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Venango County, PA

189 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.4% rated Good, 49.7% Fair, 14.8% Poor.

189
Public bridges
35.4%
Good condition
14.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

48th
of 67 on Poor share
14.8%
Poor-condition share
189
public highway bridges
1968
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.

Venango County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Venango County ranks #48 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.8%). Venango County, Pennsylvania contains 189 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.4% are rated “Good,” 49.7% “Fair,” and 14.8% “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.

Total bridges

189

Public highway bridges in Venango County

Good condition

35.4%

67 of 189 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.7%

94 of 189 rated 5-6

Poor condition

14.8%

28 of 189 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#48 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 189 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
35.4% (67)
Fair
49.7% (94)
Poor
14.8% (28)

Venango County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,916 vehicle crossings a day

That is 4.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 568 crossings a day against 1,310 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 189 of 189 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

49.7% of Venango County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

94 of the 189 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 50.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 62 FRNKN-OIL CT over OVER UPPER TWO MILE RUN, built 1956, carries 7,968 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 28-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 15,916 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Venango County's bridges were built

189 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1968) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

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

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Venango County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 5 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Venango County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Potter County 207 13%
Jefferson County 202 6.9%
Mifflin County 196 12.8%
Venango County (this page) 189 14.8%
Perry County 183 14.2%
Clarion County 172 8.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (189 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1968 here).

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

All 189 Good 67 Fair 94 Poor 28

Poor-condition bridges (28)

WILLIAMS ROAD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE BR. SUGAR CREEK

PLUM TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1880 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

OLD ROUSEVILLE RD.

Poor

Over: CHERRY RUN

SW OF PLUMER, Venango, PA

Built 1915 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 25

DOTTERER ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO ALLEGHENY RIVER

ROCKLAND TWP, Venango, PA

Built 1959 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 100

T-380 PHIPPS ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER BR. SCRUBGRASS CK.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1915 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 50

OLD WARREN PIKE

Poor

Over: WEST PITHOLE CREEK

OIL CREEK TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1965 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 130

T-426 GREENLEE RD

Poor

Over: TRIB. LITTLE SANDY CREEK

FRENCH CREEK/MINERAL TWPS, Venango, PA

Built 1950 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50

SR 208

Poor

Over: OVER SR 80 EB/WB

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1965 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,435

T-593 BOALS ROAD

Poor

Over: EAST BR. SUGAR CREEK

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1939 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100

T-647 ACEL ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

PLUM TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1910 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 200

T377 VALLEY CHURCH

Poor

Over: PINE RUN

EAST OF NICKLEVILLE, Venango, PA

Built 1920 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50

DEAN ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE SANDY CREEK

FRENCH CREEK TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1895 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 50

SR 3024 SAVANAH RD

Poor

Over: OVER LITTLE SANDY CREEK

POLK BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 1955 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,009

T-300 HENDERSON ST

Poor

Over: OVER SOUTH SANDY CREEK

MINERAL TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50

SR 208 MERCER ST.

Poor

Over: SF LITTLE SCRUBGRASS CK.

CLINTONVILLE BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 1933 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,435

SR 2023 PRESIDENT

Poor

Over: PORCUPINE CREEK

PRESIDENT TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 67

SR 62 FRNKN-OIL CT

Poor

Over: OVER UPPER TWO MILE RUN

SUGAR CREEK BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 1956 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 7,968

HALLS RUN ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER HALLS RUN

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1953 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100

SR 4016 BAKER HILL

Poor

Over: BEATTY RUN

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 123

T-685 SUGAR CK.DR.

Poor

Over: OVER SUGARCREEK TRIB.

SUGAR CREEK BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 1924 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 500

SR 3023 Waterloo

Poor

Over: OVER MILL CREEK

UTICA BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 1888 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 140

SR 1004 PTRLM.CNTR

Poor

Over: OVER OIL CREEK

CORNPLANTER TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1884 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 72

SR 208 EMLENTON RD

Poor

Over: OVER LITTLE SCRUBGRASS

SCRUBGRASS TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1960 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,174

T-589 HARPER ROAD

Poor

Over: OVER CHERRYTREE RUN

EAST SIDE OF KANEVILLE, Venango, PA

Built 1900 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

T-484 AIRES HILL R

Poor

Over: OVER LOWER TWO MILE RUN

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1908 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 250

SR 4022 BUXTON RD

Poor

Over: OVER PORTER RUN

PLUM TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1940 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 188

T-460 SHAFFER R.RD

Poor

Over: OVER SHAFFER RUN

SUGAR CREEK BOROUGH, Venango, PA

Built 2003 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 300

GIFFORD ROAD

Poor

Over: PRATHER CREEK

PLUM TOWNSHIP, Venango, PA

Built 1935 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 100

T-370 - FISHERMANS

Poor

Over: VICTORY RUN

1 MI. E. OF OLD RT. 8, Venango, PA

Built 1907 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 50

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