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Bedford County, PA

417 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30% rated Good, 60.9% Fair, 9.1% Poor.

417
Public bridges
30%
Good condition
9.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Bedford County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 30%
lowest Poor share in state
9.1%
Poor-condition share
417
public highway bridges
1965
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.

Bedford County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bedford County ranks #20 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.1%). Bedford County, Pennsylvania contains 417 public highway bridges. Roughly 30% are rated “Good,” 60.9% “Fair,” and 9.1% “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

417

Public highway bridges in Bedford County

Good condition

30%

125 of 417 rated 7-9

Fair condition

60.9%

254 of 417 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.1%

38 of 417 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#20 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 417 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
30% (125)
Fair
60.9% (254)
Poor
9.1% (38)

Bedford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100,875 vehicle crossings a day

That is 6.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,726 crossings a day against 1,130 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 416 of 417 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64.3% of Bedford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

268 of the 417 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 30% 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 35.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

PA TPK (I-70&I-76) over SR 2019(LR 05036), built 1939, carries 36,252 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 38-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 100,875 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Bedford County's bridges were built

417 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 86 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 5 years older than the Pennsylvania average of 1970.

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

How Bedford County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Bedford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 6 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bedford County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Mercer County 438 15.5%
Tioga County 429 3.3%
Fayette County 422 17.8%
Bedford County (this page) 417 9.1%
Bradford County 399 10%
Crawford County 399 17.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (417 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1965 here).

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

All 417 Good 125 Fair 254 Poor 38

All bridges (417)

US 220 (SBL)

Fair

Over: I-70/I-76 PA TURNPIKE

OVER PA TURNPIKE, Bedford, PA

Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,061

SR 1008

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR.JUNIATA RIV.

2.5 MI.SE.OF TATESVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 310

T341 FIVE FORKS RD

Fair

Over: PINEY CREEK

2.5 MI.N.OF PINEYCREEK, Bedford, PA

Built 1942 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3

SR 3009

Fair

Over: TR.EVITTS CREEK

.25 MI.E.OF CENTERVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1967 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 376

SR 4034

Fair

Over: I-99 / US 220

BLUE KNOB INTERCHANGE, Bedford, PA

Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,731

T613 COLEBAUGH RD

Fair

Over: SCRUBGRASS CREEK

1.5 M.NE.OF WEYANT, Bedford, PA

Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 36

T-498 HARRISON RD

Fair

Over: TRIB to ADAMS RUN

3 MI.NE.OF SCHELLSBURG, Bedford, PA

Built 1965 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 130

T350 SCHELLSBURG S

Fair

Over: WILLS CREEK

HYNDMAN, Bedford, PA

Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 526

PA 36

Fair

Over: YELLOW CREEK

0.1 MI S OF SR 1024, Bedford, PA

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,027

US 30 (EBL)

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR JUNIATI RIV

16EAST OF PA 326, Bedford, PA

Built 2004 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,658

SR 4001

Fair

Over: BRANCH SHAWNEE CREEK

2.5 MI.W.OF SCHELLSBURG, Bedford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 227

PA 96

Fair

Over: DUNNING CREEK

0.5 MI.N.OF NEW PARIS, Bedford, PA

Built 1938 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,639

SR 3012

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR. JUNIATA RIV

1.5 MI.W.OF KEGG, Bedford, PA

Built 1940 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 349

SR 4001

Fair

Over: BENTZ RUN

2.5 MI.SW.OF NEW PARIS, Bedford, PA

Built 1937 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 227

SR 4009

Fair

Over: GAP RUN

2.5 MI.NE.OF OSTERBURG, Bedford, PA

Built 1955 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,448

PA TPK (I-76)

Fair

Over: COVE CREEK

ASHCOM, Bedford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 36,252

PA 31

Fair

Over: COVE RUN

0.8 MI.N.OF MANNS CHOICE, Bedford, PA

Built 1958 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 3,905

PA 96

Fair

Over: GEORGES CREEK

1.8 MILE NORTH OF TR 56, Bedford, PA

Built 1938 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,227

PA 915

Fair

Over: SANDY RUN

0.6 MILE SOUTH OF TR 26, Bedford, PA

Built 1959 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 826

TURNPIKE I-70&I-76

Fair

Over: SR 2027(LR 05093);B-519

EVERETT, Bedford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 33,684

T358 Cove Road

Fair

Over: LITTLE WILLS CREEK

2 MI.SW.OF MADLEY, Bedford, PA

Built 1996 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 50

US 220

Fair

Over: EVITTS CREEK

0.8 MILE SOUTH OF SR 3011, Bedford, PA

Built 1964 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 5,566

PA 326

Fair

Over: SWEET ROOT CREEK

143 FEET SOUTH OF SR 2002, Bedford, PA

Built 1961 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 234

SR 2011

Fair

Over: E BR SIDELING HILL CREEK

.5 MI.N.OF ROBINSONVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1929 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 111

SR 4009 (BUS 220)

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR JUNIATA RIV

BEDFORD, Bedford, PA

Built 1997 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 5,940

SR 4017

Fair

Over: ADAMS RUN

2 MI.W.OF CESSNA, Bedford, PA

Built 1965 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 294

SR 1020

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR.JUNIATA RIV.

1.3 MILE EAST OF CYPHER, Bedford, PA

Built 1937 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 82

SR 2017

Fair

Over: SWAMP RUN

405 FEET SOUTH OF SR 2014, Bedford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 180

SR 4027

Fair

Over: SCRUBGRASS CREEK

2 MI.S.OF QUEEN, Bedford, PA

Built 1962 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 325

US 30

Fair

Over: SR 2019

2 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD, Bedford, PA

Built 2003 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 14,982

PA 26

Fair

Over: PINEY CREEK

.3 MI.N.SR2005 PINEY CRK., Bedford, PA

Built 1999 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 371

PA 36

Fair

Over: POTTER CREEK

WATERSIDE, Bedford, PA

Built 1992 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 4,110

I-99 / US 220 SBL

Fair

Over: SR 4009

OVER SR 4009 (CESSNA), Bedford, PA

Built 1978 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 5,530

SR 2002

Fair

Over: WILSON RUN

.5 MI.E.OF CHANNEYSVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1941 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 15

SR 2007

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.5 MI.E.OF CLEARVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1961 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 460

SR 2025

Fair

Over: MILK & WATER CREEK

2.5 MI.S.OF EVERETT, Bedford, PA

Built 1926 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 112

SR 4036(LR 49 SPA)

Fair

Over: PA TURNPIKE(I-76);B-406A

NEAR NEW BUENA VISTA, Bedford, PA

Built 1994 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 151

PA TPK (I-76)

Fair

Over: T-446 BR.JUNIATA

NEAR HARTLEY, Bedford, PA

Built 1940 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 36,252

T-444 RIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: TUB MILL RUN

1.5 MI.NE.OF BREEZEWOOD, Bedford, PA

Built 1925 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 11

SR 1009

Fair

Over: YELLOW CREEK

0.1 MI. S. OF SR 26, Bedford, PA

Built 1954 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 324

SR 1027

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

.3 MI.N.OF SALEMVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1929 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 266

T-323 BLUES GAP RD

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

3 MI.S.OF CHANEYSVILLE, Bedford, PA

Built 1990 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 31

PA 36

Fair

Over: YELLOW CREEK

WATERSIDE, Bedford, PA

Built 1992 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 3,916

I-99 / US 220 NBL

Fair

Over: SR 4009

OVER SR 4009 (CESSNA), Bedford, PA

Built 1978 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 5,816

PA TPK (I-76)

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR JUNIATA RIV

EAST OF NEW BALTIMORE, Bedford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 31,200

T305 COVERED BR.RD

Fair

Over: TOWN CREEK

HEWITT, Bedford, PA

Built 1879 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 100

T306 TOWN CREEK RD

Fair

Over: BLACK VALLEY BR TOWN CRK

HEWITT, Bedford, PA

Built 1993 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 35

1ST STREET

Fair

Over: BLOODY RUN

EVERETT BORO 1ST STREET, Bedford, PA

Built 1920 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 205

PA 913

Fair

Over: RAYSTOWN BR.JUNIATA RIV.

0.2 MILE EAST OF TR 26, Bedford, PA

Built 1990 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 4,142

SR 2007

Fair

Over: T WB SIDELING HILL CREEK

PURCELL, Bedford, PA

Built 1938 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 257

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