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

IR-75

Good

Over: RAMP B & B&O RR

.87MI.N. OF JCT. USR-36, Miami, OH

Built 1959 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 21,464

IR-75

Good

Over: RAMP B & B&O RR

.87MI.N. OF JCT. USR-36, Miami, OH

Built 1959 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 21,464

PARK AVENUE

Good

Over: PIQUA HYRAULIC CANAL

1.38 MI. NW OF JCT USR-36, Miami, OH

Built 1997 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 9,889

N RIDGE AVENUE

Good

Over: MORGAN DITCH

N RIDGE AVE AT TRADE SQ, Miami, OH

Built 1948 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 3,866

SR 7

Good

Over: OPOSSUM CREEK

2.16M S OF JCT SR 78, Monroe, OH

Built 1959 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5,400

SR 26

Good

Over: STREAM

1 MI. S. OF JCT SR 537, Monroe, OH

Built 1996 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 258

SR 800

Good

Over: DISMAL CREEK

3.5 mi South of SR 255, Monroe, OH

Built 2014 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 724

USR-35

Good

Over: TOMS RUN

1.55MI.E. OF PREBLE CO., Montgomery, OH

Built 1949 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 6,962

SB SR-49

Good

Over: I70

JCT. IR-70, Montgomery, OH

Built 1960 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 3,541

IR 70

Good

Over: SR 48

JCT. SR-48, Montgomery, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 45,057

NB I75

Good

Over: CENTRAL AVE*W

2.9MI. S. OF JCT SR-741, Montgomery, OH

Built 2011 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 45,579

IR-75

Good

Over: DRYDEN ROAD

.26MI.S.IR-75 AND SR-741, Montgomery, OH

Built 1965 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 99,916

IR-75

Good

Over: WASHINGTON ST/ NS & CSX

.11 MI N OF JCT OF USR 35, Montgomery, OH

Built 2012 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 91,467

I-75NB RMP C1-2ND

Good

Over: THIRD ST. CR-194A

0.25MI. N. OF JCT. SR-4, Montgomery, OH

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20,100

SR 4

Good

Over: SR 48

JCT. SR-48, Montgomery, OH

Built 2008 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 8,570

SR 4

Good

Over: RIVERSIDE DRIVE

.19MI N. OF SR 48, Montgomery, OH

Built 2010 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 19,382

NEEDMORE RD (C74)

Good

Over: I75

3.15MI S OF JCT IR70, Montgomery, OH

Built 1971 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20,389

SR 202

Good

Over: TRIB GREAT MIAMI RIVER

1.57MI S OF JCT IR70, Montgomery, OH

Built 2017 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 21,900

MC EWEN RD (T139)

Good

Over: IR-675

.86MI NE OF JCT SR725, Montgomery, OH

Built 1983 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 7,768

Dayton Famersville

Good

Over: trib to Little Twin Crk

.2 MI W OF CLAYTON ROAD, Montgomery, OH

Built 1978 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 176

Chicken Bristle Rd

Good

Over: Creek

3.9 MI E PREBLE CO LN RD, Montgomery, OH

Built 1968 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 416

Union Road C0125

Good

Over: Bear Creek

.4 MILE SOUTH OF SR4, Montgomery, OH

Built 1989 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 1,236

ROSEDALE DRIVE

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

700 N OF JAMES H MCGEE, Montgomery, OH

Built 2011 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5,253

Ridge Avenue

Good

Over: Stillwater River

0.01 mi E of Riverside Dr, Montgomery, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,767

ANSEL DRIVE

Good

Over: BR OF LITTLE BEAVER CREE

700 FT WEST OF WILMINGTON, Montgomery, OH

Built 1982 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 850

SNYDER ROAD M0027

Good

Over: SPRING RUN

1.5 MILES NORTH OF SR35, Montgomery, OH

Built 1981 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 207

Nikolai Boulevard

Good

Over: STREAM

430 FT E OF BYERS RD, Montgomery, OH

Built 2017 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 200

GEBHART CHURCH RD

Good

Over: SYCAMORE CREEK

.5 MILE SOUTH OF SR725, Montgomery, OH

Built 2017 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,000

RINEHART RD.

Good

Over: STREAM

.7 MI S N COUNTY LINE RD., Montgomery, OH

Built 1983 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 1,295

Valley Pike M0525

Good

Over: Trib. to Eastwood lake

.8 MI NE OF HARSHMAN ROAD, Montgomery, OH

Built 1986 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 10,769

SR 669

Good

Over: ISLAND RUN

7.3M E JCT SR555, Morgan, OH

Built 1958 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 329

SR 669

Good

Over: OIL SPRING RUN

2.9Mi W JCT SR 37, Morgan, OH

Built 2018 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 330

CR 74-Greuey Rd.

Good

Over: St. Rt. 37 & CR 74

135 S of St. Rt. 37 Int, Morgan, OH

Built 2020 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 80

TR 138

Good

Over: SHAW CREEK .23M S/SR529

0.8 MI. N. OF TR 141, Morrow, OH

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 112

CR 137

Good

Over: SHAW CREEK

0.7 MI. E. OF CR 66, Morrow, OH

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 117

CR9

Good

Over: WHETSTONE

.4 MI.N.OF INT.TR127&CR9, Morrow, OH

Built 1951 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,012

TR50

Good

Over: TRIB CEDAR FORK CREEK

0.69 MI. N. OF INT. TR 29, Morrow, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 109

C0146

Good

Over: WHETSTONE CREEK

0.40 MI. N. OF CO. LINE, Morrow, OH

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 230

SR 60 DA RAMP L

Good

Over: 60D & 146D OVER 6TH ST.

RAMP L OVER 6TH ST Z-VILL, Muskingum, OH

Built 1961 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 4,422

I-70

Good

Over: IR 70 OVER 6TH ST

2.3 M E OF JCT US 40, Muskingum, OH

Built 1961 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 39,768

SR 555

Good

Over: OVER BRUSH CREEK

6.4 M N OF MORGAN CO LINE, Muskingum, OH

Built 1940 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 1,208

WILSON ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK INVENTORY

.06 MI E OF SR555, Muskingum, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 256

FOXFIRE DRIVE

Good

Over: THOMPSON RUN

.14 MI E OF THOMPSON RUN, Muskingum, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 136

COOPERMILL ROAD

Good

Over: THOMPSON RUN

.42 MI E OF MEADOW FARM C, Muskingum, OH

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 794

WILKINS ROAD

Good

Over: THOMPSON RUN

INTER OF COOPERMILL ROAD, Muskingum, OH

Built 1900 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 351

PLEASANT VALLEY RD

Good

Over: LICKING RIVER

0.7 MILES S OF JCT SR-146, Muskingum, OH

Built 1960 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 285

HAMBY HILL RD

Good

Over: WAKATOMIKA CREEK

.031 MI W OF CHURCH RD, Muskingum, OH

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 146

RAIDERS ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE WAKATOMIKA CREEK

0.5 MI W OF JCT SR 60, Muskingum, OH

Built 1932 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 946

SONORA RD

Good

Over: LITTLE SALT CREEK

0.59 MI N.OF IR70, Muskingum, OH

Built 1995 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 404

SR 83

Good

Over: BLANCHARD RUN

2.03 M N MORGAN CO. LINE, Noble, OH

Built 2019 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 340

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