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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 bridges (1,216)

E1060 (NE 10)

Good

Over: CHOCTAW CREEK

.8W WESTMINSTER, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1950 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,000

BRITTON RD.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.5 MI E OF MAY, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1955 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 31,000

N3030 MERIDIAN

Good

Over: CREEK

MERIDIAN AT RENO, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1992 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 31,750

N. VILLA AVE.

Good

Over: LIME CREEK

AT PERSHING BLVD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1965 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 8,000

HUNTINGTON

Good

Over: CREEK

0.6 MI E OF PENN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1970 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500

GERONIMO DR N3043

Good

Over: CREEK

1 BLK N OF BLACK GOLD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1970 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,000

BLACK GOLD

Good

Over: CREEK

.1E OF PORTLAND, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1972 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500

W WILSHIRE BLVD.

Good

Over: CREEK

.5E N COUNTY LINE RD., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,375

SW 44TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.3 MI E OF COUNCIL RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 7,100

NW 14th St.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 MILES W. OF ROCKWELL, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500

COUNCIL RD.

Good

Over: CAMEL CREEK

0.3 MI S OF SW 44, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 5,200

SW 44TH ST.

Good

Over: CAMEL CREEK

0.7 MI E OF COUNCIL RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1975 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 7,100

NW 11th St.

Good

Over: CREEK

.6 WEST OF MAY AV/NW 11, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1976 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,500

E1020 (NE 63RD ST)

Good

Over: CREEK

.3E OF TRIPLE-X & NE 63, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 150

GENL PERSHING WB

Good

Over: LIME CREEK

0.3 MI E VILLA AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,000

NW 108TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.3E OF N COUNCIL RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 11,000

N3280 S HARRAH RD

Good

Over: N. DEER CREEK

.5N OF SE 74, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 4,950

E1110 (SE 59)

Good

Over: CRUTCHO CREEK

.1E OF SOONER RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 4,800

E1103 (SE 47 ST)

Good

Over: CRUTCHO CREEK

.3E OF SOONER RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1981 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500

SE 89TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.9 E OF DOBBS ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1984 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 250

NW 192ND ST.

Good

Over: CHISHOLM CREEK

.8E OF PENN. AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1986 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 3,600

E1126 (SW 82)

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 E OF S PENN AVE., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,500

BRITTON RD.

Good

Over: DEEP FORK CREEK

.9 MI E OF BRYANT AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 4,000

WILSHIRE BLVD.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4 MI E OF MACARTHUR, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 4,100

NW 108TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.1 MI E OF ROCKWELL, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 21,000

N3130 S SOONER RD

Good

Over: CREEK

.1S OF SE 44, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1994 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 20,938

NW 122ND ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.1E OF COUNCIL ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1998 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 7,000

NW 12TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.3E OF ROCKWELL/NW 12, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1996 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 200

NW 7TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.3W OF ROCKWELL/NW 7TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1993 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 300

SW 89TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.9 E OF COUNTY LINE ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2000 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 200

REDMOND AVE.

Good

Over: CREEK

.2S OF NW50TH/REDMOND, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 250

N.W. 49TH STREET

Good

Over: CREEK

.6E OF ROCKWELL ON NW 49, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1980 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 125

E.B. SW 36TH ST

Good

Over: BROCK CREEK

.1W OF PENN ON SW 36TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2001 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 8,000

N3070 (WESTERN)

Good

Over: CREEK

.5S OF NW 150TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2004 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 6,100

BRITTON RD.

Good

Over: CREEK

.9E OF ROCKWELL, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2002 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,250

NE 108TH ST

Good

Over: HARRISON CREEK

.5E OF BRYANT ON NE 108TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2002 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 2,500

E1104 (SW 49TH ST)

Good

Over: BROCK CREEK

1 BLK E OF S AGNEW, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2002 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,000

SPRINGHILL DR.

Good

Over: CREEK

.3S OF 33RD ST., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1990 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 250

SW 89TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.1E OF WESTERN AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2003 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 18,000

E0950 (NE 164TH ST

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

.1W OF PEEBLY RD/NE 164TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2007 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 100

N3015

Good

Over: HELM ST. UNDER

.2 MILES N. OF SW 74TH, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2007 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 19,500

E0970 (MEMORIAL)

Good

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK

.3E OF LUTHER ROAD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2005 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 575

E0960 (NW 150TH)

Good

Over: CREEK

.4E OF COUNTY LINE RD, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2007 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 800

E1080 (SW 15TH)

Good

Over: CREEK

.7E OF MACARTHUR, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2008 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 7,000

PENNSYLVANIA AVE.

Good

Over: TRIB TO CHISOLM CREEK

300FT N OF NW 164 ON PENN, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2013 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 18,000

NW 164

Good

Over: TRIB TO CHISOLM CREEK

500FT W OF PENN ON NW 164, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2013 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 18,000

S DURLAND AVE.

Good

Over: CREEK

5202 S DURLAND AVE, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2009 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,500

E1114 (SE 64TH)

Good

Over: CREEK

1/2 BLK W OF STILES, Oklahoma, OK

Built 2009 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 500

N CLASSEN BLVD.

Good

Over: BELLE ISLE OFLOW

.5N OF NW 50, Oklahoma, OK

Built 1998 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 11,500

NW 164TH ST.

Good

Over: CREEK

.5E MERIDIAN AVE., Oklahoma, OK

Built 1992 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 1,600
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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