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Oklahoma County, OK

1,216 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.2% rated Good, 55.8% Fair, 6% Poor.

1,216
Public bridges
38.2%
Good condition
6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Oklahoma County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 44%
lowest Poor share in state
6%
Poor-condition share
1,216
public highway bridges
1982
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.

Oklahoma County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Oklahoma County ranks #34 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6%). Oklahoma County, Oklahoma contains 1,216 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.2% are rated “Good,” 55.8% “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

1,216

Public highway bridges in Oklahoma County

Good condition

38.2%

465 of 1,216 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55.8%

678 of 1,216 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6%

73 of 1,216 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#34 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 1,216 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
38.2% (465)
Fair
55.8% (678)
Poor
6% (73)

Oklahoma County's Poor-condition bridges carry 566,311 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.1% 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 7,758 crossings a day against 15,826 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 1,216 of 1,216 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

38.7% of Oklahoma County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

471 of the 1,216 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 38.2% 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 17.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I-240 over I-35 UNDER, built 1959, carries 99,100 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 73-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 566,311 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Oklahoma County's bridges were built

1,216 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 195 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1982, 5 years newer than the Oklahoma average of 1977.

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

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

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Oklahoma County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Oklahoma County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Oklahoma County (this page) 1,216 6%
Tulsa County 1,135 5.7%
Comanche County 593 8.8%
Garfield County 504 11.7%
Canadian County 493 3.4%
Kiowa County 477 2.9%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (1,216 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OK (1982 here).

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

All 1,216 Good 465 Fair 678 Poor 73

Poor-condition bridges (73)

N.E. 178TH

Poor

Over: CREEK

1.5E OF HIWASSEE ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1982 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

N. OVERHOLSER DR

Poor

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

N END OVERHOLSER LAKE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1924 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,000

SOONER RD.

Poor

Over: COFFEE CREEK

.4S OF COFFEE CREEK ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1925 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,420

MIDWEST BLVD

Poor

Over: CREEK

1.3S OF NE 63RD ST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1967 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,800

NE BRITTON RD.

Poor

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

1.2 MI E OF N MIDWEST BL, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,600

MIDWEST BLVD.

Poor

Over: OIL PEAVINE CREEK

.1N OF SORGHUM ON MIDWST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1991 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 130

E0940 (NE 178TH)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.7E OF INDIAN MERIDIAN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1930 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 300

N3130 (SOONER RD.)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.2S OF NE 108TH ST., Oklahoma, OK

Built 2005 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,500

SE 29TH ST(1090)

Poor

Over: CRUTCHO CREEK

.3E SOONER RD., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1942 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 20,500

D3116 (CHERRY LANE

Poor

Over: CHERRY CREEK

CHERRY LANE & MALLARD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1960 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 1,500

E0950 (NE 164)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.8E OF TRIPLE XXX, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1940 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 300

D3215 (HOGBACK RD)

Poor

Over: BNSF R.R. UNDER

0.2 MI E OF PEEBLY RD., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1943 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,250

N3110 (BRYANT AVE)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.2N OF NE 108TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1966 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 2,300

E1095 (SW 36)

Poor

Over: TWIN CREEK (SW 36)

W OF MAY AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1950 Load: 18.6 t ADT: 350

RENO AVE.(E1070)

Poor

Over: CHOCTAW CREEK

.5E OF WESTMINSTER RD., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1938 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 4,408

SE 29TH ST(E1090)

Poor

Over: KUHLMAN CREEK

.4E SOONER RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1954 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 21,300

PORTLAND AVE.

Poor

Over: DEEP FORK CREEK

.4S OF NW 36 ST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1940 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 14,100

E1090 (SE 29 ST.)

Poor

Over: SOLDIER CREEK

.2E DOUGLAS BLVD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1971 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 13,563

N3100 (EASTERN)

Poor

Over: HARRISON CREEK

.4S OF NE 136TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1940 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 4,800

E1070 (RENO AVE.)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.9E OF PEEBLY ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1940 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,000

SE 29TH ST.

Poor

Over: CROOKED OAK CREEK

0.1 MI E OF EASTERN AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1942 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 10,400

E1110 (SE 59)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.9E OF CHOCTAW RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1950 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,700

E1095 (SW 36)

Poor

Over: CROOKED OAK CREEK

.1 W OF EASTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1950 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 6,350

E1110 (SE 59)

Poor

Over: HOG CREEK

.9 E OF HIWASSEE RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1950 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,700

NE GRAND BLVD.

Poor

Over: DEEP FORK CREEK

.1S OF I-44, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1911 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,400

NW 10TH ST.

Poor

Over: CREEK

.4E OF MERIDIAN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1965 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 9,600

E1113 (SW 64)

Poor

Over: CREEK

S.W.64TH; EAST OF DEWEY, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1970 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 800

N3130 (SOONER RD)

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.4S OF NE 122 ST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1970 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,400

SE 15TH ST.

Poor

Over: CROOKED OAK CREEK

0.7 MI E OF EASTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1972 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 8,900

NW 178TH ST.

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.3 MI E OF WESTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1984 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 13,800

E0890(WATERLOO RD)

Poor

Over: CHISHOLM CREEK

.2E OF WESTERN/WATERLOO, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1984 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,250

NE 10TH ST

Poor

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

0.8 MI E OF NBRYANT/NE 10, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1985 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 16,500

N3100 S EASTERN A

Poor

Over: CROOKED OAK CREEK

0.3S OF SE 29/EASTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2000 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 9,000

150TH ST.-E0960

Poor

Over: CHISHOLM CREEK TRIB.

_, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2007 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 11,043

E1090 (SE 29 ST)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.9E OF INDIAN MERIDIAN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1918 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,700

N3210 HENNEY ROAD

Poor

Over: CHOCTAW CREEK

.1S OF NE 23 ST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1982 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,000

N COUNCIL RD.

Poor

Over: CREEK

.1S OF NW 122ND ST, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1984 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 8,300

E1070 (RENO AVE.)

Poor

Over: CREEK

.8E OF DOBBS RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1960 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,250

NW 220TH ST.

Poor

Over: CHISHOLM CREEK

.3 MI. EAST OF WESTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 800

E1070 (RENO AVE.)

Poor

Over: CRUTCHO CREEK

.6E OF SUNNYLANE ON RENO, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1974 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 15,000

NW 36TH ST

Poor

Over: CREEK

.6E OF N WESTERN AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1932 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 13,300

NE 4TH ST.

Poor

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

0.1 MI E OF BRYANT/NE 4, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1955 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,000

WESTERN AVE.

Poor

Over: BROCK CREEK

.8N OF 29TH & WESTERN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2000 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 14,000

NW 122ND ST.

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.1 MI E OF MACARTHUR, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1971 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 22,800

MACARTHUR BLVD.

Poor

Over: N. CANADIAN RIVER

0.9 MI SOUTH OF JCT I-40, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1974 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 22,500

POLE YARD RD.

Poor

Over: I-240 UNDER

.4 MI E OF JCT I-35, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1972 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,000

E0940 (NW 178 ST)

Poor

Over: DEER CREEK

.4E OF COUNCIL ON NW 178, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1962 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 2,600

E0980 (NE 122)

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.5E OF EASTERN AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1970 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 1,200

MAY AVE.

Poor

Over: NORTHWEST EXPY UNDER

MAY AVE SEPARATION, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 22,000

N3280 S HARRAH RD

Poor

Over: CREEK

.4S OF I-40, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 7,100

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