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Grady County, OK

449 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25.6% rated Good, 67.3% Fair, 7.1% Poor.

449
Public bridges
25.6%
Good condition
7.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

45th
of 77 on Poor share
7.1%
Poor-condition share
449
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Grady County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Grady County ranks #45 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.1%). Grady County, Oklahoma contains 449 public highway bridges. Roughly 25.6% are rated “Good,” 67.3% “Fair,” and 7.1% “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

449

Public highway bridges in Grady County

Good condition

25.6%

115 of 449 rated 7-9

Fair condition

67.3%

302 of 449 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.1%

32 of 449 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#45 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 449 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
25.6% (115)
Fair
67.3% (302)
Poor
7.1% (32)

Grady County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,048 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 283 crossings a day against 4,211 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 449 of 449 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

35.4% of Grady County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

159 of the 449 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 25.6% 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 26.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N2830 (16 ST) over LINE CREEK, built 1933, carries 2,358 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 32-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,048 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Grady County's bridges were built

449 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 124 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Grady County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Grady County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Kiowa County 477 2.9%
Grant County 476 7.4%
Le Flore County 469 11.3%
Lincoln County 450 13.3%
Grady County (this page) 449 7.1%
Caddo County 424 12.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (449 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1980 here).

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

All bridges (449)

N2800

Fair

Over: CREEK

3. N 3.5 W OF MINCO, Grady, OK

Built 2010 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

N2828

Fair

Over: WASHITA RIVER OFLOW

1.3 N .5 E OF US 81, Grady, OK

Built 1931 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

N2828

Fair

Over: WASHITA RIVER OVER FLOW

2.2 N 1.2 W OF SH 9, Grady, OK

Built 1931 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

E1340

Fair

Over: CREEK

.6S US62 4.W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1986 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 100

2622C

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.5 E .5 MI N NINNEKAH, Grady, OK

Built 1938 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 326

N2842

Fair

Over: TONY HOLLOW CREEK

.1N OF FRISCO&.2E OF 3RD, Grady, OK

Built 1988 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 200

N FRISCO RD

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.2E;2.4N JCT SH-37/SH-92, Grady, OK

Built 2010 Load: 6.0 t ADT: 24

E1400

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.4E .5S JCT US 81 SH19, Grady, OK

Built 1991 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 100

E1500

Fair

Over: LITTLE WASHITA RIVER

4.N SH17 5.8W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1992 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 40

E1430

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

1.S 6.3E JCT US81 US277, Grady, OK

Built 1918 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 50

2632C

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.8N SH17 7.W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1935 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 36

N2860

Fair

Over: CREEK

1. W .4 S OF US 62, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 50

N2900

Fair

Over: ROARING CREEK

8. E 5.8 N OF US 81, Grady, OK

Built 1991 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 50

2604C

Fair

Over: CREEK

10.4 MI E DUTTON, Grady, OK

Built 1930 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 330

2680C

Fair

Over: COLBERT CREEK

.5 N 2 MI E BRADLEY, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 138

E1500

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.7W 4.N JCT US81 SH17, Grady, OK

Built 1986 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 40

W TYLER DR

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.7W;1.0N JCT SH-37/SH-92, Grady, OK

Built 1998 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 100

2604C

Fair

Over: CREEK

.5 N 2.8 E OF POCASSET, Grady, OK

Built 1930 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 330

2602C

Fair

Over: CREEK

3 MI N 4 E OF DUTTON, Grady, OK

Built 1939 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 100

N2780

Fair

Over: TONY HOLLOW CREEK

3.6S OF US62; 6W OF US81, Grady, OK

Built 1988 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50

2640C

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.5 E 2.3 MI N COX CIT, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 77

2624C

Fair

Over: LAFLIN CREEK

.5 N 2.7 MI E ALEX, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 138

N2900

Fair

Over: MIDDLE ROARING CREEK

8. E 5.6 N OF US 81 -SH17, Grady, OK

Built 1991 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50

2622C

Fair

Over: CREEK

1 E .3 MI N NINNEKAN, Grady, OK

Built 1938 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 310

E1480

Fair

Over: COLBERT CREEK

7.5S 13.6E JCT US 81 SH19, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 100

E1410

Fair

Over: WINTER CREEK

9.1E 1.5S JCT US81 SH19, Grady, OK

Built 1990 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 100

E SILVER CITY RDG

Fair

Over: BITTER CREEK

1.2W; 2.0N JCT SH-4/SH-37, Grady, OK

Built 1993 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 75

E1450

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.5S 9.4E JCT US 81SH 19, Grady, OK

Built 1925 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100

E1180

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.W 2.S JCT US81 SH152, Grady, OK

Built 1942 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100

2654C

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.2 N 5 MI E VERDAN, Grady, OK

Built 1946 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100

2608C

Fair

Over: SALT CREEK

2.8 MI W AMBER, Grady, OK

Built 1965 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 683

N2950

Fair

Over: CREEK

.4 W .1 N OF MIDDLEBURG, Grady, OK

Built 1960 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50

E1290

Fair

Over: WEST BITTER CREEK

2.3E 7.N JCT US62 SH92, Grady, OK

Built 1987 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 100

N2910

Fair

Over: CREEK

.7E .8N JCT US62 SH39, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 100

E1280

Fair

Over: CREEK

5.N US62 5.1W US 81, Grady, OK

Built 1994 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50

N2890

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

7. E 2.7 S OF US 81, Grady, OK

Built 1992 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 75

N2770

Fair

Over: CREEK

4.2S&5W OF JCT US81&US277, Grady, OK

Built 1995 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 50

2656C

Fair

Over: CREEK

6.1S SH37 4W OF US81, Grady, OK

Built 1939 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 100

E1390

Fair

Over: FORK CREEK

5.2E & .5N JCT US81 SH19, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 100

E1600

Fair

Over: CREEK

6.S SH17 1.4W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1990 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 50

2608C

Fair

Over: BITTER CREEK

2.1 MI E AMBER, Grady, OK

Built 1960 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 537

E1590

Fair

Over: CREEK

6.9 E 5. S RUSH SPRINGS, Grady, OK

Built 1990 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 50

N2970

Fair

Over: CREEK

15. E 2.5 N OF US 81&SH17, Grady, OK

Built 1998 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 100

2658C

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.5N OF CHICKASHA, Grady, OK

Built 1937 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 212

E1350

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.6S US62 3.4W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1939 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E1560

Fair

Over: BUCKHORN CREEK

2.S 2. W OF RUSH SPRINGS, Grady, OK

Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E1560

Fair

Over: CREEK

2. S 1.4W RUSH SPRINGS, Grady, OK

Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

E1560

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.S SH17 2.2W US81, Grady, OK

Built 1941 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

EW125

Fair

Over: CREEK

11.1 MI N E VERDEN, Grady, OK

Built 1950 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 330

N2940

Fair

Over: CREEK

3.2 E 2.5 S OF TUTTLE, Grady, OK

Built 1989 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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