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Pike County, PA

158 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.4% rated Good, 38.6% Fair, 25.9% Poor.

158
Public bridges: 35.4%
Good condition: 25.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

65th
of 67 on Poor share: 25.9%
Poor-condition share: 158
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.

Pike County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pike County ranks #65 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 25.9%). Pike County, Pennsylvania contains 158 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.4% are rated “Good,” 38.6% “Fair,” and 25.9% “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

158

Public highway bridges in Pike County

Good condition

35.4%

56 of 158 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.6%

61 of 158 rated 5-6

Poor condition

25.9%

41 of 158 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#65 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 158 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

35.4% (56)

Fair

38.6% (61)

Poor

25.9% (41)

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 76,280 vehicle crossings a day

That is 15% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 25.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,860 crossings a day against 4,441 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 158 of 158 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

65.8% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

104 of the 158 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 35.4% 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 22.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 0006 TR 6 over DELAWARE RIVER, built 1939, carries 16,932 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 76,280 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

2
1910s

3
1920s

3
1930s

14
1940s

9
1950s

40
1960s

29
1970s

6
1980s

3
1990s

7
2000s

3
2010s

29
2020s

10

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Pike County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 25.9% Poor share is the 6th-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 Pike 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	159	32.1%	56%	11.9%	1967
Pike County (this page)	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 Pike 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 Pike County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (158 bridges here).

Napa County, CA · 158 bridges
Wells County, IN · 158 bridges
Jackson County, MI · 158 bridges
Yalobusha County, MS · 158 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 158 Good 56 Fair 61 Poor 41

Poor-condition bridges (41)

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Pike County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 76,280 vehicle crossings a day

65.8% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 22.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Pike 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

Poor-condition bridges (41)

T-372 SAWMILL ROAD

T-378 CREEK ROAD

T-438 HERZOG RD

T-305 E SUGAR MTN

SR 4004

CARLTON ROAD

T-301 WINONA FALLS

T406 HENDERSHOT RD

T-372 SAWMILL ROAD

T-374 MTN VIEW RD

SHOHOLA FALLS ROAD

SPRING ROAD

NORTH SHORE ROAD

T-390 MOZETTE RD

T425(CO.BR.NO.20)

DINGMANS FALLS ACC

SR3001 HEMLOCK GRV

SR 0209 TR 209

T314 LOG & TWIG RD

T-492 CHURCH RD

T301(CO.BR.16)

T351 OLD GREENTOWN

TR 447 PANTHER RD

SR1006 KNEALING RD

CHRISTOPHER WAY

SR 0402 TR 402

SR 0006 TR 6

SR 0006 TR 6

SR 0006 TR 6

PA 390 TR 390

SPRING BROOK ROAD

BROAD STREET

U.S. ROUTE 209

SR 0402 TR 402

SR 1014

SR 1003

T440 (TWP. BR. 2)

SR 0590 TR 590

SR 0006 TR 6

SR 2001 MILFORD RD

SR 2001

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