Total bridges
384
Public highway bridges in Custer County
County profile · official public datasets
Custer County, OK
384 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 73.2% rated Good, 25.5% Fair, 1.3% Poor.
- 384
- Public bridges
- 73.2%
- Good condition
- 1.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Custer County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 12%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 384
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Custer County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Custer County ranks #9 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Custer County, Oklahoma contains 384 public highway bridges. Roughly 73.2% are rated “Good,” 25.5% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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.
Good condition
73.2%
281 of 384 rated 7-9
Fair condition
25.5%
98 of 384 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.3%
5 of 384 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#9 of 77
Among Oklahoma counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 384 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 73.2% (281)
Fair 25.5% (98)
Poor 1.3% (5)
Custer County's Poor-condition bridges carry 974 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 195 crossings a day against 1,398 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 384 of 384 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
33.3% of Custer County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
128 of the 384 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 73.2% 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 41.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FAS 2022 over WASHITA RIVER, built 1982, carries 400 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 974 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Custer County's bridges were built
384 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 30
1930–1939
30 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
39 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
41 bridges
- 1970s 2
1970–1979
2 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
87 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
66 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
57 bridges
- 2010s 34
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 87 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1982, 5 years newer than the Oklahoma average of 1977.
How Custer County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Custer County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 76 Oklahoma counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muskogee County | 398 | 37.7% | 52.3% | 10.1% | 1971 |
| Creek County | 395 | 40.5% | 38.7% | 20.8% | 1972 |
| Alfalfa County | 387 | 27.4% | 66.1% | 6.5% | 1988 |
| Payne County | 384 | 24% | 65.6% | 10.4% | 1982 |
| Custer County (this page) | 384 | 73.2% | 25.5% | 1.3% | 1982 |
| Stephens County | 382 | 29.1% | 68.1% | 2.9% | 1985 |
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 Custer 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 Custer County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OK (384 bridges here).
- Bristol County, MA · 384 bridges
- Lee County, MS · 385 bridges
- Hillsborough County, NH · 385 bridges
- Trumbull County, OH · 383 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1982 here).
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
- Broward County, FL · avg 1982 · 686 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (384)
N2360
FairOver: CREEK
5. E .8 N CUSTER CITY, Custer, OK
Built 1985 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 25
E1040
FairOver: CREEK
1. S 1.9 W WEATHERFORD, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50
FAU 2843 (CUSTER S
FairOver: LITTLE DEEP CREEK
.2 MI S OF I-40, Custer, OK
Built 1962 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 900
I-40 FRONTAGE RD.
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
3.7 MI E JCT I-40 BUS, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 300
N2270
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
.2E.;3.1N. OF ARAPAHO, Custer, OK
Built 1982 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 25
FAS 2002
FairOver: CREEK
4.7 W OF ARAPAHO, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 250
N2390
FairOver: CREEK
2.2 MI S OF THOMAS, Custer, OK
Built 1935 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
N2390
FairOver: CREEK
8. E 2. N CUSTER CITY, Custer, OK
Built 1935 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50
N2320
FairOver: CREEK
.2N. OF INDIANAPOLIS, Custer, OK
Built 1935 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 25
E0910
FairOver: CREEK
7.9 E 2. N CUSTER CITY, Custer, OK
Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 25
FAS 2003
FairOver: CREEK
5.0 E 2.6 N OF CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1939 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 275
E0890
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI S OF THOMAS, Custer, OK
Built 1940 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50
N2320
FairOver: CREEK
5.2E.;1.7N. OF ARAPAHO, Custer, OK
Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 25
SOUTH 28TH ST.
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
9.0 MI NE WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1959 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 1,400
NS 233 CO. RD.
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
4.3 MI E JCT I-40 BUS, Custer, OK
Built 1960 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 101
N2150
FairOver: CREEK
1.7 W 1.9 S STAFFORD, Custer, OK
Built 1987 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 60
E1060
FairOver: CREEK
2.5 MI W OF US 183, Custer, OK
Built 1927 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
OLD S.H. 34
FairOver: CREEK
0.3 MI S DEWEY C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25
GLENN SMITH RD.
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
0.3 MI E JCT U.S. 183, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 125
N2430
FairOver: CREEK
1. E 1.5 S WEATHERFORD, Custer, OK
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
S.H. 33
FairOver: CANADIAN RIVER
2.6 MI S DEWEY C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,400
E1040
FairOver: CREEK
4.7W.;.5S. OF CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 24
S.H. 33
FairOver: CREEK
1.4 MI E JCT S.H. 34, Custer, OK
Built 1932 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 900
N2310
FairOver: CREEK
3.6N. OF CUSTER CITY, Custer, OK
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
E0950
FairOver: CREEK
5.1E.;4.1N OF ARAPAHO, Custer, OK
Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 25
N2410
FairOver: CREEK
4.0 MI N WEATHERFORD, Custer, OK
Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 200
FAS 2003
FairOver: TURTLE CREEK
4.2E 1N OF ARAPAHO, Custer, OK
Built 1983 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 450
I-40 EB
FairOver: CUSTER ST. UNDER
1.1 MI E JCT S.H. 54, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 9,900
I-40 WB
FairOver: CUSTER ST. UNDER
1.1 MI E JCT S.H. 54, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 9,700
OLD S.H. 34
FairOver: N. QUARTERMASTER CREEK
4.2 MI S DEWEY C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1932 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 25
U.S. 183 SB
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
SOUTH EDGE CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,600
U.S. 183 NB
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
SOUTH EDGE CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,700
I-40 FRONTAGE RD.
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
4.2 MI NE WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1927 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 100
N2350
FairOver: CREEK
5. W 3.5 S WEATHERFORD, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 25
I-40 WB
FairOver: I-40 BUS. &FMRC R.R. UND
2.2 MI E JCT SH 54, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 9,700
I-40 EB
FairOver: I-40 BUS. &FMRC R.R. UND
2.2 MI E JCT SH 54, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 9,950
I-40 FRONTAGE RD.
FairOver: CREEK
0.4 MI N WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1929 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
I-40 EB
FairOver: GNBC R.R. & NEPTUNE DR.
SOUTH EDGE CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,450
I-40 WB
FairOver: GNBC R.R. & NEPTUNE DR.
SOUTH EDGE CLINTON, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,250
S.H. 54
FairOver: LITTLE DEEP CREEK
4.4 MI N WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 2,600
I-40 WB
FairOver: FMRC RR & RED WHEAT DR.
9.2 MI NE WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1959 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 9,250
I-40 EB
FairOver: FMRC RR & RED WHEAT DR.
9.2 MI NE WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1959 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 9,550
CUSTER CITY RD.
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
2.3 MI E JCT I-40 BUS., Custer, OK
Built 1960 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 2,300
AIRPORT RD.
FairOver: I-40 UNDER
4.3 MI E JCT S.H. 54, Custer, OK
Built 1969 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 100
2006C
FairOver: CREEK
7.1 N 3.5 MI E BUTLER, Custer, OK
Built 1998 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 125
E0930
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
4.1W. OF CUSTER CITY, Custer, OK
Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
2040C
FairOver: CREEK
2.2 E 2.2 N OF BUTLER, Custer, OK
Built 1951 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
I-40
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
4.2 MI NE WASHITA C/L, Custer, OK
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,100
E1000
FairOver: PANTHER CREEK
5.0 S & 3.6 E OF HAMMON, Custer, OK
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24
E0910
FairOver: QUARTER MASTER CREEK
3 S.7 E MOOREWOOD, Custer, OK
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25
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