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Pawnee County, OK

174 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.6% rated Good, 34.5% Fair, 19% Poor.

174
Public bridges
46.6%
Good condition
19%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

72nd
of 77 on Poor share
19%
Poor-condition share
174
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.

Pawnee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pawnee County ranks #72 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 19%). Pawnee County, Oklahoma contains 174 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.6% are rated “Good,” 34.5% “Fair,” and 19% “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

174

Public highway bridges in Pawnee County

Good condition

46.6%

81 of 174 rated 7-9

Fair condition

34.5%

60 of 174 rated 5-6

Poor condition

19%

33 of 174 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#72 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 174 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
46.6% (81)
Fair
34.5% (60)
Poor
19% (33)

Pawnee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,140 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 19% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 186 crossings a day against 2,076 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 174 of 174 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.1% of Pawnee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

89 of the 174 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 46.6% 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 35.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

S.H. 18 over BLACK BEAR CREEK, built 1954, carries 2,200 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 33-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,140 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Pawnee County's bridges were built

174 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 42 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 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 Pawnee County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Pawnee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 19% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 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 Pawnee County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Beaver County 189 1.1%
Craig County 180 19.4%
Pawnee County (this page) 174 19%
Dewey County 169 0.6%
Woodward County 168 4.2%
Delaware County 160 18.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (174 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 174 Good 81 Fair 60 Poor 33

Good-condition bridges (81)

E0550

Good

Over: CREEK

1S; 2.2E OF HALLET, Pawnee, OK

Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

E0570

Good

Over: LAGOON CREEK

.7S .3E 3.1S OF MARAMEC, Pawnee, OK

Built 1993 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 100

E0480

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK

.2S .7E 4S .9W OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 1995 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 100

U.S. 64

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

.9 E OF NOBLE C/L, Pawnee, OK

Built 2013 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 1,700

N3570

Good

Over: LAGOON CREEK

3W .5N 1W 1.5S JENNINGS, Pawnee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 75

CIMARRON TP

Good

Over: ABANDONED R.R. UNDER

1 MI S MARAMEC, Pawnee, OK

Built 1973 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 8,400

N3530

Good

Over: CRYSTAL CREEK

.3W OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 2013 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

S.H. 18

Good

Over: ARKANSAS RIVER

PAWNEE / OSAGE CO. LINE, Pawnee, OK

Built 2015 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 1,400

N3630

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK

2.5W .1N OF TERLTON, Pawnee, OK

Built 1996 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

N3470

Good

Over: SKEDEE CREEK

1.W 1.7S JCT SH15&SH18, Pawnee, OK

Built 2011 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 100

N3520

Good

Over: BLACK BEAR CREEK

3.3 MILES SOUTH OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 2008 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 150

S.H. 18

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK

1.5 S JCT U.S. 64, Pawnee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 1,900

U.S. 64

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

.1 SF S.H. 99 JUNCTION, Pawnee, OK

Built 2021 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 8,734

U.S. 64

Good

Over: HELL ROARING CREEK

8.4 E OF JCT S.H. 18, Pawnee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,200

N3530

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

3.6N OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 2010 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 50

U.S. 64

Good

Over: RANCH CREEK

12.5 E OF JCT. S.H. 18, Pawnee, OK

Built 2019 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 1,400

N3540

Good

Over: BLACK BEAR CREEK

.2S .8E 2.6S OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 1982 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 300

S.H. 18

Good

Over: COAL CREEK

7.5N of JCT US 64, Pawnee, OK

Built 2023 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 1,200

IRR E0445

Good

Over: CREEK

.25S .75E of BLACKBURN, Pawnee, OK

Built 2018 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 116

N3650

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

2W 2.5S OF CLEVELAND, Pawnee, OK

Built 1981 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 1,083

IRR E0520

Good

Over: CARPENTER CREEK

2N .2W OF HALLET, Pawnee, OK

Built 2020 Load: 47.9 t ADT: 75

IRR E0440

Good

Over: BLACK BEAR CREEK

.2S 2E OF SKEDEE, Pawnee, OK

Built 2011 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 326

U.S. 64

Good

Over: BNSF R.R. UNDER

6 E OF JCT S.H. 18, Pawnee, OK

Built 2013 Load: 53.8 t ADT: 880

IRR E0490

Good

Over: CAMP CREEK TRIB.

1.2E OF HWY 18, Pawnee, OK

Built 2011 Load: 71.9 t ADT: 75

N3590

Good

Over: KENNY CREEK TRIB.

2W 1N OF JENNINGS, Pawnee, OK

Built 2016 Load: 75.7 t ADT: 122

E0443

Good

Over: TRIB TO HARPER CREEK

6N 1.8W JCT US64 & SH99, Pawnee, OK

Built 2012 Load: 76.1 t ADT: 200

S.H. 99

Good

Over: CARPENTER CREEK

6.2N CREEK C/L, Pawnee, OK

Built 2022 Load: 78.4 t ADT: 1,600

IRR E0570

Good

Over: CREEK

2W; .5N; .3W OF JENNINGS, Pawnee, OK

Built 2011 Load: 81.4 t ADT: 75

S.H. 99

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

8.4 MI N CREEK C/L, Pawnee, OK

Built 1964 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 1,600

CIMARRON TP

Good

Over: U.S. 64 UNDER

14.0 MI E SH 99, Pawnee, OK

Built 1975 Load: 99.2 t ADT: 4,300

E0580

Good

Over: CREEK

1S OF TERLTON, Pawnee, OK

Built 2010 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.