State profile · Below median Poor share

Ohio bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Ohio.

26,729
Public bridges
61.0%
Good condition
4.7%
Poor condition

Ohio holds 26,729 public highway bridges (#3 of 52 by inventory) with a 4.74% Poor share (#35 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 4.7% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 18 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

26,729

Public highway bridges in Ohio

Good Condition

61.0%

16,319 bridges rated 7-9

11.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.7%

1,267 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.8pp vs national avg 7.5%

Ohio vs national bridge condition

Ohio - Good condition share 61.0%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Ohio - Poor-condition share 15.8%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Ohio in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Ohio has 26,729 bridges and a 4.7% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #18 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Ohio has 26,729 bridges and a 4.7% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #18 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Ohio vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

26,729 3rd of 54 higher than 51 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Ohio

The highlighted point is Ohio: 26,729 bridges and 4.74% in Poor condition, rank #18 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Ohio on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Oregon: 8,305 bridges · 4.61% Poor
  • Connecticut: 4,365 bridges · 4.72% Poor
  • Ohio: 26,729 bridges · 4.74% Poor
  • Colorado: 8,965 bridges · 4.82% Poor
  • Idaho: 4,616 bridges · 4.90% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Ohio

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 26,729 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Ohio’s inventory

State agency holds 40.1% of the 26,729 public highway bridges filed under Ohio in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Ohio’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 12.0% of the 26,729 bridges with a recorded original year in Ohio. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Ohio61.1%34.2%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Ohio (FHWA NBI)

Counties (88)

Adams 184 Allen 367 Ashland 283 Ashtabula 305 Athens 309 Auglaize 321 Belmont 310 Brown 223 Butler 377 Carroll 125 Champaign 192 Clark 340 Clermont 319 Clinton 209 Columbiana 321 Coshocton 186 Crawford 221 Cuyahoga 871 Darke 463 Defiance 158 Delaware 268 Erie 225 Fairfield 320 Fayette 241 Franklin 922 Fulton 198 Gallia 237 Geauga 141 Greene 344 Guernsey 350 Hamilton 783 Hancock 357 Hardin 276 Harrison 140 Henry 265 Highland 245 Hocking 293 Holmes 208 Huron 311 Jackson 257 Jefferson 226 Knox 274 Lake 210 Lawrence 249 Licking 439 Logan 281 Lorain 366 Lucas 418 Madison 198 Mahoning 348 Marion 229 Medina 252 Meigs 207 Mercer 329 Miami 315 Monroe 167 Montgomery 632 Morgan 159 Morrow 250 Muskingum 363 Noble 208 Ottawa 158 Paulding 176 Perry 175 Pickaway 224 Pike 245 Portage 217 Preble 357 Putnam 213 Richland 356 Ross 356 Sandusky 303 Scioto 376 Seneca 275 Shelby 277 Stark 415 Summit 563 Trumbull 383 Tuscarawas 336 Union 221 Van Wert 317 Vinton 179 Warren 336 Washington 309 Wayne 391 Williams 242 Wood 508 Wyandot 236

Ohio vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Ohio on the same metric.

OR

Oregon

4.61% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,305

CT

Connecticut

4.72% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,365
Selected

OH

Ohio

4.74% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$26,729

CO

Colorado

4.82% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,965

ID

Idaho

4.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,616

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Ohio

Six lowest-condition bridges in Ohio, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

FRANKLIN STREET

Poor

Over: FLAT FORK CREEK

AT WATER TREATMENT PLANT, Allen, OH

Built 1914 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50

HORTON ROAD

Poor

Over: CONNEAUT CREEK

.5 MI. N. OF HATCHES COR., Ashtabula, OH

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t

T302

Poor

Over: MODOC RUN

MODOC RD. TRIM 25, Athens, OH

Built 1971 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 324

TR 83 Jeffers

Poor

Over: SHADE RIVER

0.01 mi. EAST TO CR167, Athens, OH

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 96

VALLEY STREET

Poor

Over: W BRANCH SUNDAY CREEK

0.01 MI. S OF CONGRESS ST, Athens, OH

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 450

REDDINGTON HILL RD

Poor

Over: TRAIL RUN

300 FT S OF SR331, Belmont, OH

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 200

All Bridges in Ohio

SR 73

Fair

Over: FLAT RUN

1.01 MI E OF HIGHLAND CO, Adams, OH

Built 1970 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,489

SR 125

Fair

Over: EAST FORK OF EAGLE CREEK

1.64 MI E OF SR 136, Adams, OH

Built 1964 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,992

SR 247

Fair

Over: N BR OF LICK FK OH BRS C

2.74MI N OF WEST UNION, Adams, OH

Built 1962 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,434

SR 247

Fair

Over: GRACE RUN

.86 MI S OF SR 137, Adams, OH

Built 1962 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,434

USR 30 WB

Fair

Over: PIKE RUN

1.20 mi. West of SR 115, Allen, OH

Built 1969 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 4,832

HUME RD.

Fair

Over: STREAM HUME RD

0.07 MI W OF SR 501, Allen, OH

Built 1975 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 228

KILL RD.

Fair

Over: JENNINGS CREEK KILL RD

0.68 MI N OF WEST UNION, Allen, OH

Built 1966 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 88

SR 3

Fair

Over: PINE RUN

.9 MI S OF SR97, Ashland, OH

Built 1953 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,533

SR 60

Fair

Over: OLD TOWN RUN

.3 MI N OF US30, Ashland, OH

Built 1948 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 5,838

SR 89

Fair

Over: OLD TOWN RUN

.5 N OF US30, Ashland, OH

Built 1959 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,594

SR 603

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BLACK FORK RV

0.94 MI N RIC CO LINE, Ashland, OH

Built 1958 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,373

SR 603

Fair

Over: RUFFNER RUN

.14 MI N SR 430, Ashland, OH

Built 1957 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,899

COUNTY ROAD 956

Fair

Over: LANG CREEK

.13 MI. W OF US 250, Ashland, OH

Built 1974 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 518

TOWNSHIP ROAD 1243

Fair

Over: LANG CREEK

.23 MI N OF CR 956, Ashland, OH

Built 1973 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 74

COUNTY ROAD 2654

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF HONEY CREEK

.22 MILE NORTHEAST OF775, Ashland, OH

Built 1990 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 63

TOWNSHIP ROAD 2826

Fair

Over: BLACK FORK

.03 M W OF TR 629, Ashland, OH

Built 1970 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 498

TOWNSHIP ROAD 580

Fair

Over: MUDDY FORK

17 MI NE OF CR 620, Ashland, OH

Built 1979 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 162

TOWNSHIP ROAD 2672

Fair

Over: PLUM RUN

.12 MI. E. OF CR. 457, Ashland, OH

Built 1980 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 29

COUNTY ROAD 801

Fair

Over: ORANGE CREEK

.09 M N OF SR 58, Ashland, OH

Built 1975 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,578

COUNTY ROAD 1181

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BUCK CREEK

.37 M S OF TR 126, Ashland, OH

Built 2003 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 112

PARKSIDE DRIVE

Fair

Over: TOWN RUN CREEK

0.1 MI SOUTH OF ELLIS AVE, Ashland, OH

Built 1996 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 700

PARRISH RD MR-372M

Fair

Over: IR 90

1.22 MI W OF SR 7, Ashtabula, OH

Built 1960 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,295

ROOT ROAD

Fair

Over: ASHTABULA RIVER

.05 MI. E. OF CH33, Ashtabula, OH

Built 1900 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 40

INSTITUTE ROAD

Fair

Over: LEBANON CREEK

.04 MI. N. OF BROWNVILLE, Ashtabula, OH

Built 1940 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 324

SR 7

Fair

Over: USR 50

0.3 M S OF USR 50 EB, Athens, OH

Built 1963 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 5,152

SR 550

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

2.2M W OF JCT SR 13, Athens, OH

Built 1989 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 667

SR 56

Fair

Over: B&O RR ABANDONED

2.2M E OF JCT SR 690, Athens, OH

Built 1968 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 761

SR 78

Fair

Over: MUD FORK CREEK

0.8Mi E OF JCT SR 13, Athens, OH

Built 1959 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,292

SR 329

Fair

Over: FEDERAL CREEK

3.3Mi S OF JCT SR 144, Athens, OH

Built 1961 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 425

SR 356

Fair

Over: GRASS RUN

1M S OF JCT SR 681, Athens, OH

Built 1961 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 175

SR 682

Fair

Over: MARGARET CREEK

2.1M S OF JCT USR 33, Athens, OH

Built 1958 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 10,168

SR 685

Fair

Over: SNOW FORK CREEK

0.3M W OF JCT SR 78, Athens, OH

Built 1965 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 893

SR 690

Fair

Over: MUSH RUN

0.3M N OF JCT SR 550, Athens, OH

Built 1961 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,068

RHORIC RD

Fair

Over: FACTORY CREEK

JUST WEST OF CR 9, Athens, OH

Built 1951 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 209

C0044

Fair

Over: MID BR SHADE RIVER

BUCKEYE LAKE RD. OUTLET, Athens, OH

Built 1920 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 96

MAIN ST.

Fair

Over: SCHMIER DITCH

.05 N. OF JCT. SR219, Auglaize, OH

Built 1962 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 3,151

USR 33

Fair

Over: D.T.&I. RR

.27 MI. E. OF JCT.N.SR65, Auglaize, OH

Built 1967 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 6,109

SR-116

Fair

Over: ST. MARYS RIVER

.97MI.N.OF JCT. SR-197, Auglaize, OH

Built 1962 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 114

SR-197

Fair

Over: ST. MARYS RIVER

1.97MI.E.OF JCT. SR-116, Auglaize, OH

Built 1961 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 413

SR-198

Fair

Over: TWO MILE CREEK

2.41MI.S.OF ALLEN CO.LINE, Auglaize, OH

Built 1967 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,119

SR-219

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF CLEAR CREEK

.17MI.E.OF JCT. SR-29, Auglaize, OH

Built 1960 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,243

SR-219

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

1.94MI.E.OF JCT. SR-29, Auglaize, OH

Built 1962 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,243

SR-364

Fair

Over: SR 29

JCT. SR-29, Auglaize, OH

Built 1971 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 520

NATIONAL ROAD

Fair

Over: AUGLAIZE RIVER

0.4 MI. W. OF S.R. 198, Auglaize, OH

Built 1974 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,133

PLATTNER ROAD

Fair

Over: CARTER CREEK

4.2 MI S OF SR 29, Auglaize, OH

Built 1920 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 797

US 40

Fair

Over: IR 70

.95 M W OF ST CLAIRSVILLE, Belmont, OH

Built 1965 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 8,025

BARKCAMP S.P. RD 1

Fair

Over: EAST FORK BARKCAMP CREEK

IN BARKCAMP STATE PARK, Belmont, OH

Built 1965 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 180

TR 464 TREADWAY RD

Fair

Over: GLENNS RUN

0.01 MI W OF JCT CH 4, Belmont, OH

Built 1942 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 38

TR 314

Fair

Over: AULTS RUN

0.11 MI N OF JCT CH 4, Belmont, OH

Built 1950 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 96

TR 821

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.01 MI S OF JCT TR 728, Belmont, OH

Built 1950 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 96

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