Total bridges
422
Public highway bridges in Fayette County
County profile · official public datasets
Fayette County, PA
422 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.6% rated Good, 42.7% Fair, 17.8% Poor.
- 422
- Public bridges
- 39.6%
- Good condition
- 17.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fayette County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 56th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 17.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 422
- 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.
Fayette County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fayette County ranks #56 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.8%). Fayette County, Pennsylvania contains 422 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.6% are rated “Good,” 42.7% “Fair,” and 17.8% “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
39.6%
167 of 422 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.7%
180 of 422 rated 5-6
Poor condition
17.8%
75 of 422 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#56 of 67
Among Pennsylvania counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 422 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 39.6% (167)
Fair 42.7% (180)
Poor 17.8% (75)
Fayette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 80,796 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,077 crossings a day against 2,452 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 422 of 422 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
53.6% of Fayette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
226 of the 422 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 39.6% 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 15.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 711 CRAWFORD AV over YOUGHIOGHENY SR1037 CSXT, built 1959, carries 12,362 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 75-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 80,796 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fayette County's bridges were built
422 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 4
Built before 1900
4 bridges
- 1900s 18
1900–1909
18 bridges
- 1910s 13
1910–1919
13 bridges
- 1920s 20
1920–1929
20 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
36 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
40 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
30 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
38 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
34 bridges
- 1980s 18
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
52 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
45 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
68 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 68 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).
How Fayette County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Fayette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie County | 442 | 37.8% | 52.7% | 9.5% | 1976 |
| Mercer County | 438 | 39.3% | 45.2% | 15.5% | 1972 |
| Tioga County | 429 | 49.4% | 47.3% | 3.3% | 1977 |
| Fayette County (this page) | 422 | 39.6% | 42.7% | 17.8% | 1971 |
| Bedford County | 417 | 30% | 60.9% | 9.1% | 1965 |
| Bradford County | 399 | 43.4% | 46.6% | 10% | 1971 |
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside PA (422 bridges here).
- Siskiyou County, CA · 421 bridges
- Caddo County, OK · 424 bridges
- Maury County, TN · 424 bridges
- Kay County, OK · 419 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.
Good-condition bridges (167)
SR 1031
GoodOver: Branch of Galley Run
N of Connellsville, Fayette, PA
Built 2009 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 559
T-444 DUFF RD
GoodOver: N.Br of Browns Run
German Township, Fayette, PA
Built 1955 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 50
SR 1031
GoodOver: Galley Run
NW of Connellsville, Fayette, PA
Built 2009 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 1,412
BITNER RD (SR1043)
GoodOver: REDSTONE CREEK
N. UNION & FRANKLIN TWPS., Fayette, PA
Built 2017 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 1,123
SR 1027
GoodOver: BRANCH OF JACOBS CREEK
UPPER TYRONE TOWNSHIP, Fayette, PA
Built 1922 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 5,843
SR 0166
GoodOver: GEORGE CREEK
SPRINGHILL/NICHOLSON TWP., Fayette, PA
Built 1994 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 1,479
SR 2005
GoodOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK
WHARTON TOWNSHIP, Fayette, PA
Built 1996 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 119
SR 0281
GoodOver: TUB RUN
HENRY CLAY TWP., Fayette, PA
Built 2004 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 1,450
SR 0119
GoodOver: Redstone Creek Abnd R/R
NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Fayette, PA
Built 1971 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 10,081
PA TPK (TOLL43) NB
GoodOver: RUBLE MILL RD (SR3007)
4.8 MI. S OF FAIRCHANCE, Fayette, PA
Built 1999 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 1,000
PA TPK (TOLL 43)SB
GoodOver: RUBLE MILL RD (SR3007)
4.8MI. S. OF FAIRCHANCE, Fayette, PA
Built 1999 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 1,000
SR 0119
GoodOver: Redstone Creek Abnd R/R
NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Fayette, PA
Built 1971 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 10,666
PA TPK (TOLL 43)
GoodOver: T-345 (CHESS RD)
3 MI. SOUTH OF FAIRCHANCE, Fayette, PA
Built 1999 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 1,000
PA TPK (TOLL 43)
GoodOver: T-345 (CHESS RD)
3 MI. SOUTH OF FAIRCHANCE, Fayette, PA
Built 1999 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 1,000
GROVER ROAD (T415)
GoodOver: MEADOW RUN
W OF SR 2011 BY OHIOPYLE, Fayette, PA
Built 2001 Load: 93.4 t ADT: 150
SR 0119
GoodOver: 6th Street
0.3mi N of SR 0201, Fayette, PA
Built 2010 Load: 98.9 t ADT: 25,443
SR 2019
GoodOver: CUCUMBER RUN
STEWART TOWNSHIP, Fayette, PA
Built 1996 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 1,108
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