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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.

Total bridges

159

Public highway bridges in Fulton County

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.

pre-1900

1
1910s

1
1920s

11
1930s

27
1940s

16
1950s

12
1960s

35
1970s

2
1980s

6
1990s

13
2000s

11
2010s

23
2020s

1

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fulton County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 159 Good 51 Fair 89 Poor 19

Good-condition bridges (51)

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Fulton County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 31,283 vehicle crossings a day

66% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 71.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Fulton 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

Good-condition bridges (51)

SR 3023

SR 1011

T-344 BarnettsRnRd

PA 913

US 30

US 30

I-70 WBL

TAILGATE ROAD

SR 2005

Buck Valley Rd

US 522

PA 928

Great Cove Road

Pleasant Ridge Rd

PA TPK (I-76) EB

PA TPK (I-76) EB

SR 1010

WB PA TPK SP RAMP

PA 655

T-452 BOY SCOUT RD

T447 IRON BRDGE RD

I-70 EBL

Great Cove Road

SR 3005

T457 TANNERY ROAD

Great Cove Road

Great Cove Rd

T356 BUCK HOLLW RD

SR 4011

PLEASANT RIDGE RD

PA TPK (I-76) WB

K311 DECORUM ROAD

T381 BLAIRS HILL R

SR 4007

I-70 WBL

CITO RD

PA 915

US 522

PA 475 (LR 192)

PA TPK (I-76) EB

SR 1005

PA TPK (I-76)

US 522

SR 4010

SR 4013

T381 BLAIRS HILL R

SR 0655 (LR 323)

SR 1005

SR 1016

SR 4007

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