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Hood River County, OR

82 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.8% rated Good, 48.8% Fair, 2.4% Poor.

82
Public bridges
48.8%
Good condition
2.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Hood River County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 25%
lowest Poor share in state
2.4%
Poor-condition share
82
public highway bridges
1977
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.

Hood River County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hood River County ranks #9 of 36 Oregon counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Hood River County, Oregon contains 82 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.8% are rated “Good,” 48.8% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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

82

Public highway bridges in Hood River County

Good condition

48.8%

40 of 82 rated 7-9

Fair condition

48.8%

40 of 82 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.4%

2 of 82 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#9 of 36

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

Condition distribution

Share of 82 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
48.8% (40)
Fair
48.8% (40)
Poor
2.4% (2)

Hood River County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,699 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,850 crossings a day against 3,485 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 82 of 82 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.1% of Hood River County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

46 of the 82 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 48.8% 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 93.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I-84 White Salmon over COLUMBIA RIVER, built 1924, carries 12,861 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 13,699 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hood River County's bridges were built

82 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Oregon average (1975).

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

How Hood River County compares with Oregon's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Oregon counties nearest Hood River County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 35 Oregon counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hood River County and the 5 Oregon counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Curry County 101 4%
Lake County 94 6.4%
Hood River County (this page) 82 2.4%
Jefferson County 80 7.5%
Crook County 79 0%
Morrow County 70 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 Hood River 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 Hood River County, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside OR (82 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside OR (1977 here).

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

All 82 Good 40 Fair 40 Poor 2

All bridges (82)

Hwy 026 (OR 35)

Good

Over: Irrigation Ditch

0.9 MI S MT HOOD PO, Hood River, OR

Built 1961 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,951

I-84 (HWY 002) WB

Good

Over: MOODY ST

IN CASCADE LOCKS, Hood River, OR

Built 1962 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 11,026

Hwy 026 (OR 35)

Good

Over: N Fork Of E Fk Hood R

3.5 MI E BENNETT PASS SUM, Hood River, OR

Built 1964 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 1,442

ROAD

Good

Over: GREEN POINT CREEK

S-11 T-1N R-9E WM, Hood River, OR

Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 50

ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE BRANCH HOOD RIVER

S-10 T-1S R-8E WM, Hood River, OR

Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 300

C306 EHRCK HILL DR

Good

Over: ODELL CREEK

01.75M WEST OF HWY#35, Hood River, OR

Built 2017 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 360

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: WHITE RIVER OVERFLOW

10.99 MI E OF HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 1,442

DETHMAN RIDGE DR

Good

Over: ODELL CREEK

MP 1.86, Hood River, OR

Built 2017 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 1,255

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: CLARK CREEK OVERFLOW

11.48 MI E OF HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 1,442

ROAD

Good

Over: DIVERS CREEK

S-30 T-1N R-9E, Hood River, OR

Built 2003 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 60

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: PINNACLE CREEK

S 27 T1S R9E, Hood River, OR

Built 2001 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 30

ROAD

Good

Over: WEST FORK HOOD RIVER

S-31 T-1N R-9E WM, Hood River, OR

Built 1998 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 50

ROAD

Good

Over: BARLOW CREEK

S-33 T-3S R-8E WM, Hood River, OR

Built 2012 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5

MT HOOD MEADOWS RD

Good

Over: OR 35 (HWY 026)

BENNETT PASS SUMMIT, Hood River, OR

Built 2001 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,442

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: CLARK CREEK

2.1 MI N BENNETT PASS SUM, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,442

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: RED HILL CREEK

T1S R8E SEC 24, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: MCGEE CREEK

S1 T2S R8E, Hood River, OR

Built 2015 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: MARCO CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Hood River, OR

Built 2016 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: WHITE RIVER OVERFLOW

10.48 MI E OF HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 1,442

FR1722160

Good

Over: FIVEMILE CREEK

S24 T1S R11E, Hood River, OR

Built 1997 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 5

ROAD

Good

Over: COE CREEK

S-26 T-1S R-9E WM, Hood River, OR

Built 1995 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY RD 424

Good

Over: EVANS CREEK

MP 1.32, Hood River, OR

Built 2019 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 594

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: CLARK CREEK OVERFLOW

11.17 MI E OF HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 1,442

LOST LAKE RD

Good

Over: LAKE BRANCH CREEK

0568MI SW HWY 281-DEEMILL, Hood River, OR

Built 1986 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 164

ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE BRANCH HOOD RIVER

S-33 T01N R83 WM, Hood River, OR

Built 2012 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 50

Hwy 002 (I-84 EB)

Good

Over: Hwy 100

IN CASCADE LOCKS, Hood River, OR

Built 2009 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 11,429

Hwy 002 (I-84 WB)

Good

Over: Hwy 100

IN CASCADE LOCKS, Hood River, OR

Built 2009 Load: 66.4 t ADT: 11,429

I-84 (HWY 002)

Good

Over: CONN 2

IN HOOD RIVER, Hood River, OR

Built 2009 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 23,243

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: WHITE RIVER

4.3 MI E HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 1,442

OR 35 (HWY 026)

Good

Over: North Fork Mineral Creek

4.3 MI E OF HWY 53 JCT, Hood River, OR

Built 2011 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 1,442

I-84 White Salmon

Poor

Over: COLUMBIA RIVER

Hood River, Hood River, OR

Built 1924 Load: 10.4 t ADT: 12,861

COUNTY RD 209

Poor

Over: NEAL CREEK

00.01M EAST JCT HWY35&209, Hood River, OR

Built 1975 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 838

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