair

Over: S BROADWAY ST & K R.R.

0.56 E JCT US-271 BR, Choctaw, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,450

1222C

Fair

Over: HORSE CREEK

1. E 1. N OF GRANT, Choctaw, OK

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

1248C

Fair

Over: LONG CREEK

1. E 3.2 S OF SPEER, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

N4370

Fair

Over: SCS CHANNEL

4.5S OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 26

U.S. 70

Fair

Over: DOAKSVILLE CREEK

9.38 E JCT SH-147, Choctaw, OK

Built 1935 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 4,800

1260C

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.7 MI N OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1938 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

1224C

Fair

Over: LICK CREEK

2. W 2.1 S OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

U.S. 70

Fair

Over: KIAMICHI RIVER

5.5 MI. E. OF HUGO, Choctaw, OK

Built 2009 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,700

S.H. 93

Fair

Over: KIAMICHI RIVER

8.3 MI. N. JCT.US70, Choctaw, OK

Built 1973 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 1,400

D4364

Fair

Over: GATES CREEK

2.7 MI N OF FT TOWNSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1996 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 230

E2098

Fair

Over: BIRD CREEK

3.S .7W OF FT TOWSON, Choctaw, OK

Built 1981 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100

N4190

Fair

Over: LONG CREEK

7E 2N OF SOPER, Choctaw, OK

Built 2009 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 30

E2070

Fair

Over: DRY POINTER CREEK

1. S 1.8 E OF BOSWELL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50

U.S. 271

Fair

Over: RED RIVER-CO RD UNDER

TEXAS-OKLA. STATE LINE, Choctaw, OK

Built 1969 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5,050

FAS 1207

Fair

Over: CLEAR BOGGY CREEK

1.0 MI W 5 MI N BOSWEL, Choctaw, OK

Built 1977 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 100

IND. NATION TP

Fair

Over: LONG CREEK

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

Built 1968 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 3,800

IND. NATION TP

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK CREEK

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

Built 1968 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 3,800

E2090

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

2S 2W OF SAWYER, Choctaw, OK

Built 2007 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 70

N4150

Fair

Over: POLE CREEK

1N 1W OF GAY, Choctaw, OK

Built 1968 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 24

N4410

Fair

Over: CREEK

.5 E 6.3 N OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 100

1264C

Fair

Over: CREEK

.5 E .6 N OF SWINK, Choctaw, OK

Built 1987 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 100

N4270

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.1 W OF SHOALS, Choctaw, OK

Built 1988 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 75

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

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