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Lincoln County, OK

450 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.1% rated Good, 49.6% Fair, 13.3% Poor.

450
Public bridges
37.1%
Good condition
13.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

68th
of 77 on Poor share
13.3%
Poor-condition share
450
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Lincoln County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lincoln County ranks #68 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 13.3%). Lincoln County, Oklahoma contains 450 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.1% are rated “Good,” 49.6% “Fair,” and 13.3% “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.

Total bridges

450

Public highway bridges in Lincoln County

Good condition

37.1%

167 of 450 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.6%

223 of 450 rated 5-6

Poor condition

13.3%

60 of 450 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#68 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 450 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
37.1% (167)
Fair
49.6% (223)
Poor
13.3% (60)

Lincoln County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,255 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 13.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 254 crossings a day against 3,172 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 450 of 450 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

44.4% of Lincoln County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

200 of the 450 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 37.1% 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 51.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

S.H. 66 over SLWC R.R. UNDER, built 1926, carries 7,800 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 60-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 15,255 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Lincoln County's bridges were built

450 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 76 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Oklahoma average (1977).

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Lincoln County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 13.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 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 Lincoln 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 (this page) 450 13.3%
Grady County 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (450 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1974 here).

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

All 450 Good 167 Fair 223 Poor 60

Good-condition bridges (167)

TURNER TP (I-44)

Good

Over: CREEK

41.6 MIS NE JCT I-35, Lincoln, OK

Built 1953 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,100

TURNER TP (I-44)

Good

Over: LILLY CREEK

46.4 MIS NE JCT I-35, Lincoln, OK

Built 1953 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,500

TURNER TP (I-44)

Good

Over: BELLCOW CREEK

30.5 MI N E JCT I-35, Lincoln, OK

Built 1953 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,000

U.S. 62

Good

Over: CREEK

4.7 MI E OK C/L, Lincoln, OK

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,100

S.H. 105

Good

Over: CREEK

4.4 MI E OF LOGAN C/L, Lincoln, OK

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850

S.H. 105

Good

Over: CREEK

0.6 MI. W. OF US 177, Lincoln, OK

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850

U.S. 177

Good

Over: CREEK

10.9 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,500

E0980

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

1.N .7W OF ARLINGTON, Lincoln, OK

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

N3450

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

5S 1E OF SH 105 & 18, Lincoln, OK

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

S.H. 18

Good

Over: DEEP FORK RIVER OFLOW

10.7 N OF JCT US62, Lincoln, OK

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,700

TURNER TP (I-44)

Good

Over: CREEK

.8N JCT 1766/S.H. 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1953 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,000

S.H. 66

Good

Over: CHUCKAHO CREEK

3.8E OF JCT S.H. 18, Lincoln, OK

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900

N3500

Good

Over: BREAKFAST CREEK

4.7E 1.4N OF PAYSON, Lincoln, OK

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

U.S. 62

Good

Over: CREEK

6.3 MI E OK C/L, Lincoln, OK

Built 1928 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 2,100

S.H. 18

Good

Over: CREEK

10.4 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1931 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 2,200

S.H. 18

Good

Over: CREEK

11.6 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1931 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 2,200

S.H. 18B

Good

Over: QUAPAW CREEK

3.4 MI E JCT SH 18, Lincoln, OK

Built 1954 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 460

4110C

Good

Over: EAST BEAVER CREEK

0.6 E. OF PARKLAND, Lincoln, OK

Built 1996 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 175

IRR E0870

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

.3S 1.6E OF I-44 & SH99, Lincoln, OK

Built 2012 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

E1030

Good

Over: LITTLE SAND CREEK

2E 1.3N .9E OF US62/SH18, Lincoln, OK

Built 2002 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

S.H. 66

Good

Over: CAPTAIN CREEK

3.7E OF OKLAHOMA CL, Lincoln, OK

Built 2001 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,900

S.H. 18

Good

Over: DEEP FORK RIVER

10.2N OF JCT US62, Lincoln, OK

Built 2006 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,700

IRR N3480

Good

Over: CHUCKAHO CREEK

4.3E .6S OF SH18/SH66 JCT, Lincoln, OK

Built 2012 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 50

E0930

Good

Over: DEEP FORK RIVER

.6E 2N 1W OF MIDLOTHIAN, Lincoln, OK

Built 2016 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

E0950

Good

Over: CAPTAIN CREEK

3 S .1 W OF SH 102/SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 2014 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

U.S. 177

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

3.6 MI. S. OF S.H. 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1963 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 2,700

IRR E0770

Good

Over: CREEK

1.S 1.5 W OF ELBA, Lincoln, OK

Built 1991 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

4180C

Good

Over: SHAN CREEK

.6 S .5 W OF PRAGUE, Lincoln, OK

Built 1992 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 200

4126C EW091

Good

Over: DOSIE CREEK

.5 S 3.6 E OF DAGGETT, Lincoln, OK

Built 1995 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 175

E1020

Good

Over: COON CREEK

2.2 W 1S 1 W OF PAYSON, Lincoln, OK

Built 1995 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

E0750

Good

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK

1 N &3.4 W OF ELBA, Lincoln, OK

Built 2007 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

N3540

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

4 E 1.5 S OF DAVENPORT, Lincoln, OK

Built 2009 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100

S.H. 18

Good

Over: TURNER TP (I-44) UNDER

1.2 MI. N. SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 2009 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,400

S.H. 18

Good

Over: CREEK

12.7 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1931 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,400

4102C

Good

Over: EUCHEE CREEK

1 N 2.9 W OF ELBA, Lincoln, OK

Built 2010 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 75

S.H. 99

Good

Over: CREEK

5.6 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1933 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 1,900

4118C

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

4.3 W OF KENDRICK, Lincoln, OK

Built 1995 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

IRR N3460

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.5 E 1.5 S of SH18 / 18B, Lincoln, OK

Built 2018 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

IRR E0770

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

1S .2E of ELBA, Lincoln, OK

Built 2021 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

IRR N3330

Good

Over: DUGOUT CREEK

3W 1N OF US177 / SH105, Lincoln, OK

Built 2022 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

S.H. 18

Good

Over: CREEK

13 MI N JCT US 62, Lincoln, OK

Built 1933 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 2,400

U.S. 177

Good

Over: DITCH DRAIN

3.8 MI N JCT SH 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 1951 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 2,000

IRR E0750

Good

Over: DUGOUT CREEK

4N 1.8W JCT SH105/US177, Lincoln, OK

Built 2005 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

U.S. 177

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.2 MI. N.OF S.H. 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 2013 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,100

N3500

Good

Over: PRUETT CREEK

2 W 3.5 S OF WILZETTA, Lincoln, OK

Built 2016 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 450

E0970

Good

Over: CAPTAIN CREEK

5 S 1 W S.H. 102/S.H. 66, Lincoln, OK

Built 2014 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

U.S. 377 / S.H. 99

Good

Over: DEEP FORK OFLOW

14.3 MI N JCT US 62, Lincoln, OK

Built 1998 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,350

TURNER TP (I-44)

Good

Over: COUNTY RD NS-3410 UNDER

28 E I-35, Lincoln, OK

Built 2013 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 24,900

N3450

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

2 E .4 N OF SH18 & US62, Lincoln, OK

Built 1992 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 250

E1050

Good

Over: SAND CREEK TRIB.

1 SW OF MEEKER;1S US62, Lincoln, OK

Built 2004 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100

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