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Crawford County, PA

399 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.6% rated Good, 46.9% Fair, 17.5% Poor.

399
Public bridges
35.6%
Good condition
17.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

54th
of 67 on Poor share
17.5%
Poor-condition share
399
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.

Crawford County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crawford County ranks #54 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.5%). Crawford County, Pennsylvania contains 399 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.6% are rated “Good,” 46.9% “Fair,” and 17.5% “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

399

Public highway bridges in Crawford County

Good condition

35.6%

142 of 399 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.9%

187 of 399 rated 5-6

Poor condition

17.5%

70 of 399 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#54 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 399 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
35.6% (142)
Fair
46.9% (187)
Poor
17.5% (70)

Crawford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 84,924 vehicle crossings a day

That is 11.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,213 crossings a day against 1,667 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 399 of 399 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.4% of Crawford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

241 of the 399 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 35.6% 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 12.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 6 GRAND ARMY HY over OVER WATSON RUN, built 1939, carries 10,524 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 70-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 84,924 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Crawford County's bridges were built

399 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 68 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 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 Crawford County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Crawford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 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 Crawford County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bedford County 417 9.1%
Bradford County 399 10%
Crawford County (this page) 399 17.5%
Delaware County 387 11.9%
Lehigh County 381 11.3%
Butler County 378 14.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (399 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 399 Good 142 Fair 187 Poor 70

Poor-condition bridges (70)

LIBERTY STREET

Poor

Over: OVER MILL RUN

LIBERTY ST MEADVILLE, Crawford, PA

Built 1910 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,500

MERCER STREET

Poor

Over: OVER FRENCH CREEK

MERCER STREET MEADVILLE, Crawford, PA

Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,000

SR 1014 JOHNSTOWN

Poor

Over: OVER MUDDY CREEK

ROCKDALE TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1917 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 350

SR 285 3RD ST.

Poor

Over: OVER MCMICHAEL RUN

GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1947 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,149

SR 1022 COOLEY-CEN

Poor

Over: OVER OIL CREEK

CENTERVILLE BOROUGH, Crawford, PA

Built 1956 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 500

T-300 PALMER ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER STONE RUN

BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

SR 2019 LEBOEUF RD

Poor

Over: OVER SUGAR CREEK EAST BR

TROY TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1962 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 30

SR 6 GRAND ARMY HY

Poor

Over: OVER WATSON RUN

VERNON TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1939 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10,524

SR 18

Poor

Over: OVER CONNEAUT CREEK TRIB

SUMMERHILL TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,749

SR 1033 TEEPLEVILL

Poor

Over: OVER MUDDY CREEK

RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1950 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 180

T-670 HINKSON ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER LITTLE SUGAR BRANCH

1.2 MI. SW. FRENCHTOWN, Crawford, PA

Built 1900 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 50

T-609 AGNEW ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER CONNEAUT CREEK

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1920 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 250

SR 2039 DUNHAM ST.

Poor

Over: OVER CUSSEWAGO CREEK

VERNON TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1950 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,605

T-305 JERICHO RD

Poor

Over: CONNEAUTTEE CREEK

1 MI N OF DRAKES MILLS, Crawford, PA

Built 2002 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 100

T-794 DEWEY ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER E.BR.MUDDY CREEK

1.7 MI. SE.LITTLE COOLEY, Crawford, PA

Built 1960 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 50

T-840 HOGBACK W.RD

Poor

Over: OVER KELLY RUN

5 MI.E.CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Crawford, PA

Built 1976 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 50

T-425 DEETER H.RD.

Poor

Over: OVER LT.SUGAR CREEK

2.5 MI.S.OF FAUNCETOWN, Crawford, PA

Built 1950 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 250

SR 173 ADAMS ST.

Poor

Over: OVER LAKE CREEK

WAYNE TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1935 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 1,442

T-867 PHILADELPHIA

Poor

Over: OVER STONE RUN

BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1991 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 250

T-867 PHILADELPHIA

Poor

Over: OVER CONNEAUT CREEK E.BR

BEAVER TOWNSHIP, Crawford, PA

Built 1986 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 250

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.