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Lewis County, WA

419 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.4% rated Good, 56.8% Fair, 3.8% Poor.

419
Public bridges
39.4%
Good condition
3.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Lewis County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 26%
lowest Poor share in state
3.8%
Poor-condition share
419
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Lewis County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lewis County ranks #10 of 39 Washington counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.8%). Lewis County, Washington contains 419 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.4% are rated “Good,” 56.8% “Fair,” and 3.8% “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

419

Public highway bridges in Lewis County

Good condition

39.4%

165 of 419 rated 7-9

Fair condition

56.8%

238 of 419 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.8%

16 of 419 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#10 of 39

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

Condition distribution

Share of 419 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
39.4% (165)
Fair
56.8% (238)
Poor
3.8% (16)

Lewis County's Poor-condition bridges carry 102,118 vehicle crossings a day

That is 7.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,382 crossings a day against 2,418 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 418 of 419 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

64.7% of Lewis County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

271 of the 419 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 39.4% 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 40.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I-5 over LACAMAS CR DREWS PR RD, built 1953, carries 41,665 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 102,118 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Lewis County's bridges were built

419 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 108 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 6 years older than the Washington average of 1975.

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

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

The 5 Washington counties nearest Lewis County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 6 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 38 Washington counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Lewis County and the 5 Washington counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Snohomish County 500 4%
Pierce County 472 4.2%
Lewis County (this page) 419 3.8%
Grays Harbor County 363 9.4%
Whatcom County 354 5.4%
Whitman County 347 3.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WA (419 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WA (1969 here).

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

All 419 Good 165 Fair 238 Poor 16

Good-condition bridges (165)

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: JEFFERSON CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 2021 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 50

TOWNSEND ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CR.

1.1 S JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 2021 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: DAVIS CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 2010 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 23

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

TAKE RD 47 NORTH OF RANDL, Lewis, WA

Built 2010 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 75

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: WILLAME CREEK

2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF FS R, Lewis, WA

Built 2010 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2

LUCAS CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: LUCAS CREEK

5.17 NE NORTH FORK ROAD, Lewis, WA

Built 2006 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6

KRUGER ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED TRIBUTARY

1.20 JCT MIDDLE FORK ROAD, Lewis, WA

Built 2023 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 248

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: CISPUS RIVER

9.2 MILES SE OF JCT. HWY, Lewis, WA

Built 1998 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 437

I-5

Good

Over: BLAKESLEE JCT RR

1.6 N JCT SR 507, Lewis, WA

Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,801

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: SKATE CREEK

9 MILES NE OF JCT HWY 12, Lewis, WA

Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 371

PLEASANT VALLEY RD

Good

Over: STEARNS CREEK

0.07 S JCT 41013, Lewis, WA

Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 496

JACKSON HWY

Good

Over: NEWAUKUM RIVER

4.5 MILES SE CHEHALIS, Lewis, WA

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,565

CENTRALIA ALPHA RD

Good

Over: MID FK NEWAUKUM RIVER

2.5 MILES NW JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 2022 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 498

I-5 SBCD

Good

Over: SKOOKUMCHUCK RIVER

0.7 N JCT SR 507, Lewis, WA

Built 2013 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 12,752

SR 508

Good

Over: TILTON RIVER

25.0 E JCT I-5, Lewis, WA

Built 1988 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,171

BURRI RD.

Good

Over: LAKE CR.

3.0 SE CURTIS, Lewis, WA

Built 1988 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 47

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: CLEAR FORK COWLITZ

0.7 MILE WEST OF HWY 12 (, Lewis, WA

Built 1993 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 65

SR 6

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

21.8 E PACIFIC CO, Lewis, WA

Built 2021 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 7,052

PIGEON SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: FRASE CREEK

1.2 N JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 2019 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 69

PARK RD

Good

Over: I-5

3.0 N JCT SR 505, Lewis, WA

Built 1977 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 100

SR 508

Good

Over: I-5

JCT I-5, Lewis, WA

Built 1986 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 4,189

SILVERBROOK ROAD

Good

Over: Silver Creek

1.0 East Randle, Lewis, WA

Built 2006 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 462

GODFREY

Good

Over: KLICKITAT CREEK

South of Mossyrock Rd E., Lewis, WA

Built 2014 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 77

ROGERS RD

Good

Over: I-5

0.2 N COWLITZ CO, Lewis, WA

Built 1976 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,666

NB I-5 RAMP

Good

Over: DILLENBAUGH CREEK

3.8 N JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,590

ANDERSON ROAD

Good

Over: CURTIS CREEK

3.8 SW WINLOCK, Lewis, WA

Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 36

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

3.6 MILES NW OF HWY. 508, Lewis, WA

Built 1977 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 20

DEEP CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

7.0 W Chehalis, Lewis, WA

Built 2007 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 10

SR 506

Good

Over: LACAMAS CREEK

7.0 E COWLITZ CO, Lewis, WA

Built 2020 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 2,052

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: NO DATA ENTERED

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 1999 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 20

SR 508

Good

Over: TILTON RIVER

28.5 E JCT I-5, Lewis, WA

Built 1994 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,171

BIG HANAFORD RD.

Good

Over: HANAFORD CREEK

7.5 E. CENTRALIA, Lewis, WA

Built 2003 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 36

CHAMBER WAY

Good

Over: I-5

1.1 N JCT SR 6, Lewis, WA

Built 2018 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 12,588

I-5 N-W RAMP

Good

Over: DILLENBAUGH CR

6.8 N JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 1976 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 3,301

SR 6

Good

Over: S FORK CHEHALIS R

18.0 E PACIFIC CO, Lewis, WA

Built 2009 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 3,973

LOGAN HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BERWICK CREEK

1.10 JCT 94000, Lewis, WA

Built 2007 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 1,001

SR 507 NB

Good

Over: I-5 RAMP

JCT I-5, Lewis, WA

Built 2014 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 7,639

WASHINGTON ROUTE 1

Good

Over: LAUGHINGWATER CREEK

2.6 MILES NORTH OF PARK B, Lewis, WA

Built 1994 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 1,375

FIR STREET

Good

Over: OLEQUA CREEK

0.02 W SR 603, Lewis, WA

Built 2018 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 1,199

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: BENHAM CREEK

16 MILES SOUTH OF HWY 12, Lewis, WA

Built 2012 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 650

SR 505

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

10.6 E JCT I-5, Lewis, WA

Built 1962 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 647

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 2007 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 99

TELEGRAPH ROAD

Good

Over: COON CREEK

3.0 SW TOLEDO, Lewis, WA

Built 1954 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 102

BRIDGEOVER RD

Good

Over: US 12

5.0 E JCT SR 7, Lewis, WA

Built 1966 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 647

SR 506

Good

Over: OLEQUA CREEK

4.9 E COWLITZ CO, Lewis, WA

Built 1981 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,590

US 12

Good

Over: GULCH

3.6 E JCT SR 123, Lewis, WA

Built 1997 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 1,729

LABREE ROAD

Good

Over: I-5

3.7 N JCT SR 508, Lewis, WA

Built 2008 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 1,605

4700 ROAD

Good

Over: W. FORK WILLAME CREEK

NEAR SKATE CREEK, Lewis, WA

Built 2000 Load: 56.3 t ADT: 40

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: WEST FORK TILTON

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 2005 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: WOODS CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Lewis, WA

Built 2008 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 390

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