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Muskogee County, OK

398 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.7% rated Good, 52.3% Fair, 10.1% Poor.

398
Public bridges: 37.7%
Good condition: 10.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Muskogee County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

55th
of 77 on Poor share: 10.1%
Poor-condition share: 398
public highway bridges: 1971
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.

Muskogee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Muskogee County ranks #55 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.1%). Muskogee County, Oklahoma contains 398 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.7% are rated “Good,” 52.3% “Fair,” and 10.1% “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

398

Public highway bridges in Muskogee County

Good condition

37.7%

150 of 398 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.3%

208 of 398 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.1%

40 of 398 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#55 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 398 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

37.7% (150)

Fair

52.3% (208)

Poor

10.1% (40)

Muskogee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,435 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 511 crossings a day against 2,733 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 398 of 398 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.5% of Muskogee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

225 of the 398 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 37.7% 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 37% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAU 6784 CALLAHAN over UP R.R. UNDER, built 1905, carries 7,560 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 40-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 20,435 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1910s

5
1920s

7
1930s

59
1940s

34
1950s

27
1960s

70
1970s

48
1980s

42
1990s

33
2000s

28
2010s

31
2020s

12

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 6 years older than the Oklahoma average of 1977.

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Muskogee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 8 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Muskogee County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pittsburg County	411	47.2%	45%	7.8%	1971
Pottawatomie County	408	21.6%	72.1%	6.4%	1982
Muskogee County (this page)	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
Custer County	384	73.2%	25.5%	1.3%	1982

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (398 bridges here).

Sumner County, TN · 398 bridges
Bradford County, PA · 399 bridges
Crawford County, PA · 399 bridges
Wichita County, TX · 399 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1971 here).

Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
Washington County, PA · avg 1971 · 655 bridges
Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges

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

All 398 Good 150 Fair 208 Poor 40

Good-condition bridges (150)

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Muskogee County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Muskogee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,435 vehicle crossings a day

56.5% of Muskogee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 37% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (150)

E0950

N4320-N.COUNTRY CL

N4367

FAU 6760 (BORDER S

N4290 (N.11TH ST.)

N4287 (6TH ST.)

N4280 (S. 24TH ST)

E0860 (SHAWNEE)

E0885 (HILLTOP)

S.H. 10

5166C

U.S. 69

5166C

N4320

5182C

FERN MOUNTAIN RD.

E1185

N4424

U.S. 64

N4130

CO. RD. N4340

N4240

N4420

N4366

5134C

N4110

N4380

MUSKOGEE TP

U.S. 62

W. 63RD STREET

N4420

WAINRIGHT RD.

5140C

N4130

N4350

N4310

N4080

E1180

N4235

E1030

MUSKOGEE TP

N4285 (DALTILE RD)

N4270 (S 40TH ST)

WAINRIGHT RD.

MUSKOGEE TP

MUSKOGEE TP

MUSKOGEE TP

E0950

WAINRIGHT RD.

N4360/ BENGE RD.

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