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Craig County, OK

180 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 33.3% rated Good, 47.2% Fair, 19.4% Poor.

180
Public bridges
33.3%
Good condition
19.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Craig County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

73rd
of 77 on Poor share
19.4%
Poor-condition share
180
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Craig County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Craig County ranks #73 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 19.4%). Craig County, Oklahoma contains 180 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.3% are rated “Good,” 47.2% “Fair,” and 19.4% “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

180

Public highway bridges in Craig County

Good condition

33.3%

60 of 180 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.2%

85 of 180 rated 5-6

Poor condition

19.4%

35 of 180 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#73 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 180 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
33.3% (60)
Fair
47.2% (85)
Poor
19.4% (35)

Craig County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,693 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 19.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 334 crossings a day against 3,833 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 180 of 180 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.6% of Craig County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

100 of the 180 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 33.3% 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 37.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

U.S. 69 SB over WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND, built 1956, carries 4,350 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 35-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 11,693 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Craig County's bridges were built

180 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 7 years older than the Oklahoma average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Craig County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 19.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 8 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Craig County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Latimer County 199 6%
Beaver County 189 1.1%
Craig County (this page) 180 19.4%
Pawnee County 174 19%
Dewey County 169 0.6%
Woodward County 168 4.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (180 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1970 here).

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

All 180 Good 60 Fair 85 Poor 35

All bridges (180)

S.H. 10

Fair

Over: CLEAR CREEK TRIB.

11.1 MI W JCT US 59, Craig, OK

Built 1958 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 250

1856C

Fair

Over: POSSUM CREEK TRIB.

4 MI.S OF BLUE JACKET, Craig, OK

Built 1964 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 24

CO. RD. E033

Fair

Over: WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND

39.40 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 100

1860C

Fair

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

3.S OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1987 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 250

S.H. 2

Fair

Over: CREEK

11.8 MI N JCT US 60, Craig, OK

Built 1931 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,600

U.S. 59

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.7 MI N JCT SH 10, Craig, OK

Built 1931 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 1,500

S.H. 2

Fair

Over: CREEK

6.8 N JCT US 60, Craig, OK

Built 1930 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 2,000

U.S. 60

Fair

Over: LIGHTNING CREEK

3 MI E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 1939 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 2,000

IRR 1818C

Fair

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

7.5NW OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1999 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 116

1856C

Fair

Over: CROW CREEK

1.7S OF BLACKJACKET, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 280

1834C

Fair

Over: E. FORK BIG CREEK

5.5NE OF SH 10, Craig, OK

Built 1983 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 100

N4490

Fair

Over: COW CREEK

5E OF WELCH;.75N US 59, Craig, OK

Built 2004 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 100

CO. RD. E0340

Fair

Over: WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND

37.92 MI.NE OF TP.GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 5,000

1860C

Fair

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

1.0 MI S OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1997 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 380

U.S. 69 NB

Fair

Over: WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND

US 69 NB; @ JCT I-44, Craig, OK

Built 1986 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,550

N4360

Fair

Over: CREEK

8 MI N OF US 60, Craig, OK

Built 1988 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 100

1840C

Fair

Over: MCDONALD CREEK

2.5 MI N OF PYRAMID CORNE, Craig, OK

Built 1981 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 100

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Fair

Over: I-44 RAMP UNDER

48.38 MI NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 19,900

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Fair

Over: BNSF R.R. UNDER

48.50 MI.NE OF TP.GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 19,900

N4320

Fair

Over: THOMPSON CREEK

3.4 MI N OF SH 600, Craig, OK

Built 1991 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

N4440

Fair

Over: CROW CREEK

1.SW OF BLUEJACKET, Craig, OK

Built 1984 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 100

1862C

Fair

Over: LOCUST CREEK OFLOW

2.0 MI SE OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1998 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 365

1820C

Fair

Over: PAWPAW CREEK

5.NW OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1985 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 50

IRR FAS 1817

Fair

Over: CABIN CREEK

1.2 MI W SH 2, Craig, OK

Built 1985 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

1824C

Fair

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

3.S OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1988 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

U.S. 69

Fair

Over: CREEK

7 MI N MAYES C/L, Craig, OK

Built 1936 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 3,900

1850C

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

1.N OF WHITE OAK, Craig, OK

Built 1981 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 155

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Fair

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK OFLOW

43.05 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 19,700

E0240

Fair

Over: ELM CREEK

2N OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2016 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 200

N4440

Fair

Over: LOCUST CREEK

3.3S 3.2E OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2006 Load: 52.8 t ADT: 100

1808C

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

7.0 MI. NE OF WELCH, Craig, OK

Built 1992 Load: 53.4 t ADT: 50

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Fair

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

42.99 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 19,700

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Fair

Over: U.S. 60 UNDER

6.5 MI E JCT SH 66, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 19,900

1850C

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.5 MI S OF WHITE OAK, Craig, OK

Built 1984 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 100

IRR N4390

Fair

Over: ELM CREEK

1N of VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2017 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 100

E02590 (TAHLEQUAH)

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

3RD AND TAHLEQUAH AVE., Craig, OK

Built 2001 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,850

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: UP R.R. UNDER

46.20 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1994 Load: 21.0 t ADT: 19,700

U.S. 60

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

10.7 MI E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 1939 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 2,000

S.H. 85

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4 MI E JCT SH 82, Craig, OK

Built 1948 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 3,000

S.H. 85

Good

Over: CREEK

0.8 MI E JCT SH 82, Craig, OK

Built 1948 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 3,000

S.H. 82

Good

Over: CREEK

5 MI N MAYES C/L, Craig, OK

Built 1944 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 3,700

U.S. 60

Good

Over: CREEK

5.7 MI E TURNPIKE, Craig, OK

Built 1936 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 6,000

U.S. 60

Good

Over: BNSF R.R. UNDER

.6W OF JCT S.H. 66, Craig, OK

Built 2012 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,000

S.H. 10

Good

Over: CREEK

10.3 MI W JCT US 59, Craig, OK

Built 1958 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 250

S.H. 10

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.2E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2009 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 250

N4410

Good

Over: WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UNDE

1 S AND .5 E OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2023 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,132

S.H. 2

Good

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

16.5 N JCT U.S. 60, Craig, OK

Built 2022 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,700

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: CREEK

38.42 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: CRAIG CREEK

36.82 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

S.H. 25

Good

Over: CREEK

3.9 MI.E OF BLUEJACKET, Craig, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 640

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