Total bridges
190
Public highway bridges in Lincoln County
County profile · official public datasets
Lincoln County, OR
190 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.6% rated Good, 51.1% Fair, 7.4% Poor.
- 190
- Public bridges
- 41.6%
- Good condition
- 7.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lincoln County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 31st
- of 36 on Poor share
- 7.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 190
- public highway bridges
- 1974
- 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.
Lincoln County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lincoln County ranks #31 of 36 Oregon counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Lincoln County, Oregon contains 190 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.6% are rated “Good,” 51.1% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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.
Good condition
41.6%
79 of 190 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.1%
97 of 190 rated 5-6
Poor condition
7.4%
14 of 190 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#31 of 36
Among Oregon counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 190 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.6% (79)
Fair 51.1% (97)
Poor 7.4% (14)
Lincoln County's Poor-condition bridges carry 42,092 vehicle crossings a day
That is 8.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,007 crossings a day against 1,982 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 190 of 190 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
55.8% of Lincoln County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
106 of the 190 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 41.6% 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 41.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US101 (HWY 9) over Yaquina Bay, built 1934, carries 17,391 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 42,092 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lincoln County's bridges were built
190 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 12
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
29 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
40 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s 13
1980–1989
13 bridges
- 1990s 6
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
27 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
21 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Oregon average (1975).
How Lincoln County compares with Oregon's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Oregon counties nearest Lincoln County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 35 Oregon counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | 190 | 32.6% | 60% | 7.4% | 1974 |
| Lincoln County (this page) | 190 | 41.6% | 51.1% | 7.4% | 1974 |
| Baker County | 188 | 27.7% | 65.4% | 6.9% | 1972 |
| Malheur County | 181 | 31.5% | 65.7% | 2.8% | 1976 |
| Union County | 166 | 42.2% | 54.2% | 3.6% | 1980 |
| Polk County | 161 | 29.2% | 64% | 6.8% | 1976 |
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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside OR (190 bridges here).
- Clinton County, IL · 190 bridges
- Wapello County, IA · 190 bridges
- Webster County, IA · 190 bridges
- Bienville County, LA · 190 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside OR (1974 here).
- Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
- Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
- Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
- Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (97)
US101 (HWY 9)
FairOver: Drift Creek
005 MI S LINCOLN CITY, Lincoln, OR
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 12,177
MOSSY LANE RD563
FairOver: OLLALIE CREEK
055 MI E OF NEWPORT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1963 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 10
OLD US 20 (HWY 33)
FairOver: PETERSON CREEK
018 MI W OF EDDYVILLE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1962 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 5,142
US101 (HWY 9)
FairOver: Siletz River
KERNVILLE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1973 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 11,206
FIVE RIVERS RD
FairOver: FIVE RIVERS
021 MI NORTH OF FISHER, Lincoln, OR
Built 1957 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 193
CRAB CREEK RD
FairOver: FIVE RIVERS
130 MI EAST OF YACHATS, Lincoln, OR
Built 1975 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 42
ELK CITY ROAD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
032 M EAST OF TOLEDO, Lincoln, OR
Built 1958 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 321
OR 18 (HWY 39)
FairOver: Bear Creek
040 MI E HWY 9, Lincoln, OR
Built 1930 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 8,782
HARLAN ROAD
FairOver: BIG ELK CREEK
030 MI SO ELK CITY, Lincoln, OR
Built 1954 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 156
YACHATS RIVER ROAD
FairOver: S FORK YACHATS RIVER
070 MI E CAPE PERPETUA, Lincoln, OR
Built 1957 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 161
SAMS CREEK RD
FairOver: SILETZ RIVER
048 M EAST OF SILETZ, Lincoln, OR
Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 220
HWY 180
FairOver: Yaquina River
05.0 MI JCT HWY 33, Lincoln, OR
Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 58
E DEVILS LAKE ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
010 MI EAST DELAKE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1968 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 663
13 S 09 W 23.01:
FairOver: NORTH FORK ALSEA RIVER
1.2 miles E of Harlan OR, Lincoln, OR
Built 1976 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 50
BEAVER VALLEY DR
FairOver: WORTH CREEK
030 M SE ONA STATE PARK, Lincoln, OR
Built 1968 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 134
N SLICK ROCK CR RD
FairOver: SLICK ROCK CREEK
014 MI S ROSE LODGE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1963 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 883
NORTH BANK ROAD
FairOver: SALMON RIVER
005 MI NORTH ROSE LODGE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1972 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 673
IRR THORTON CR RD
FairOver: THORTON CREEK
007 M N HWY20 AT CHITWOOD, Lincoln, OR
Built 1971 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 47
LOCAL
FairOver: MILL CREEK
025 MI SO OF ELK CITY, Lincoln, OR
Built 1966 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 8
ROAD
FairOver: STUMP CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Lincoln, OR
Built 1967 Load: 30.9 t ADT: 15
SHOTPOUCH ROAD
FairOver: SHOTPOUCH CREEK
010 MI SOUTH BURNT WOODS, Lincoln, OR
Built 1970 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 85
MARYS PEAK RD
FairOver: SPOUT CREEK
AT HARLAN, Lincoln, OR
Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 104
US101 (HWY 9)
FairOver: Cape Perpetua
012 MI N LANE CO LN, Lincoln, OR
Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,813
YACHATS RIVER ROAD
FairOver: NORTH FORK YACHATS RIVER
070 MI EAST YACHATS, Lincoln, OR
Built 1954 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 167
US101 (HWY 9)
FairOver: Cape Perpetua
012 MI N LANE CO LN, Lincoln, OR
Built 1963 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,813
SALADO ROAD
FairOver: BIG ELK CREEK
AT SALADO JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1978 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 22
SALMON BERRY LANE
FairOver: SALMON RIVER
065 MI NE OF LINCOLN CITY, Lincoln, OR
Built 1965 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 213
BEAR CREEK RD
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
.9MI S HWY 18, Lincoln, OR
Built 1914 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5
US 20 (HWY 33)
FairOver: Beaver Creek
032 MI E OF HWY 9 JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1953 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 12,205
US 20 (HWY 33)
FairOver: Beaver Creek
045 MI E OF HWY 9 JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1953 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 13,184
US 20 (HWY 33)
FairOver: Little Beaver Creek
054 MI E OF HWY 9 JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1953 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 13,184
MOONSHINE PARK RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
010 MI NORTH OF LOGSDEN, Lincoln, OR
Built 1962 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 408
N. Wolkau Rd.
FairOver: N BEAVER CR
044 M NE OF SEALROCK, Lincoln, OR
Built 2020 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 75
FRUITVALE ROAD
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
027 MI E NEWPORT, Lincoln, OR
Built 2010 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 133
US 20 (HWY 33)
FairOver: Depot Slough
056 MI E OF HWY 9 JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 7,166
FEAGLES CREEK RD
FairOver: FEAGLES CREEK
MP 0.15 FEAGLES CK RD, Lincoln, OR
Built 2010 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 35
SAMS CREEK RD
FairOver: LONG TOM CREEK
036 MI N HWY 20, Lincoln, OR
Built 1971 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 48
HAMER RD
FairOver: SAMS CREEK
030 MI EAST OF SILETZ, Lincoln, OR
Built 1972 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 48
OR 229 (HWY 181)
FairOver: Euchre Creek
040 MI N OF SILETZ, Lincoln, OR
Built 1989 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 545
SO BEAVER CR RD
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
012 MI SE ONA STATE PARK, Lincoln, OR
Built 1993 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 347
YAQUINA BAY RD
FairOver: Depot Slough
001 M WEST OF TOLEDO, Lincoln, OR
Built 1962 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 2,122
ROAD
FairOver: BIG ELK CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Lincoln, OR
Built 1977 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4
JOHNSON STREET
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
010 SOUTH ROSE LODGE, Lincoln, OR
Built 2000 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 91
OR 34 (Hwy 27)
FairOver: McKinney Slough
016 MI E HWY 9 JCT, Lincoln, OR
Built 2019 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 3,331
US 20 (Hwy 33)
FairOver: Tumtum River
8 85 MI E OF EDDYVILLE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1989 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 6,229
US 20 (Hwy 33)
FairOver: Tumtum River
9 1 MI E OF EDDYVILLE, Lincoln, OR
Built 1989 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 6,229
US 20 (Hwy 33)
FairOver: Wakefield Creek
3.8 MILES E OF EDDYVILLE, Lincoln, OR
Built 2000 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 6,229
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