Total bridges
569
Public highway bridges in York County
County profile · official public datasets
York County, PA
569 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.1% rated Good, 55.9% Fair, 13% Poor.
- 569
- Public bridges
- 31.1%
- Good condition
- 13%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
York County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- 39th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 13%
- Poor-condition share
- 569
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
York County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, York County ranks #39 of 67 Pennsylvania counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 13%). York County, Pennsylvania contains 569 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.1% are rated “Good,” 55.9% “Fair,” and 13% “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.
Good condition
31.1%
177 of 569 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.9%
318 of 569 rated 5-6
Poor condition
13%
74 of 569 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#39 of 67
Among Pennsylvania counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 569 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 31.1% (177)
Fair 55.9% (318)
Poor 13% (74)
York County's Poor-condition bridges carry 355,557 vehicle crossings a day
That is 9.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 13% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,805 crossings a day against 3,781 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 569 of 569 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
59.1% of York County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
336 of the 569 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 31.1% 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 18.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-83; SR 0083 over US 30; SR 0030, built 1959, carries 64,412 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 74-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 355,557 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When York County's bridges were built
569 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 4
Built before 1900
4 bridges
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 16
1910–1919
16 bridges
- 1920s 16
1920–1929
16 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
50 bridges
- 1940s 30
1940–1949
30 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
110 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
54 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
69 bridges
- 1980s 41
1980–1989
41 bridges
- 1990s 34
1990–1999
34 bridges
- 2000s 32
2000–2009
32 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
90 bridges
- 2020s 20
2020–2029
20 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 110 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 (1972) matches the Pennsylvania average (1970).
How York County compares with Pennsylvania's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Pennsylvania counties nearest York County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 13% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Pennsylvania counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berks County | 667 | 21.4% | 63.6% | 15% | 1962 |
| Washington County | 655 | 38.3% | 49.6% | 12.1% | 1971 |
| Westmoreland County | 620 | 36.5% | 47.7% | 15.8% | 1975 |
| Philadelphia County | 585 | 22.7% | 64.1% | 13.2% | 1956 |
| York County (this page) | 569 | 31.1% | 55.9% | 13% | 1972 |
| Lycoming County | 482 | 50.8% | 45.2% | 3.9% | 1975 |
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 York 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 York County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside PA (569 bridges here).
- Iroquois County, IL · 570 bridges
- Linn County, OR · 566 bridges
- Reno County, KS · 573 bridges
- Shawnee County, KS · 563 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside PA (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- Middlesex County, NJ · avg 1972 · 563 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (318)
3017:Reynolds Mill
FairOver: EAST BR CODORUS CREEK
1 MI. S.E. LEADER HEIGHTS, York, PA
Built 1947 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 1,203
PORTERS RD.
FairOver: WEST BR CODORUS CREEK
PORTERS SIDELING, York, PA
Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 428
T-973; PARK ROAD
FairOver: I-83; SR 0083
1 MI N OF EXIT-36 I-83, York, PA
Built 1959 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 600
T-970;PLSNTVIEW RD
FairOver: I-83; SR 0083
1 MI S OF EXIT-18 I-83, York, PA
Built 1959 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 2,180
PA 214; CHURCH ST.
FairOver: FISHEL CREEK
SEVEN VALLEYS BORO, York, PA
Built 1938 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 1,492
PA 182; SR 0182
FairOver: S BR CODORUS CREEK
1 MILE S OF WEST YORK, York, PA
Built 1985 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 8,391
SR 1001 poplar ave
FairOver: YELLOW BREECHES CREEK
.4 MI N OF PA TPK, York, PA
Built 1987 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 2,326
I-83; SR 0083
FairOver: PA 921; Canal rd.
LR333&LR66002 INTER, York, PA
Built 1957 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 43,104
SQUIRE GRATZ ROAD
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
.9N ROSSVILLE/BEAVER CRK, York, PA
Built 1960 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 91
I-83; SR 0083
FairOver: PA 382; old trail rd
EXIT 32, York, PA
Built 1954 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 47,654
I-83; SR 0083
FairOver: PA TURNPIKE RAMP E
I-83 & TNPK RAMP EXIT-39, York, PA
Built 1950 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 59,616
PA 114; Lewisberry
FairOver: I-83; SR 0083
I-83 EXIT 39A, York, PA
Built 1958 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 6,540
SR 2031 windsor rd
FairOver: KREUTZ CREEK
2 MI NW OF FREYSVILLE, York, PA
Built 1958 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 7,573
SR 1010
FairOver: Norfolk Southern RR
0.5 MI.N. OF EMIGSVILLE, York, PA
Built 1987 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 2,185
SR 1012
FairOver: TRIB CODORUS CREEK
0.5 MI S EMIGSVILLE, York, PA
Built 1956 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 9,081
SR 2032
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
BRIDGETON, York, PA
Built 1986 Load: 74.4 t ADT: 672
SR 1012
FairOver: CODORUS CREEK
2 MI E OF EMIGSVILLE, York, PA
Built 1956 Load: 86.2 t ADT: 9,081
W PHILADELPHIA ST
FairOver: CODORUS CREEK
W PHIL ST; CODORUS; YORK, York, PA
Built 1954 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 12,564
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