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

T-31

Good

Over: BAKER RD. OV PONDY CREEK

200 FT. SO. ST. PARIS PK, Clark, OH

Built 2002 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 147

TOWNSHIP RD NO167

Good

Over: GRANT RD O SINKING CR

1/2 MILE N OF OLD COL RD, Clark, OH

Built 1963 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 681

T 98

Good

Over: NEW LOVE RD

1/4 MILE N OF WHITRDIGERD, Clark, OH

Built 1993 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 161

C-333

Good

Over: DAYTON SPLFD RD O MILL C

300FT W OF CITY LIMIT, Clark, OH

Built 2004 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 5,193

TOWNSHIP RD 218

Good

Over: CRABILL RD O NF LT MIAMI

1/3 MILE S MITCHELL RD, Clark, OH

Built 1958 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 1,057

C-335

Good

Over: SPANGLER RD & MAD RIVER

1MI SO LOWER VALLEY PK, Clark, OH

Built 1967 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 9,568

T-62

Good

Over: BLEE RD OV GOOSE CRK

.75MILE E. CLIFTON RD, Clark, OH

Built 2011 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 324

SHERMAN AVENUE

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

0.26 MI W OF LAGONDA AVE, Clark, OH

Built 2008 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 4,470

EASTGATE BLVD

Good

Over: SR-32

.6 MI E OF I275, Clermont, OH

Built 2013 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 25,948

SR131

Good

Over: TRIB STONELICK CREEK

0.4 MI E OF NEWTONSVILLE, Clermont, OH

Built 1991 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 4,162

Yeager Road

Good

Over: BRUSHY FORK

.2MILE WEST OF CO.RD.93, Clermont, OH

Built 1990 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 155

Barg Salt Run Rd

Good

Over: SALT RUN CREEK

Barg Salt Run Rd, Clermont, OH

Built 1989 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 983

Summit Road

Good

Over: STREAM

Summit Road, Clermont, OH

Built 2001 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 983

SR 73

Good

Over: TODD FORK

2.14 MI W OF WILMINGTON, Clinton, OH

Built 1976 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 9,079

SPRUCEVALE RD 428

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAVER CREEK

1.3 MI N T1004, Columbiana, OH

Built 2019 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 896

CLARKS MILL 773

Good

Over: NORTH FORK YELLOW CREEK

0.0 MI N T879, Columbiana, OH

Built 2006 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 282

SR60

Good

Over: DICKINSON RUN

2.92 MI S OF SR541, Coshocton, OH

Built 1996 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 1,559

Township Road 220

Good

Over: Trib. Mill Creek

1.5 MI W SR643 @FISH FARM, Coshocton, OH

Built 2016 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 200

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4 M WEST JCT SR 36, Coshocton, OH

Built 2019 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 385

TOWNSHIP ROAD 101

Good

Over: SPOON CREEK

0.1 mile E jct SR621, Coshocton, OH

Built 2012 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 96

COUNTY ROAD 402

Good

Over: CREEK

1.0 mile W jct SR79, Coshocton, OH

Built 2012 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 385

BETHEL ROAD

Good

Over: BROKENSWORD CREEK

3.8 MI N OF US30, Crawford, OH

Built 2004 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 909

CONNELY ROAD

Good

Over: BROKEN SWORD CREEK

2.1 MI.N. OF SR-98, Crawford, OH

Built 1998 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 327

N. LANE STREET

Good

Over: SANDUSKY RIVER

0.3 MI S. OF SR98, Crawford, OH

Built 1968 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 1,935

SR 10 (LORAIN AVE)

Good

Over: RTA65 NSCRR @ W58TH

1.1 MI. E. OF JCT. I-90, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1923 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 11,520

EXIT RAMP SN

Good

Over: W 154 ST NB RMP FROM I71

1.73 MI. N. OF JCT. I-480, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1967 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 46,295

SR 82

Good

Over: ROCKY RIVER

BETWEEN IR-71 & WEBSTER, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2005 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 27,219

CANNON ROAD CR 99

Good

Over: BRANCH TINKERS CREEK

57 FT E OF RICMOND ROAD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2009 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 7,758

E. 103RD ST.

Good

Over: SHAKER RAPID - RTA 106

1700FT S OF WOODLAND AVE, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1914 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 1,715

ARCANUM-BEARS

Good

Over: PRASUHN COPPESS DITCH

0.25 MI S SR121, Darke, OH

Built 2014 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 150

HORATIO HARRIS CK

Good

Over: BRN STILLWTR

1 MI E OF STATE ROUTE 121, Darke, OH

Built 1990 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 150

PLATTER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: PLATTER CREEK

0.25 S OF JERICHO RD, Defiance, OH

Built 2012 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 71

FOUNTAIN ST

Good

Over: MIDDLE GORDON CREEK

.25 MI E OF LAKE RD, Defiance, OH

Built 1965 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 189

BUCKSKIN RD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK GORDON

0.25 W OF STATE ROUTE 2, Defiance, OH

Built 2003 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 340

KILBOURNE RD CR65

Good

Over: IR-71

1.34 MI N OF SR521, Delaware, OH

Built 1959 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 477

CENTERBURG RD.

Good

Over: CULVER CREEK

200 FT W. OF FREDRICKS RD, Delaware, OH

Built 1989 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 730

DONOVAN RD

Good

Over: FULTON CREEK

0.2 MI. S. OF JCT. CR 180, Delaware, OH

Built 2003 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 324

LARCOMB RD.

Good

Over: DUNS RUN

0.3 MI. W. OF STOVER RD., Delaware, OH

Built 2007 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 324

ENCLAVE BLVD.

Good

Over: UNNAMED TRIB ALUM CREEK

0.1 MI N. TR1630, Delaware, OH

Built 2015 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 200

HALVERSTON ROAD

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO TYLERS RUN

240 N OF WATSON WAY, Delaware, OH

Built 2004 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 350

OT RAMP EXIT 110

Good

Over: I80 OHIO TURNPIKE

8.2 MI WEST OF EXIT 118, Erie, OH

Built 1994 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 2,512

PATTEN TRACT RD

Good

Over: I80 OHIO TURNPIKE

2.3MI EAST OF EXIT 6A, Erie, OH

Built 1997 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 477

Joppa Rd CR 140

Good

Over: JOPPA RD/CHAPPEL CREEK

F-309, Erie, OH

Built 2017 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 480

PERKINS AVE CR5

Good

Over: PERKINS AVE/PLUM BROOK

H-404, Erie, OH

Built 2010 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 5,178

WB US 33

Good

Over: WB US 33 OVER CR 33A

2.6 M W OF HOCK CO LINE, Fairfield, OH

Built 2005 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 7,182

CLE-14 THOMAS HILL

Good

Over: SALT CREEK(THOMAS HILLSW

0.1MI W.OF CR.12, Fairfield, OH

Built 2006 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 209

BLO-06 PICKERINGTN

Good

Over: T WALNUT CR (C.R. 20)

0.9 MI N OF C.R. 23, Fairfield, OH

Built 1908 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 1,710

MAD-31 CLEARCREEK

Good

Over: MUDDY PRAIRIE RUN

0.3 MI.E.OF CLEARPORT RD, Fairfield, OH

Built 1998 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 263

MILL PARK DRIVE

Good

Over: FAYZ DITCH

0.29 MI N OF SR188, Fairfield, OH

Built 2003 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 200

ANCHOR AVENUE

Good

Over: UNNAMED DITCH

85 W OF MILL PARK DR, Fairfield, OH

Built 2003 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 200

Showing 23,001-23,050 of 26,729 bridges

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Ohio Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.