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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. 66

Good

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

3.5MI.N.E. OF ROGERS C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

U.S. 60 W.B.

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

3.7 E JCT S.H. 66, Craig, OK

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,250

U.S. 60 E.B.

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

3.7 E JCT S.H. 66, Craig, OK

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: CO. RD. 1860C & CR. UND

46.41 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 19,700

N4440

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

2S 4E of VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2018 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

E0150

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK CREEK

5W OF PYRAMID CORNERS, Craig, OK

Built 2005 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 120

E0250

Good

Over: PAWPAW CREEK

2N US60/SH66 JCT, Craig, OK

Built 2011 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 100

1864C

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

7.SE OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1964 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 50

U.S. 60

Good

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

2.6E OF S.H. 2, Craig, OK

Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,400

E0190

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

4S 2.2W OF SH2/SH25 JCT, Craig, OK

Built 2011 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 100

E0269

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

5TH ST & EXCELSIOR AVE., Craig, OK

Built 2008 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 580

S.H. 82

Good

Over: MUSTANG CREEK

.6 N OF JCT S.H. 85, Craig, OK

Built 2013 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,700

N4480

Good

Over: COW CREEK

4E .25N OF WELCH, Craig, OK

Built 2013 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 85

E0230

Good

Over: PAW PAW CREEK

5W 4N OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 2014 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 80

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

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

Built 1992 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 19,900

1862C

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

2.0 MI SE OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1998 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 365

E0150

Good

Over: W. FORK BIG CABIN CREEK

3.5E OF CENTRALIA, Craig, OK

Built 2011 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

E0340

Good

Over: MUSTANG CREEK

1.5W SH82 & 85 INTERSECT, Craig, OK

Built 2005 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 130

N4279 (1844C)

Good

Over: LIGHTNING CREEK

2E of U.S. 60, Craig, OK

Built 2016 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100

IRR 1868C

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

5.5NW AT WELCH, Craig, OK

Built 1995 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 24

S.H. 82

Good

Over: LOCUST CREEK

6.6 N MAYS C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2017 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,700

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

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

Built 1957 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 19,700

N4450 (1856C)

Good

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

1.5N OF BLUEJACKETS, Craig, OK

Built 2022 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 400

S.H. 10

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

3.5 W OF JCT U.S. 59, Craig, OK

Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 500

N4440

Good

Over: MUSTANG CREEK

4.W OF KETCHUM, Craig, OK

Built 1998 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 167

IRR FAS 1818

Good

Over: FRAZIER CREEK

14.7 MI E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 1996 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 100

U.S. 59

Good

Over: RUSSELL CREEK

1.3 S KANSAS S/L, Craig, OK

Built 2015 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,700

S.H. 10

Good

Over: EAST FORK BIG CREEK

2.69 E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2019 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 260

1834C

Good

Over: BIG CLEAR CREEK

5.5 MI SE OF SH 10, Craig, OK

Built 1990 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 50

N4290

Good

Over: BOGGS CREEK

3E OF NOWATA CO;5 N OK10, Craig, OK

Built 2003 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 100

N4270 (1832C)

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

2E 1.5 N OF SH10 AND CL, Craig, OK

Built 2013 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 86

1816C

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

7N OF VINITA; 1.5W SH2, Craig, OK

Built 2003 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 100

U.S. 59

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

1.3 S KANSAS C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2015 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,700

S.H. 10

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

1.75 E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2019 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 260

N4440

Good

Over: MUSTANG CREEK

4.W OF KETCHUM, Craig, OK

Built 1998 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 167

U.S. 59

Good

Over: UNION PACIFIC R.R. UNDER

1.1 N OF S.H. 10 JCT, Craig, OK

Built 2016 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 1,500

BIG CABIN INTER

Good

Over: WILL ROGERS TP I-44 UND

41.5NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 2007 Load: 50.6 t ADT: 21,600

E0345

Good

Over: BIG CABIN CREEK

2S & 4.5E OF BIG CABIN, Craig, OK

Built 2002 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 100

U.S. 60

Good

Over: MADDEN CREEK

.6 E NOWATA C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2014 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 1,700

WILL ROGERS TPI-44

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

46.77 MI.NE OF TP GATE, Craig, OK

Built 1957 Load: 55.2 t ADT: 19,700

S.H. 25

Good

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

.6 MI.E OF BLUEJACKET, Craig, OK

Built 1979 Load: 55.5 t ADT: 640

U.S. 60

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

.5E JCT SH2, Craig, OK

Built 2009 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 10,400

N4260 (1844C)

Good

Over: THUNDER CREEK

4SE AT HWY 60 AND CL, Craig, OK

Built 2013 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 58

U.S. 59

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

.9 W OF OTTAWA C\L, Craig, OK

Built 2015 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 2,300

S.H. 66

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

.1 NE ROGERS C/L, Craig, OK

Built 2014 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 2,200

N4260

Poor

Over: PRETTY CREEK

3.5 NW OF CENTRALIA, Craig, OK

Built 1909 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 25

E0266

Poor

Over: LITTLE CABIN CREEK

E0266N4430001, Craig, OK

Built 1913 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

E0185

Poor

Over: JONES CREEK

4.SE OF PYRAMID CORNERS, Craig, OK

Built 1935 Load: 4.3 t ADT: 100

N4450

Poor

Over: LOCUST CREEK

5.SE OF VINITA, Craig, OK

Built 1935 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 10

E0230

Poor

Over: CREEK

5.NW OF WHITEOAK, Craig, OK

Built 1918 Load: 7.8 t ADT: 100

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