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Clearfield County, PA

292 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.4% rated Good, 47.6% Fair, 14% Poor.

292
Public bridges: 38.4%
Good condition: 14%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Clearfield County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

44th
of 67 on Poor share: 14%
Poor-condition share: 292
public highway bridges: 1971
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.

Clearfield County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clearfield County ranks #44 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14%). Clearfield County, Pennsylvania contains 292 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.4% are rated “Good,” 47.6% “Fair,” and 14% “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

292

Public highway bridges in Clearfield County

Good condition

38.4%

112 of 292 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.6%

139 of 292 rated 5-6

Poor condition

14%

41 of 292 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#44 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 292 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

38.4% (112)

Fair

47.6% (139)

Poor

14% (41)

Clearfield County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,783 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 661 crossings a day against 2,923 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 287 of 292 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.5% of Clearfield County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

165 of the 292 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 38.4% 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 32.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 219-US 219 over TRIB OF WOLF RUN, built 1962, carries 7,645 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 41-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 23,783 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

3
1900s

9
1910s

13
1920s

14
1930s

27
1940s

10
1950s

23
1960s

46
1970s

25
1980s

18
1990s

18
2000s

32
2010s

44
2020s

10

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 46 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Clearfield County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Clearfield County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Beaver County	299	41.1%	48.8%	10%	1972
Northumberland County	299	41.8%	51.5%	6.7%	1963
Franklin County	294	29.6%	62.2%	8.2%	1964
Clearfield County (this page)	292	38.4%	47.6%	14%	1971
Cambria County	284	35.9%	56.7%	7.4%	1975
Susquehanna County	284	36.3%	44.7%	19%	1969

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (292 bridges here).

Canyon County, ID · 292 bridges
Hancock County, IL · 292 bridges
Logan County, IL · 292 bridges
Jackson County, OK · 292 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1971 here).

Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges
Monmouth County, NJ · avg 1971 · 505 bridges

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

All 292 Good 112 Fair 139 Poor 41

Fair-condition bridges (139)

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Clearfield County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Clearfield County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,783 vehicle crossings a day

56.5% of Clearfield County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 32.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (139)

SR 153-PA 153

SR 453-PA 453

SR 879-PA 879

SR 1004

SR 729-PA 729

SR 4015

SR 80-I 80

ON TSR 361

SR 219-US 219

SR 2030

T-353 BUHITE RD

T-389 PARADISE RD

T-372 PLATT RD

SR 80-I 80

SR 80-I 80

SR 1011

SR 219-US 219

SR 255-PA 255

SR 322-US 322

ON TSR 999

SR 1018

SR 1001

T-525

T-678

ON TSR 711

ON TSR 302

SR 2017

RIVER STREET

SR 80-I 80

SR 36-PA 36

ON TSR 711

SR 153-PA 153

SR 1013

SR 219-US 219

SR 322-US 322

ON TSR 887

SR 53-PA 53

SR 219-US 219

SR 253-PA 253

SR 322-US 322

SR 322-US 322

SR 879-PA 879

SR 53-PA 53

SR 219-US 219

SR 219-US 219

SR 219-US 219

SR 3005

BLOOMINGTON AVE

SR 253-PA 253

T507 104th CAVALRY

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