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Goshen County, WY

106 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 19.8% rated Good, 76.4% Fair, 3.8% Poor.

106
Public bridges: 19.8%
Good condition: 3.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 26%
lowest Poor share in state: 3.8%
Poor-condition share: 106
public highway bridges: 1974
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.

Goshen County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Goshen County ranks #6 of 23 Wyoming counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.8%). Goshen County, Wyoming contains 106 public highway bridges. Roughly 19.8% are rated “Good,” 76.4% “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

106

Public highway bridges in Goshen County

Good condition

19.8%

21 of 106 rated 7-9

Fair condition

76.4%

81 of 106 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.8%

4 of 106 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#6 of 23

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

Condition distribution

Share of 106 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

19.8% (21)

Fair

76.4% (81)

Poor

3.8% (4)

Goshen County's Poor-condition bridges carry 915 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 229 crossings a day against 367 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 106 of 106 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.4% of Goshen County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

64 of the 106 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 19.8% 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 73.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WYO 154 over Fort Laramie Canal, built 1962, carries 672 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 915 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

2
1920s

2
1950s

17
1960s

13
1970s

36
1980s

16
1990s

14
2000s

2
2010s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the Wyoming average (1976).

How Goshen County compares with Wyoming's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Wyoming counties nearest Goshen 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 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 5 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 22 Wyoming counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Goshen County and the 5 Wyoming counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Lincoln County	129	31.8%	62.8%	5.4%	1985
Albany County	124	33.1%	65.3%	1.6%	1976
Teton County	119	31.9%	55.5%	12.6%	1978
Sublette County	109	40.4%	50.5%	9.2%	1986
Goshen County (this page)	106	19.8%	76.4%	3.8%	1974
Big Horn County	91	25.3%	67%	7.7%	1972

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WY (106 bridges here).

Ashley County, AR · 106 bridges
Baca County, CO · 106 bridges
Warren County, KY · 106 bridges
Lincoln County, MN · 106 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WY (1974 here).

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges

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

All 106 Good 21 Fair 81 Poor 4

All bridges (106)

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Goshen County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Goshen County's Poor-condition bridges carry 915 vehicle crossings a day

60.4% of Goshen County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 73.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Goshen County compares with Wyoming'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 (106)

Go Cnty Rd 15E

Go Cnty Rd 51F

US 85

US 85

US 85

US 85

US 26

Go Cnty Rd 37C

US 85

WYO 157

WYO 157

WYO 151

WYO 158

Go Cnty Rd 41B

US 85 Bypass

Go Cnty Rd 10

Go Cnty Rd 25C

Go Cnty Rd 47B

Go Cnty Rd 124

US 26

US 85

WYO 151

WYO 156

Go Cnty Rd 38C

Go Cnty Rd 41A

Go Cnty Rd 51C

Go Cnty Rd 68C

Go Cnty Rd 29C

Go Cnty Rd 3B

County Road 90

County Road 60

WYO 92

Scottsbluff CoRd 1

US 85

WYO 161

WYO 161

WYO 161

Go Cnty Rd 47A

Go Cnty Rd 44B

Go Cnty Rd 32C

Go Cnty Rd 10

Go Cnty Rd 42C

ENTRANCE ROAD (FUT

WYO 154

US 26

WYO 154

WYO 154

Go Cnty Rd 47A

Go Cnty Rd 53B

Go Cnty Rd 10

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