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Codington County, SD

74 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20.3% rated Good, 63.5% Fair, 16.2% Poor.

74
Public bridges: 20.3%
Good condition: 16.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

39th
of 66 on Poor share: 16.2%
Poor-condition share: 74
public highway bridges: 1976
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.

Codington County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Codington County ranks #39 of 66 South Dakota counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 16.2%). Codington County, South Dakota contains 74 public highway bridges. Roughly 20.3% are rated “Good,” 63.5% “Fair,” and 16.2% “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

Public highway bridges in Codington County

Good condition

20.3%

15 of 74 rated 7-9

Fair condition

63.5%

47 of 74 rated 5-6

Poor condition

16.2%

12 of 74 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#39 of 66

Among South Dakota counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 74 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

20.3% (15)

Fair

63.5% (47)

Poor

16.2% (12)

Codington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,191 vehicle crossings a day

That is 6.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 16.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 766 crossings a day against 1,818 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 74 of 74 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.4% of Codington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

41 of the 74 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 20.3% 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 54.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

14TH AVE. N WTN. over BIG SIOUX RV, built 1974, carries 4,970 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,191 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

2
1930s

3
1940s

5
1950s

4
1960s

5
1970s

23
1980s

10
1990s

10
2000s

4
2010s

5
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the South Dakota average (1975).

How Codington County compares with South Dakota's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 South Dakota counties nearest Codington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 16.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 65 South Dakota counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Codington County and the 5 South Dakota counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Fall River County	80	50%	42.5%	7.5%	1982
Lake County	79	44.3%	49.4%	6.3%	1977
Codington County (this page)	74	20.3%	63.5%	16.2%	1976
Deuel County	72	22.2%	61.1%	16.7%	1971
Haakon County	69	29%	58%	13%	1974
Miner County	64	35.9%	37.5%	26.6%	1970

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 Codington 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 Codington County, both outside South Dakota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside SD (74 bridges here).

Clinch County, GA · 74 bridges
Decatur County, GA · 74 bridges
Hart County, GA · 74 bridges
Carlisle County, KY · 74 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside SD (1976 here).

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All 74 Good 15 Fair 47 Poor 12

All bridges (74)

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Codington County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Codington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,191 vehicle crossings a day

55.4% of Codington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 54.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Codington County compares with South Dakota's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (74)

463 AVENUE

175 STREET

158 STREET

161 STREET

N. Lake Drive

I029 S

W Kemp Avenue

455 AVENUE

455 AVENUE

155 STREET

459 AVENUE

174 STREET

4th Avenue SW

I029 N

20th Avenue SE

464 AVENUE

464 AVENUE

SD020

I029 S

I029 N

IRR SD020

I029 S

I029 N

US212

I029 N

I029 S

I029 S

I029 N

155 STREET

453 AVENUE

43RD ST. WTN.

459 AVE

OAK STREET

177 ST

176 ST

US081

161 ST

166 ST

164 STREET

460 AVENUE

165 STREET

US081

160 STREET

20TH AVE. S WTN.

1ST AVE NE

S BROADWAY WTN

US212 SER RD

CITY STREET

454 AVENUE

455 AVENUE

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