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Garvin County, OK

330 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.4% rated Good, 49.7% Fair, 10.9% Poor.

330
Public bridges
39.4%
Good condition
10.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

58th
of 77 on Poor share
10.9%
Poor-condition share
330
public highway bridges
1977
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.

Garvin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Garvin County ranks #58 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.9%). Garvin County, Oklahoma contains 330 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.4% are rated “Good,” 49.7% “Fair,” and 10.9% “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

330

Public highway bridges in Garvin County

Good condition

39.4%

130 of 330 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.7%

164 of 330 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.9%

36 of 330 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#58 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 330 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
39.4% (130)
Fair
49.7% (164)
Poor
10.9% (36)

Garvin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,900 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 247 crossings a day against 2,540 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 330 of 330 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.2% of Garvin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

149 of the 330 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 39.4% 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 47.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N3248 (WALNUT ST.) over RUSH CREEK (WALNUT ST.), built 1920, carries 4,200 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 36-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,900 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Garvin County's bridges were built

330 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1940s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 75 to 84 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Garvin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.9% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Garvin County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Noble County 342 3.5%
Carter County 339 4.7%
Garvin County (this page) 330 10.9%
Cleveland County 316 5.1%
Beckham County 312 0.3%
Okmulgee County 310 17.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (330 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1977 here).

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

All 330 Good 130 Fair 164 Poor 36

Good-condition bridges (130)

N3350

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

4.3E;1S OF STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 1993 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

E1560

Good

Over: CREEK

2. N .4 W OF ANTIOCH, Garvin, OK

Built 1999 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

N3410

Good

Over: LITTLE CANADIAN SANDY CR

1.8 E 6. S OF STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 2001 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 50

E1550

Good

Over: WASHINGTON CREEK

2. N; 1. E; PAULS VALLEY, Garvin, OK

Built 2005 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 200

E1530

Good

Over: WASHINGTON CREEK

4. N.; .6 E PAULS VALLEY, Garvin, OK

Built 2006 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

E1720

Good

Over: SANDY BEAR CREEK

1N .4E OF TUSSY, Garvin, OK

Built 2005 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 100

N3400

Good

Over: SPRING BROOK CREEK

0.7 MI E OF STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 1994 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 150

E1500

Good

Over: WASHINGTON CREEK

4.1 E 1. N OF PAOLI, Garvin, OK

Built 1995 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 100

2526C

Good

Over: WILLOW SANDY CREEK

4 MI S 2.3 E STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 1998 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 250

2526C

Good

Over: WILLOW SANDY CREEK

4 MI S 1 SW STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 1998 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 250

2552C

Good

Over: CREEK

3 MI W 1.6 N ANTIOCH, Garvin, OK

Built 1998 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 75

E1520

Good

Over: CREEK

1W SH133, Garvin, OK

Built 2005 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 50

E1580

Good

Over: CREEK

3.6W 2S OF PAULS VALLEY, Garvin, OK

Built 1990 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 100

N3340

Good

Over: SPRING BROOK CREEK

2.1S of BYARS, Garvin, OK

Built 2018 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 275

N3230

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

.6E .3N of PAOLI, Garvin, OK

Built 2018 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100

E1610 (2538C)

Good

Over: LITTLE CANADIAN SANDY CR

8S .9E of STRATFORD, Garvin, OK

Built 2019 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100

E1560

Good

Over: RUSH CREEK TRIB.

1S 4.2E OF WALLVILLE, Garvin, OK

Built 2015 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 100

2548C

Good

Over: CREEK

3.3 MI N WALLVILLE, Garvin, OK

Built 1993 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 200

E1650

Good

Over: CREEK

2.5 M W .5 M N OF FOSTER, Garvin, OK

Built 2003 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 100

N3320

Good

Over: NEGRO SANDY CREEK

7.5E 1.3S OF PAULS VALLEY, Garvin, OK

Built 2014 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 100

U.S. 77

Good

Over: RUSH CREEK

S. EDGE PAULS VALLEY, Garvin, OK

Built 2019 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 7,200

U.S. 77

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

.13 W OF WYNNEWOOD, Garvin, OK

Built 2022 Load: 54.6 t ADT: 6,350

S.H. 19

Good

Over: CREEK

0.8 MI W MAYSVILLE, Garvin, OK

Built 1934 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,500

S.H. 19

Good

Over: SPRING BROOK CREEK

0.3 MI W JCT US 177, Garvin, OK

Built 1999 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 2,400

S.H. 19

Good

Over: CREEK

4.6 MI E JCT SH 74, Garvin, OK

Built 1933 Load: 59.7 t ADT: 2,800

S.H. 19

Good

Over: CREEK

1.3 MI W MAYSVILLE, Garvin, OK

Built 1934 Load: 60.0 t ADT: 3,500

S.H. 19

Good

Over: PEAVINE CREEK

7.53 E JCT U.S. 77, Garvin, OK

Built 2022 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 2,600

S.H. 74

Good

Over: CREEK

3.19 MI. N CARTER C/L, Garvin, OK

Built 2017 Load: 79.9 t ADT: 750

E1590

Good

Over: CREEK

2.9E 1S OF ANTIOCH, Garvin, OK

Built 2013 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 100

S.H. 74

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

6.33 N OF JCT. S.H. 29, Garvin, OK

Built 2020 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,550

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