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Washington County, PA

655 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.3% rated Good, 49.6% Fair, 12.1% Poor.

655
Public bridges
38.3%
Good condition
12.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

36th
of 67 on Poor share
12.1%
Poor-condition share
655
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.

Washington County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #36 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.1%). Washington County, Pennsylvania contains 655 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.3% are rated “Good,” 49.6% “Fair,” and 12.1% “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

655

Public highway bridges in Washington County

Good condition

38.3%

251 of 655 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.6%

325 of 655 rated 5-6

Poor condition

12.1%

79 of 655 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#36 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 655 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
38.3% (251)
Fair
49.6% (325)
Poor
12.1% (79)

Washington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 98,832 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,251 crossings a day against 5,496 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 655 of 655 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

54.4% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

356 of the 655 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 38.3% 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 20.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 0022 over RACCOON CREEK, built 1970, carries 19,995 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 79-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 98,832 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Washington County's bridges were built

655 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 119 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1971) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

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

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1963 is 8 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Washington County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bucks County 699 15.5%
Chester County 680 13.7%
Berks County 667 15%
Washington County (this page) 655 12.1%
Westmoreland County 620 15.8%
Philadelphia County 585 13.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (655 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1971 here).

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

All 655 Good 251 Fair 325 Poor 79

Fair-condition bridges (325)

T-540 Day Hill Rd

Fair

Over: Crafts Creek

250 SOUTH OF SR 3035, Washington, PA

Built 1936 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 40

SR 0019

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHARTIERS CREEK

N. STRABANE & PETERS TWPS, Washington, PA

Built 1948 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 24,763

SR 0070

Fair

Over: CHARTIERS CREEK

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1960 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 40,511

SR 0079

Fair

Over: SR 0019

AMWELL TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1998 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 12,664

SR 0070

Fair

Over: DUTCH FORK BUFFALO CREEK

DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1961 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 14,338

CREEDMORE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY OF MILLERS RUN

NE OF CECIL N OF PA 50, Washington, PA

Built 1935 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 50

SR 0070

Fair

Over: DONNAN AVENUE

CITY OF WASHINGTON, Washington, PA

Built 1960 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 26,186

SR 0070

Fair

Over: CATFISH CREEK

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1960 Load: 89.7 t ADT: 43,891

SR 0070

Fair

Over: BR. LITTLE CHARTIERS CK.

SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1960 Load: 89.7 t ADT: 25,692

SR 0070

Fair

Over: BR. PIGEON CREEK

SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1956 Load: 89.7 t ADT: 27,992

SR 0070

Fair

Over: NORTH BR. PIGEON CREEK

SOMERSET TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1956 Load: 89.7 t ADT: 27,992

SR 0019

Fair

Over: BR. LITTLE TENMILE CREEK

AMWELL TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1965 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 2,808

SR 0019

Fair

Over: BRUSH RUN

PETERS TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1940 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 23,832

SR 0022

Fair

Over: SAINT PATRICK RUN

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1968 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 26,066

SR 0040

Fair

Over: Out of Service CSX R/R

BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1919 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 3,797

SR 0070

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BUFFALO CREEK

BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1960 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 28,637

SR 0070

Fair

Over: PIGEON CREEK

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1949 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 28,172

SR 0070

Fair

Over: SOUTH BRANCH MAPLE CREEK

TWILIGHT BOROUGH, Washington, PA

Built 1952 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 26,234

SR 0088

Fair

Over: NORTH BRANCH FISHPOT RUN

EAST BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1966 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 4,910

SR 4004

Fair

Over: LITTLE RACCOON RUN

SMITH & ROBINSON TWP., Washington, PA

Built 1928 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 4,084

SR 4004

Fair

Over: SAINT PATRICK RUN

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1968 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 924

SR 4007

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF RACCOON CREEK

SMITH TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1970 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 3,144

SR 4020

Fair

Over: CHARTIERS CREEK

CANTON & S STRABANE TWP., Washington, PA

Built 1955 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 7,168

SR 4041

Fair

Over: Westland Mine Entry

MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1932 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 261

SR 8005

Fair

Over: BR. LITTLE TENMILE CREEK

AMWELL TOWNSHIP, Washington, PA

Built 1965 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 1,515

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