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Wayne County, PA

259 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 27% rated Good, 41.7% Fair, 31.3% Poor.

259
Public bridges: 27%
Good condition: 31.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

67th
of 67 on Poor share: 31.3%
Poor-condition share: 259
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.

Wayne County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #67 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 31.3%). Wayne County, Pennsylvania contains 259 public highway bridges. Roughly 27% are rated “Good,” 41.7% “Fair,” and 31.3% “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

259

Public highway bridges in Wayne County

Good condition

27%

70 of 259 rated 7-9

Fair condition

41.7%

108 of 259 rated 5-6

Poor condition

31.3%

81 of 259 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#67 of 67

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

Condition distribution

Share of 259 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

27% (70)

Fair

41.7% (108)

Poor

31.3% (81)

Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 52,113 vehicle crossings a day

That is 15.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 31.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 643 crossings a day against 1,217 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 259 of 259 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64.1% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

166 of the 259 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 27% 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 15.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 0006 TR 6 over MIDDLE CREEK, built 1958, carries 7,850 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 81-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 52,113 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

5
1900s

6
1910s

3
1920s

12
1930s

23
1940s

24
1950s

50
1960s

30
1970s

17
1980s

13
1990s

17
2000s

24
2010s

33
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1967) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).

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

The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 31.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wayne County and the 5 Pennsylvania counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Columbia County	271	42.8%	47.2%	10%	1965
Lawrence County	265	47.5%	41.1%	11.3%	1978
Armstrong County	263	33.5%	58.6%	8%	1976
Wayne County (this page)	259	27%	41.7%	31.3%	1967
Adams County	254	36.2%	57.1%	6.7%	1972
Huntingdon County	238	41.6%	47.5%	10.9%	1966

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside PA (259 bridges here).

Apache County, AZ · 259 bridges
Gila County, AZ · 259 bridges
Ellsworth County, KS · 259 bridges
Hampshire County, MA · 259 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 259 Good 70 Fair 108 Poor 81

Poor-condition bridges (81)

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Wayne County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 52,113 vehicle crossings a day

64.1% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 15.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Wayne 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 (81)

SR 4017

SR 0006 TR 6

SR 1002

DAVIS ROAD

SR 1023

BOYCE ROAD

T611 HATCHERY ROAD

SR4041 ROCK LKE RD

SR 0590 TR 590

BUCKLEY LANE T-689

SR 3011 UBAN ROAD

SPRY ROAD

SR3031 HOADLEYS RD

RIVER ROAD

TWP RTE T-684

SR4041 ROCK LKE RD

SR 1004

SR 3018

T-395 HEMLOCK ROAD

SR 1023

SR 0191 TR 191

No 5 FACTORY T603

SR 3018

T-381 CAL SHAFFER

NAVAJO ROAD

HOPKINS ROAD ("H")

SR 0447 TR 447

SR 4007 EQN CRK RD

TR401 KEEN LAKE RO

SR 1023

KINNEYVILLE ROAD

SR 0191 TR 191

SR 0690 TR 690

SR 3004 POND ROAD

HIGH BRIDGE R T636

BR.13 SALATHE T316

PENN YORK ROAD

SR 0247 TR 247

CHURCH STREET

SR4031 PLSNT VW DR

T-750 BUSH ROAD

SR 3002 SPRG HL RD

SR 0371 TR 371

SR3018 CORTEZ RD

OLD ROAD

SR 2007

SR 0170 TR 170

SR 0191 TR 191

SR 1007

SR 3031

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