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Latimer County, OK

199 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.8% rated Good, 35.2% Fair, 6% Poor.

199
Public bridges
58.8%
Good condition
6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 45%
lowest Poor share in state
6%
Poor-condition share
199
public highway bridges
1975
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.

Latimer County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Latimer County ranks #35 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6%). Latimer County, Oklahoma contains 199 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.8% are rated “Good,” 35.2% “Fair,” and 6% “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

199

Public highway bridges in Latimer County

Good condition

58.8%

117 of 199 rated 7-9

Fair condition

35.2%

70 of 199 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6%

12 of 199 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#35 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 199 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
58.8% (117)
Fair
35.2% (70)
Poor
6% (12)

Latimer County's Poor-condition bridges carry 689 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 57 crossings a day against 738 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 199 of 199 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

40.2% of Latimer County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

80 of the 199 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 58.8% 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 14.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

N4320 over BANDY CREEK, built 1969, carries 100 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 689 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Latimer County's bridges were built

199 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Latimer County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Latimer County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Hughes County 207 8.7%
Cherokee County 206 10.7%
Okfuskee County 204 6.9%
McIntosh County 199 6.5%
Latimer County (this page) 199 6%
Beaver County 189 1.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (199 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1975 here).

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

All 199 Good 117 Fair 70 Poor 12

Good-condition bridges (117)

U.S. 270

Good

Over: FOURCHE MALINE CREEK

4.13 E JCT SH-2, Latimer, OK

Built 1954 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,600

S.H. 2

Good

Over: COON CREEK

4.88 N JCT US-270, Latimer, OK

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

U.S. 270

Good

Over: GAINES CREEK

4.70 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

S.H. 82

Good

Over: BRAZIL CREEK OFLOW

2.21 N JCT US-270, Latimer, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

S.H. 82

Good

Over: BRAZIL CREEK OFLOW

2.30 N JCT US-270, Latimer, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

S.H. 82

Good

Over: CREEK

2.42 N JCT US-270, Latimer, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

U.S. 270

Good

Over: COAL CREEK

15.50 E JCT SH-2, Latimer, OK

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,000

ASLIN PRAIRIE RD

Good

Over: LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK

4.5 E; 0.9 N YANUSH, Latimer, OK

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

U.S. 270

Good

Over: CREEK

13.80 E JCT SH-2, Latimer, OK

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

E1446

Good

Over: FOURCHE MALINE CREEK

.9 S 2.1 W OF PANOLA, Latimer, OK

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

S.H. 1

Good

Over: GAINES CREEK

5.50 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

ROBBERS CAVE RD

Good

Over: CREEK

1.1 NE ASH CREEK RD, Latimer, OK

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 125

E1587

Good

Over: CREEK

5.7W .3N OF YANUSH, Latimer, OK

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25

S.H. 2

Good

Over: CREEK

19.89 N PUSHMATAHA C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1932 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 2,000

S.H. 2

Good

Over: CREEK

3.81 N PUSHMATAHA C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1933 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 1,600

U.S. 270

Good

Over: CREEK

6.7 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1935 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 3,700

3940C

Good

Over: FOURCHE MALINE CREEK

1.4 MI S OF PANOLA, Latimer, OK

Built 1984 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 100

U.S. 270

Good

Over: CREEK

9.39 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1935 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 3,700

N4280

Good

Over: CREEK

4. W 1.3 S OF WILBURTON, Latimer, OK

Built 1987 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

3902C

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

3N OF RED OAK, Latimer, OK

Built 2004 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 200

E1478

Good

Over: HOOT OWL CREEK

3.8 N OF BENGAL, Latimer, OK

Built 2010 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 25

E1430 (3906C)

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

1.2E of CHILI, Latimer, OK

Built 2016 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

S.H. 1

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK OFLOW

2.7 E JCT S.H. 2, Latimer, OK

Built 2019 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,200

N4410

Good

Over: LITTLE BUFFALO CREEK

7.5 E; 1.2 N YANUSH, Latimer, OK

Built 1994 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 70

N4530

Good

Over: BRAZIL CREEK

6.5E 4.5N OF RED OAK, Latimer, OK

Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 375

D1378 RD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.6 W; 0.8 N LODI, Latimer, OK

Built 2008 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

3920C

Good

Over: CREEK

3.5 S & 3E OF PANOLA, Latimer, OK

Built 2008 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

E1587

Good

Over: WEST FORK CREEK

5.6W .3N OF YANUSH, Latimer, OK

Built 2014 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 25

N4235 RD

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

2.7 W; 1.1 S HIGGINS, Latimer, OK

Built 1998 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 50

S.H. 2

Good

Over: CREEK

17.08 N PUSHMATAHA C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1932 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,000

N4292

Good

Over: CREEK

.2W. .5S OF LIMESTONE, Latimer, OK

Built 2016 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 50

S.H. 1

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK OFLOW

2.8 E JCT S.H. 2, Latimer, OK

Built 2019 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,200

S.H. 82

Good

Over: FOURCHE MALINE CREEK

8NW LEFLORE C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 730

LORIE LN RD

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

2.3 W; 1.0 S TALIHINA, Latimer, OK

Built 2012 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 50

S.H. 1

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

3 E JCT S.H. 2, Latimer, OK

Built 2019 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,100

S.H. 1

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

12.7 E JCT S.H. 2, Latimer, OK

Built 2015 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 2,700

YOURMAN RD.

Good

Over: SOUTH GAINES CREEK

1.8 S DAMON, Latimer, OK

Built 1987 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50

3934C

Good

Over: JEFFERSON CREEK

3.5E 2N OF LODI, Latimer, OK

Built 2006 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 200

3906C

Good

Over: BOILING SPRINGS CREEK

.2W OF CHILLI, Latimer, OK

Built 2006 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100

3902C

Good

Over: BRAZIL CREEK

2.5 MI N OF RED OAK, Latimer, OK

Built 1995 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 150

3920C

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

3.0 NW OF BENGAL, Latimer, OK

Built 2010 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 200

S.H. 1

Good

Over: GAINES CREEK

2.19 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 2000 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,400

S.H. 1

Good

Over: CREEK

3.22 E JCT SH-2, Latimer, OK

Built 1934 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 2,100

U.S. 270

Good

Over: LITTLE FOURCHE MALINE CR

6.89 E JCT SH-2, Latimer, OK

Built 1934 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 2,400

S.H. 82

Good

Over: BRAZIL CREEK

2.03 N JCT US-270, Latimer, OK

Built 1979 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 1,200

U.S. 270

Good

Over: GAINES CREEK OVERFLOW

3.85 E PITTSBURG C/L, Latimer, OK

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,000

3920C

Good

Over: CREEK

3.6S & 3.1E OF PANOLA, Latimer, OK

Built 2008 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100

E1470 (3910C)

Good

Over: CREEK

.3W of LIMESTONE, Latimer, OK

Built 2017 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100

E1450

Good

Over: BANDY CREEK

0.3 E OF US270, Latimer, OK

Built 2001 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 285

LES MITCHELL RD

Good

Over: LITTLE FOURCHE MALINE CR

2.9 E; 0.3 S PANOLA, Latimer, OK

Built 2008 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 90

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