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Payne County, OK

384 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24% rated Good, 65.6% Fair, 10.4% Poor.

384
Public bridges
24%
Good condition
10.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

56th
of 77 on Poor share
10.4%
Poor-condition share
384
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.

Payne County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Payne County ranks #56 of 77 Oklahoma counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.4%). Payne County, Oklahoma contains 384 public highway bridges. Roughly 24% are rated “Good,” 65.6% “Fair,” and 10.4% “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

384

Public highway bridges in Payne County

Good condition

24%

92 of 384 rated 7-9

Fair condition

65.6%

252 of 384 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.4%

40 of 384 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#56 of 77

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

Condition distribution

Share of 384 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
24% (92)
Fair
65.6% (252)
Poor
10.4% (40)

Payne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 17,363 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 434 crossings a day against 3,047 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 384 of 384 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.4% of Payne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

132 of the 384 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 24% 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 28.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

S.H. 51 WB over CREEK, built 1975, carries 4,950 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 17,363 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Payne County's bridges were built

384 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 86 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 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 Payne County compares with Oklahoma's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Oklahoma counties nearest Payne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Payne County and the 5 Oklahoma counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Muskogee County 398 10.1%
Creek County 395 20.8%
Alfalfa County 387 6.5%
Custer County 384 1.3%
Payne County (this page) 384 10.4%
Stephens County 382 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 Payne 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 Payne County, both outside Oklahoma so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OK (384 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 384 Good 92 Fair 252 Poor 40

Good-condition bridges (92)

MAIN ST.

Good

Over: WEST BOOMER CREEK

.4W .7N OF US177/SH51, Payne, OK

Built 1975 Load: 10.3 t ADT: 14,000

95TH ST.

Good

Over: EUCHEE CREEK(E0695)

95TH ST\GREENWD RD .4E, Payne, OK

Built 1999 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50

E0740

Good

Over: EUCHEE CREEK

TEXCORD/NORFOLK RD .7E, Payne, OK

Built 2007 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100

CTRY CLB LN(N3300)

Good

Over: CREEK

CTRY CLB LN & 19TH .3S, Payne, OK

Built 1984 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 356

CO. RD. E0540

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

5 MIS NE JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 1,900

CO. RD. N3370

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

4 MIS NE JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,900

CO. RD. N3390

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

6 MIS NE JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 1,900

6060C

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

3 MIS NE JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 100

U.S. 177

Good

Over: LOST CREEK

2.3 MI N JCT SH 33, Payne, OK

Built 1974 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 8,800

CO. RD. E0540

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

.8 MI NE GLENCOE, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 3,650

U.S. 177

Good

Over: BOOMER CREEK

4.2 MI N-W JCT SH 51, Payne, OK

Built 1969 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 7,500

E0680 (80TH ST.)

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

2.6 MI. E LOGAN COUNTY LN, Payne, OK

Built 2014 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

I-35 NB

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

1.2 MI N LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 1959 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 10,150

I-35 SB

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

1.2 MI N LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 1959 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 10,150

CO. RD. N3470

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

2 MIS W SH 18, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 3,650

E0630 (19TH ST.)

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

.5E OF 19TH ST/EAGLE RD., Payne, OK

Built 2005 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

S.H. 51

Good

Over: HUNT CREEK

7.3 MI E LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 1975 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 4,950

IRR E0685 86TH ST.

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

.3E OF JCT 86TH/ROSE RD, Payne, OK

Built 2023 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 75

S.H. 18

Good

Over: SKULL CREEK

1.0 MI N JCT SH 33, Payne, OK

Built 1950 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 4,000

E0600

Good

Over: BOOMER LAKE

.7E LAKEVIEW / SH177, Payne, OK

Built 1995 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 15,000

S.H. 33

Good

Over: TRIB OF WILD HORSE CR

1.7 W OF JCT U.S. 177, Payne, OK

Built 2014 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 4,800

S.H. 51

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

6.7 MI E JCT SH 18, Payne, OK

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,100

CIMARRON TP

Good

Over: CREEK

T.P. NO 25.12 A, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500

CIMARRON TP

Good

Over: CREEK

WESTBOUND SPUR RAMP, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500

S.H. 33

Good

Over: CREEK

7.2 MI E JCT SH 18, Payne, OK

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,200

S.H. 33

Good

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK OFLOW

6.5 E LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900

IRR N3530 NORFOLK

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

3E of CUSHING, Payne, OK

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 750

N3335 (HUSBAND ST)

Good

Over: BOOMER CREEK

.35N of BOOMER, Payne, OK

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,500

CO. RD. N3430

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

2 MI E GLENCOE, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 3,650

CO. RD. N3440

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

3 MI E GLENCOE, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 3,650

CO. RD. N3460

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

5 MIS E GLENCOE, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 3,650

6040C

Good

Over: CIMARRON TP UNDER

4 MIS E GLENCOE, Payne, OK

Built 1973 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 100

LOST CRK RD(N3370)

Good

Over: CREEK

LOST CRK RD\6TH ST .6S, Payne, OK

Built 1994 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,470

9TH ST.

Good

Over: EUCHEE CREEK(W0720)

9TH ST\EUCHEE VY.3E, Payne, OK

Built 1999 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 200

EUCHEE VALLEY(N354

Good

Over: EUCHEE CREEK

EUCHEE VY\ESECO .1S, Payne, OK

Built 2003 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

IRR N3470

Good

Over: COUNCIL CREEK

3W; 1.8S OF SH 18/SH 51, Payne, OK

Built 2013 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 50

E0670 (68TH ST.)

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

68TH ST. & UNION RD .8E, Payne, OK

Built 2018 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 200

U.S. 177

Good

Over: CREEK

1.2 MI S NOBLE C/L, Payne, OK

Built 1931 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 6,200

E0610

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

5M W. 1M N. US177/SH51, Payne, OK

Built 2013 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 100

S.H. 51 E.B.

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

2.9 W. JCT U.S. 177, Payne, OK

Built 2007 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,000

S.H. 51

Good

Over: CREEK

5.9 MI W JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1974 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 5,700

UNION RD.

Good

Over: CREEK

UNION RD & 44TH ST .8S, Payne, OK

Built 1996 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 60

E0610 MCELROY

Good

Over: CREEK

1N .1E OF SH 51 IN YALE, Payne, OK

Built 2016 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 75

E0740

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

.2E TEXCO RD/ELM CREEK RD, Payne, OK

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 125

S.H. 33

Good

Over: LOST CREEK

1.5 MI E JCT US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1969 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 4,400

I-35 NB

Good

Over: S.H. 51 UNDER

8.9N LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 2007 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 10,100

S.H. 33

Good

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK

6.7 E LOGAN C/L, Payne, OK

Built 2011 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 3,900

S.H. 51

Good

Over: WEST BRUSH CREEK

2.1 MI E US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,200

S.H. 18

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

.3 S OF PAWNEE C/L, Payne, OK

Built 2015 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 970

S.H. 18 / S.H. 33

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3.3 MI N&E LINCOLN CL, Payne, OK

Built 1988 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 5,600

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