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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

All bridges (384)

ESECO

Poor

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

ESECO\LINWOOD RD .9E, Payne, OK

Built 1996 Load: 9.8 t ADT: 100

MT.VERNON RD.(N347

Poor

Over: SALT CREEK

MT.VERNON RD\VFW RD.3S, Payne, OK

Built 1920 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 50

DEEP ROCK

Poor

Over: SKULL CREEK

DEEPRCK\LINWOOD INTER, Payne, OK

Built 1930 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100

N3280

Poor

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

COTTONWD & MCELROY .2S, Payne, OK

Built 1941 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 137

ESECO (E0730)

Poor

Over: BIG CREEK

ESECO\ELM CREEK RD .1E, Payne, OK

Built 1928 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 100

MCELROY RD.

Poor

Over: SALT CREEK

MCELROY\TMOONS .3 E, Payne, OK

Built 1930 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 150

80TH ST.

Poor

Over: CREEK

D0685, Payne, OK

Built 1967 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100

19TH ST.

Poor

Over: COUNCIL CREEK

19TH ST\W. POINT RD .1E, Payne, OK

Built 1930 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 100

OAKGROVE RD

Poor

Over: EUCHEE CREEK

OAKGROVE RD\80TH ST .7S, Payne, OK

Built 1948 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 81

PAROTTE

Poor

Over: BRUSH CR.TRIB.

ESECO\PAROTTE .8S, Payne, OK

Built 1936 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 100

DUNKIN RD.

Poor

Over: SHORT CREEK

DUNKIN\KINGS HWY .2E, Payne, OK

Built 1998 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 297

SANGRE RD (N3310)

Poor

Over: LONG BRANCH CREEK

SANGRE&LONE CHMNY INTRS, Payne, OK

Built 1940 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 50

145TH ST (E0735)

Poor

Over: CORDUROY CREEK

WESTERN RD & 145TH .3E, Payne, OK

Built 1948 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 280

COYLE RD (N3240)

Poor

Over: CREEK

COYLE RD & 19TH ST .4S, Payne, OK

Built 1950 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 629

FRANKLIN LANE

Poor

Over: BOOMER CREEK

.1W OF HUSBAND, Payne, OK

Built 1976 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 2,800

E0615 (VIRGINIA ST

Poor

Over: WEST BOOMER CREEK

.2W OF US 177, Payne, OK

Built 1980 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 4,000

SANGRE RD.

Poor

Over: CREEK

3W .9S OF US177/SH51, Payne, OK

Built 1984 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 500

HACKELMAN(N3250)

Poor

Over: WILDHORSE CREEK

HACKELMAN & 68TH ST .1S, Payne, OK

Built 1990 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 50

MCELROY (E0610)

Poor

Over: FEATHER CREEK

MCELROY\BETHEL RD .6E, Payne, OK

Built 1920 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 100

HARMONY RD.

Poor

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

HARMONY RD\ESECO .1S, Payne, OK

Built 1930 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

92ND ST (E0690)

Poor

Over: CREEK

92NDST & MERIDIAN RD .3E, Payne, OK

Built 1940 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 25

MCELROY (E0610)

Poor

Over: COUNCIL CREEK

MCELROY\BETHEL RD .4E, Payne, OK

Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

E0625 (12TH ST)

Poor

Over: BOOMER CREEK

.7E .5S OF MAIN/SH 51, Payne, OK

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,500

MERIDIAN RD

Poor

Over: CREEK

MERIDIAN RD & 80TH ST .6S, Payne, OK

Built 1990 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 50

BRETHEREN

Poor

Over: ELM CREEK

BRETHEREN\9TH ST .5S, Payne, OK

Built 1928 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100

140TH ST. (E0730)

Poor

Over: SAND CREEK

140TH ST & UNION RD .9E, Payne, OK

Built 1985 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 200

56TH ST (E0660)

Poor

Over: CREEK

56TH ST & COTTONWD .1E, Payne, OK

Built 1913 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 25

104TH ST (E0700)

Poor

Over: LOST CREEK

104TH&BRUSH CRK RD .2E, Payne, OK

Built 1920 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

104TH ST (E0700)

Poor

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK

104TH & RANGER RD .9E, Payne, OK

Built 1930 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 25

9TH ST. (E0720)

Poor

Over: BIG CREEK

9TH ST\AGRA RD .9E, Payne, OK

Built 1920 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 100

COTTONWD (N3280)

Poor

Over: WILD HORSE CREEK

COTTONWD RD & 92ND .1S, Payne, OK

Built 1989 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 50

MAJOR RD (N3190)

Poor

Over: CREEK

MAJOR RD & 80TH ST .7S, Payne, OK

Built 1990 Load: 56.3 t ADT: 25

44TH ST.

Poor

Over: CREEK

44TH ST\CNCL CRK RD .9E, Payne, OK

Built 1994 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 24

DEEP ROCK RD.

Poor

Over: CREEK

DEEP RCK \LINWOOD.5E, Payne, OK

Built 1992 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 100

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