Total bridges
159
Public highway bridges in Fulton County
County profile · official public datasets
Fulton County, PA
159 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.1% rated Good, 56% Fair, 11.9% Poor.
- 159
- Public bridges
- 32.1%
- Good condition
- 11.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fulton County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 35th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 11.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 159
- public highway bridges
- 1967
- 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.
Fulton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fulton County ranks #35 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.9%). Fulton County, Pennsylvania contains 159 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.1% are rated “Good,” 56% “Fair,” and 11.9% “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
32.1%
51 of 159 rated 7-9
Fair condition
56%
89 of 159 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.9%
19 of 159 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#35 of 67
Among Pennsylvania counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 159 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 32.1% (51)
Fair 56% (89)
Poor 11.9% (19)
Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 31,283 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,646 crossings a day against 3,438 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 159 of 159 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
66% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
105 of the 159 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 32.1% 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 71.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
PA TPK (I-76) over LITTLE AUGWICK CREEK, built 1939, carries 22,430 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 31,283 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fulton County's bridges were built
159 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 11
1920–1929
11 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
27 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
35 bridges
- 1970s 2
1970–1979
2 bridges
- 1980s 6
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 11
2000–2009
11 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1967) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).
How Fulton County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Fulton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.9% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion County | 172 | 27.9% | 64% | 8.1% | 1974 |
| Juniata County | 169 | 30.2% | 56.2% | 13.6% | 1969 |
| Union County | 163 | 50.9% | 44.8% | 4.3% | 1969 |
| Snyder County | 161 | 47.2% | 47.2% | 5.6% | 1966 |
| Fulton County (this page) | 159 | 32.1% | 56% | 11.9% | 1967 |
| Pike County | 158 | 35.4% | 38.6% | 25.9% | 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside PA (159 bridges here).
- Franklin County, IN · 159 bridges
- Decatur County, KS · 159 bridges
- Cheyenne County, NE · 159 bridges
- Morgan County, OH · 159 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1967 here).
- Los Angeles County, CA · avg 1967 · 3,547 bridges
- Sonoma County, CA · avg 1967 · 609 bridges
- Merced County, CA · avg 1967 · 528 bridges
- Shasta County, CA · avg 1967 · 492 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (89)
SR 2005
FairOver: TONOLOWAY CREEK
0.9 MILE NORTH OF TR 655, Fulton, PA
Built 1952 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 551
SR 4001
FairOver: OWL CREEK
4 MI.SE.OF SALUVIA, Fulton, PA
Built 1948 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 356
T335 LAYTON ROAD
FairOver: I-70
3.2 MILE WEST OF PA 731, Fulton, PA
Built 1962 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 54
PA 655
FairOver: LITTLE TONOLOWAY CREEK
2 MI.E.OF WARFORDSBURG, Fulton, PA
Built 1946 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 492
SR 4004
FairOver: WOODEN BRIDGE CREEK
1.5 MI.W.OF HUSTONTOWN, Fulton, PA
Built 1957 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 193
PA 731
FairOver: I-70
OVER I-70 AT AMARANTH, Fulton, PA
Built 1960 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 257
PA 915
FairOver: LITTLE BRUSH CREEK
2.0 MI.N.OF AKERSVILLE, Fulton, PA
Built 1943 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 183
T415 NARROWS ROAD
FairOver: LICKING CREEK
.3 MI.E.OF KNOBSVILLE, Fulton, PA
Built 1960 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 333
T-338 Laurel Ridge
FairOver: BIG COVE CREEK
2 MI NW DICKEYS MTN, Fulton, PA
Built 1995 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 29
T-423 Davis Ln Rd
FairOver: PA TPK (I-76)
NEAR HUSTONTOWN, Fulton, PA
Built 1939 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 240
T384 WERTZVILLE RD
FairOver: PALMER RUN
NEEDMORE, Fulton, PA
Built 1948 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 410
PA TPK (I-76)
FairOver: T-430
NEAR FORT LITTLETON, Fulton, PA
Built 1939 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 21,197
T-363 MARTIN ROAD
FairOver: TONOLOWAY CREEK
NEEDMORE, Fulton, PA
Built 1992 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 51
T319 JOHNSON ROAD
FairOver: LICKING CREEK
2 MI.E.OF PLUM RUN, Fulton, PA
Built 1878 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 50
SR 3006
FairOver: I-70
@ I-70; 0.48 MI E SR 3007, Fulton, PA
Built 1960 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 105
T422 CHERRY LANE R
FairOver: LICKING CREEK
2 MI.SE.OF HUSTONTOWN, Fulton, PA
Built 1940 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 51
US 522
FairOver: TENMILE RUN
2.0 MI. NORTH OF TURNPIKE, Fulton, PA
Built 1923 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 2,218
T-332 COVALT ROAD
FairOver: TONOLOWAY CREEK
0.8 MI.SE.OF COVALT, Fulton, PA
Built 1993 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 85
MAIN PARK ROAD
FairOver: S BR LITTLE AUGHWICK CRK
COWANS GAP STATE PARK, Fulton, PA
Built 2009 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 100
I-70 WBL
FairOver: INDIAN GRAVE RUN
0.2 MILE WEST OF PA 731, Fulton, PA
Built 1960 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 6,085
T-338 LAUREL RIDGE
FairOver: COVE CREEK
POTTS MILLS, Fulton, PA
Built 2000 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 82
US 522 (LR 193)
FairOver: PA TPK (I-76)
NEAR FORT LITTLETON INTG, Fulton, PA
Built 1939 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,505
T372 RAVENSBURG RD
FairOver: COVE CREEK
1 MI.W.OF WEBSTER MILLS, Fulton, PA
Built 1992 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 31
US 30
FairOver: SINDELDECKERS RUN
SALUVIA, Fulton, PA
Built 1990 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 2,968
I-70 EBL RAMPS
FairOver: SOUTH BRUSH CREEK
EBL RAMPS CRYSTAL SPRING, Fulton, PA
Built 1963 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 212
I-70 EBL
FairOver: SR 915&3023; L.BRUSH CRK
OVER PA 915 AT EXIT 151, Fulton, PA
Built 1963 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 4,916
I-70 WBL
FairOver: PA 915 & L. BRUSH CREEK
OVER TR 915 AT EXIT 151, Fulton, PA
Built 1963 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 6,649
PA 915
FairOver: LITTLE BRUSH CREEK
0.6 MI S OF AKERSVILLE, Fulton, PA
Built 1929 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 235
T-379 ROCK HILL RD
FairOver: COVE CREEK
3.5 MI.S.MCCONNELLSBURG, Fulton, PA
Built 1995 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 56
SR 1003
FairOver: COVE CREEK
2.2 MI.SE.MCCONNELLSBURG, Fulton, PA
Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 167
SR 3007
FairOver: PALMER RUN
1.5 MI.N.OF NEEDMORE, Fulton, PA
Built 1934 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 224
SR 4005
FairOver: LITTLE BRUSH CREEK
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Fulton, PA
Built 1963 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 150
PA 643
FairOver: LITTLE TONOLOWAY CREEK
2.5 MILE EAST OF I-70, Fulton, PA
Built 1940 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 243
T366 OLD ROUTE 126
FairOver: MCKEES RUN
1.75 MI E OF AMARANTH, Fulton, PA
Built 1959 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 360
PA 643
FairOver: I-70
OVER I-70 AT EXIT 156, Fulton, PA
Built 1962 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 243
SR 3007
FairOver: PALMER RUN
.6 MI.N.OF NEEDMORE, Fulton, PA
Built 1929 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 224
T381 BLAIRS HILL R
FairOver: LITTLE TONOLOWAY CREEK
1.5 MI.E.OF SIPES MILL, Fulton, PA
Built 1937 Load: 68.9 t ADT: 69
T407W DUTCH CRNR R
FairOver: Patterson Run
1 Mi E of Breezy Point, Fulton, PA
Built 2019 Load: 87.2 t ADT: 50
I-70
FairOver: LITTLE TONOLOWAY CREEK
1.5MI.E. AMARANTH EXIT, Fulton, PA
Built 1960 Load: 88.9 t ADT: 14,030
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