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Snyder County, PA

161 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.2% rated Good, 47.2% Fair, 5.6% Poor.

161
Public bridges
47.2%
Good condition
5.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Snyder County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 10%
lowest Poor share in state
5.6%
Poor-condition share
161
public highway bridges
1966
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.

Snyder County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Snyder County ranks #7 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.6%). Snyder County, Pennsylvania contains 161 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.2% are rated “Good,” 47.2% “Fair,” and 5.6% “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

161

Public highway bridges in Snyder County

Good condition

47.2%

76 of 161 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.2%

76 of 161 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.6%

9 of 161 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#7 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 161 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47.2% (76)
Fair
47.2% (76)
Poor
5.6% (9)

Snyder County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,246 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 138 crossings a day against 2,750 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 161 of 161 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.2% of Snyder County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

97 of the 161 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 47.2% 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 24.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SPRING T586 over T586 OVER BEAVER CREEK, built 1973, carries 300 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,246 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Snyder County's bridges were built

161 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 21 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 13% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1966) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Snyder County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1966 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 Snyder County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Clarion County 172 8.1%
Juniata County 169 13.6%
Union County 163 4.3%
Snyder County (this page) 161 5.6%
Fulton County 159 11.9%
Pike County 158 25.9%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (161 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1966 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 161 Good 76 Fair 76 Poor 9

Good-condition bridges (76)

MOUNTAIN DALE RD

Good

Over: SOUTH BRANCH MIDDLE CRK

VILLAGE OF MCCLURE, Snyder, PA

Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 327

SR 1011

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO PENNS CREEK

5 MI NW OF SELINSGROVE, Snyder, PA

Built 1973 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 959

SR 2012

Good

Over: TRIB TO SUSQUEHANNA RVR

3 MI. W OF PORT TREVORTON, Snyder, PA

Built 1978 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 168

COVER. BR.RD T-600

Good

Over: OVER MIDDLE CREEK

1.5 MI.NE OF BEAVERTOWN, Snyder, PA

Built 1979 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 200

SR 204

Good

Over: TRIB TO PENNS CREEK

1 MI N OF SELINSGROVE, Snyder, PA

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,914

SR 1005

Good

Over: OVER HUMMELS RUN

1.5 MI. NE OF MIDDLEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,018

SR 1005

Good

Over: OVER BR OF MIDDLE CREEK

2 MI NE OF MIDDLEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,018

SR 1005

Good

Over: OVER TUSCARORA CREEK

1.5 MI NE OF ERDLEYS, Snyder, PA

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,177

SR 1006

Good

Over: OVER TUSCORORA CREEK

1.5 MI W OF ERDLEYS, Snyder, PA

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 514

SR 1007

Good

Over: OVER MILL RACE

4 MI NW OF FREEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 1941 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 316

SILVER CRK HLW RD

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

2 MI N OF PORT TREVORTON, Snyder, PA

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 168

SR 3004

Good

Over: TRIB NO BR MAHANTANGO CR

1 MI E OF SHADLE, Snyder, PA

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 473

TROXELVILLE RD

Good

Over: OVER MOYERS MILL RUN

2.5 MI E OF TROXELVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,055

SR 3007

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

2 MI WEST MIDDLEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 81

US TR 11 & 15 SBL

Good

Over: OVER SR 35

1 MI S OF SELINSGROVE, Snyder, PA

Built 1976 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 10,102

Silver C. Hollow R

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

1 MI NW OF PORT TREVORTON, Snyder, PA

Built 1985 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 163

SR 1011

Good

Over: MONONGAHELA CREEK

2 MI NORTH OF SALEM, Snyder, PA

Built 2013 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 434

SPRING T822 #311

Good

Over: OVER BEAVER CREEK

0.75MI SW BEAVER SPRINGS, Snyder, PA

Built 1962 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 150

T-469 SAWMILL RD

Good

Over: SWIFT RUN

1.5 MI.SW OF TROXELVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 2020 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 150

SWIFT RUN ROAD

Good

Over: SWIFT RUN

SPRING TOWNSHIP, Snyder, PA

Built 2016 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 25

SR 522

Good

Over: WETZEL RUN

0.5 MI E OF BEAVERTOWN, Snyder, PA

Built 2012 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 6,025

SR 1005

Good

Over: TRUMPS RUN

0.5 MI NE MIDDLEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 2014 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,018

SR 4012

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY ULSH GAP RUN

2 MI NE OF BANNERVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 2015 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 492

SR 522

Good

Over: Middle Creek

Village of Kreamer, Snyder, PA

Built 2017 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 10,260

BENFER DR. (T-507)

Good

Over: TRIB. TO PENNS CREEK

1.5 MI. SE OF NEW BERLIN, Snyder, PA

Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 217

US 522

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

2 MI W OF BEAVER SPRINGS, Snyder, PA

Built 2021 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,924

SR 1017

Good

Over: ROLLING GREEN RUN

1.5 MI SW OF SHAMOKIN DAM, Snyder, PA

Built 2013 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,747

SR 4008 STAGE ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

2.5MI WEST BEAVER SPRINGS, Snyder, PA

Built 1948 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 316

SR 1022

Good

Over: SR 15

Snyder County Line, Snyder, PA

Built 2022 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 300

SM PICNIC AREA RD

Good

Over: SWIFT RUN

1 MI WEST OF SHORT MTN RD, Snyder, PA

Built 2020 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 50

US TR 11 & 15 NBL

Good

Over: NEW SR 11/15 OVER 11/15

1 MI N OF SELINSGROVE, Snyder, PA

Built 1976 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 10,724

US 522

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

3 MI W OF BEAVER SPRINGS, Snyder, PA

Built 2013 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 3,924

MIDDLE RD

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

2 MI NE MCCLURE BORO, Snyder, PA

Built 1966 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 317

SR 1001

Good

Over: DRY RUN

VILLAGE OF PENNS CREEK, Snyder, PA

Built 2011 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 586

TR 11 NB/SB

Good

Over: OVER MAHANTANGO CREEK

JUNIATA-SNYDER CO LINE, Snyder, PA

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 13,527

N OLD TRAIL RD

Good

Over: Rolling Green Run

VILLAGE OF HUMMELS WHARF, Snyder, PA

Built 2017 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,593

SR 3004

Good

Over: TRIB NO BR MAHANTANGO CR

VILLAGE OF SHADLE, Snyder, PA

Built 1940 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 345

T-508 CRATER HILL

Good

Over: W. BRANCH MAHANTANGO CR.

1 MI.SE OF RICHFIELD, Snyder, PA

Built 2015 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 250

MIDDLE RD

Good

Over: SOUTH BR MIDDLE CREEK

3 MI W OF BEAVER SPRINGS, Snyder, PA

Built 1961 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 317

MIDDLE RD

Good

Over: SOUTH BRANCH MIDDLE CRK

3 MI NE OF MCCLURE BORO, Snyder, PA

Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 317

SR 35

Good

Over: SUSQUEHECKA CREEK

3 MI. E. OF FREMONT, Snyder, PA

Built 2008 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,753

SR 104

Good

Over: MAHANTANGO CREEK

JUNIATA-SNYDER CO LINE, Snyder, PA

Built 1930 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 2,742

SR 3002

Good

Over: MAHANTANGO CREEK

1.5 MI. SOUTH MEISERVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 2009 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 492

SR 3009

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1 MI N OF PAXTONVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 2010 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 643

SR 2009

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.5 MILES SW SELINSGROVE, Snyder, PA

Built 2010 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 100

SR 4007

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1 MI N OF BEAVERTOWN BORO, Snyder, PA

Built 2010 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 422

SR 522

Good

Over: KERN RUN

BOROUGH OF BEAVERTOWN, Snyder, PA

Built 2012 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 6,025

T-344 MILL ROAD

Good

Over: N.BR.MAHANTANGO CREEK

VILLAGE OF MEISERVILLE, Snyder, PA

Built 1998 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100

T-351 POTATO VALLE

Good

Over: N.BR.MAHANTANGO CR.

1 MI.SE OF MT.PLEASANT ML, Snyder, PA

Built 1991 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 75

SR 522

Good

Over: TRIB TO MIDDLE CREEK

7 MI W OF MIDDLEBURG, Snyder, PA

Built 2002 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 4,340

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