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

COVINGTON STREET

Good

Over: U.S.422

0.21 MI E OF SR 193, Mahoning, OH

Built 1969 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 757

IR 75

Good

Over: CR 192 GARBRY ROAD

.37MI.S. OF JCT USR-36, Miami, OH

Built 2013 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 24,443

IR-75

Good

Over: IR 75 RAMP G

RAMP G I70 & I-75 INTCHG, Montgomery, OH

Built 2008 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 60,405

EB SR 16

Good

Over: EB SR 16 OVER RAIDERS RD

2.6 M E OF LICKING CO LIN, Muskingum, OH

Built 1999 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 3,203

RICHEY ROAD

Good

Over: JOES RUN

.24 MI E OF NORTHPOINTE, Muskingum, OH

Built 2012 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 3,542

SCI TR 181

Good

Over: ARMSTRONG DITCH

.34 MI S OF SR 162, Seneca, OH

Built 2000 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 64

FT. LORAMIE SWANDE

Good

Over: SHERMAN DITCH

0.70 MI WEST OF LUTHMAN, Shelby, OH

Built 2021 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 1,395

CR25A

Good

Over: FINKENBINE DITCH

0.44 M N OF FT LOR SWANDE, Shelby, OH

Built 2010 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 4,853

HARRISON CENTER RD

Good

Over: HOAGLIN CREEK

0.5 MI W SR 49, Van Wert, OH

Built 2018 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 189

STIRN ROAD

Good

Over: DOG CREEK

0.10 Mi N McCleery Rd T92, Van Wert, OH

Built 2016 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 37

LUMAN ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH 2217 LUMAN ROAD

0.1265 E. of Turley RD, Wood, OH

Built 2007 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 43

BATES RD

Good

Over: DITCH # 2291 BATES RD

0.12 ML S OF BUCK RD, Wood, OH

Built 2013 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 1,727

LOCK TWO ROAD

Good

Over: KOOP CREEK

0.6 MI W OF S.R. 66, Auglaize, OH

Built 1962 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 389

IR 90 EB

Good

Over: West 14th St.

.65 mi E of 90/490/71 int, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2016 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 64,000

RICHMOND-PALESTINE

Good

Over: WILCOX DT.

.1 MI S US ROUTE 36, Darke, OH

Built 1999 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 1,046

NORTH BOUND I-77

Good

Over: IR 77 OVR LEATHERWOOD CK

.4 M S OF JCT US 40, Guernsey, OH

Built 1963 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 13,409

WILLEY ROAD

Good

Over: PADDYS RUN CREEK

3.04 MI E OF NEW HAVEN, Hamilton, OH

Built 1911 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 1,021

W. KEMPER ROAD

Good

Over: BANKLICK CREEK

2.02 MI W OF US 127, Hamilton, OH

Built 1989 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 7,737

GIVEN ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK-------TPK(GIVEN RD

.14 MI N OF WOOSTER, Hamilton, OH

Built 1922 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 900

MAST ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN RUN

0.45 MI N OF SALT CK DR, Muskingum, OH

Built 1991 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 209

COUNTY ROAD E

Good

Over: DITCH

0.52 MI E OF RD 13, Putnam, OH

Built 1985 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 412

C175 LEMASTERS RD

Good

Over: BRANCH RUSH CREEK

1MI NORTH OF MULVANE RD, Union, OH

Built 2023 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 349

GAMBLE ROAD

Good

Over: SPICE RUN

3.80 MI N JCT C 84, Van Wert, OH

Built 1978 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 108

GRACES RUN ROAD

Good

Over: ELK FORK

JUST NW OF SR 32, Adams, OH

Built 1925 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 237

NEW BREMEN-N.K. RD

Good

Over: WIERTH DITCH

1.0 MI. N. OF NEW BREMEN, Auglaize, OH

Built 1946 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 676

LAKE FOREST DRIVE

Good

Over: LICK RUN

0.30 MI NE OF SR 27, Butler, OH

Built 2021 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 100

SOLON ROAD CR 51

Good

Over: BEAVER MEADOWS DITCH

3268 E. OF COCHRAN ROAD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2002 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 8,131

BROOKLAWN AVENUE

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

OFF W 130TH STREET, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2018 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 100

PALESTINE-UC

Good

Over: SPRING BRANCH

.1 MI N US ROUTE 36, Darke, OH

Built 1999 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 435

SR 61

Good

Over: OVER ERI-002-2222

OVER SR 2, Erie, OH

Built 1987 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 2,724

ANGLING RD TR-144

Good

Over: I80 OHIO TURNPIKE

10.4 MI EAST OF EXIT 7, Erie, OH

Built 1998 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 672

BULAVILLE PIKE

Good

Over: CAMPAIGN CREEK

4.73 MI N OF S R 160, Gallia, OH

Built 1997 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 1,619

E. MIAMI RIVER RD.

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

13.61 MI N OF RIVER RD, Hamilton, OH

Built 1988 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 787

HAN CO RD 26

Good

Over: OTTAWA CREEK

0.33 MI E CR 313, Hancock, OH

Built 2012 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 87

McCoppin Mill Rd

Good

Over: ROCKY FORK CREEK

SOUTH OF S.R. 753, Highland, OH

Built 1997 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 1,870

SECOR ROAD

Good

Over: OTTAWA RIVER

0.4 MI N OF DORR, Lucas, OH

Built 2023 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 21,915

WASHBURN ROAD

Good

Over: TEN MILE CREEK 0004

0.1 MI N. OF SYL-MET, Lucas, OH

Built 2015 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD Y

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.29 MI SW OF RD 5, Putnam, OH

Built 2010 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 170

PLE CR 42

Good

Over: EAST BRANCH OF WOLF CREE

0.43 MILES WEST OF SR 53, Seneca, OH

Built 2010 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 666

BOTKINS RD CR22

Good

Over: LORAMIE CREEK

0.50 ME OF I-75, Shelby, OH

Built 2013 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 1,430

VW MERCER CO LINE

Good

Over: KYLE PRAIRIE DITCH

.25 MI. W.OF JONESTOWN RD, Van Wert, OH

Built 2005 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 52

THOMAS ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE AUGLAIZE RIVER

0.90 MI N JCT SR 81, Van Wert, OH

Built 1987 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 21

SR 770

Good

Over: FLAT RUN CREEK

.24 Mi of SR 73, Adams, OH

Built 2022 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 250

NELSON AVENUE

Good

Over: LYTLE CREEK

0.44 MI N OF SR 730, Clinton, OH

Built 1991 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 5,002

RICHMOND RD CR 108

Good

Over: TINKERS CREEK

1155 N OF FORBES RD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2000 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 5,390

COCHRAN ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVER MEADOWS CREEK

N OF PETTIBONE ROAD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 2000 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 13,211

MUNN RD

Good

Over: EGGLESTON CREEK

1/2 MI S OF STAFFORD ROAD, Geauga, OH

Built 1996 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 4,650

SAND RUN ROAD

Good

Over: SAND RUN CREEK

1.35 MI FROM STATE LINE, Hamilton, OH

Built 1985 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 7,508

Bridgecreek Drive

Good

Over: Unnamed Creek

.01 Mi N. of Compton, Hamilton, OH

Built 2005 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 1,949

PATTON ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.08 MI SOUTH OF SR3/US36, Knox, OH

Built 2022 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 96

Showing 23,901-23,950 of 26,729 bridges

Related

All states → | National rankings → | Understanding conditions → | Retired SD term explained →
Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). Poor condition is an inspection-record category, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult the bridge owner for current status.

Understanding Bridge Conditions

How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.

Check Your Daily Bridges

How to look up bridge condition data for bridges on your route.

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

What to do with this

Use Ohio's inventory picture to drill to a county or a specific span.

NBI condition ratings are inventory snapshots, not live crossing-safety verdicts.

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.