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

RAMP ES TO I-77 SB

Fair

Over: UP IR 90

1.84 MI. N. OF JCT. SR-14, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,483

SR 87

Fair

Over: DOAN BROOK 4.20 MI W 175

200 FT E W. PARK BLVD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,563

SR 87

Fair

Over: GRISWALD CRK .04 MI W CL

.04 MI W GEAUGA CNTY LINE, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1933 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,489

CR 52 CLAGUE RD

Fair

Over: IR-90 (CLAGUE)

1.37 MI. W. OF JCT. 254, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 14,196

EAST 22ND ST CR-71

Fair

Over: IR-90 (E 22ND)

.36 MI. E. OF JCT. I-77, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,522

W. 41ST ST CR-752

Fair

Over: IR-90 (W 41ST)

.74 MI W. OF JCT. US42, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1975 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,170

IR 90

Fair

Over: FULTON ROAD

.43 MI. W. OF JCT. US42, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1975 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 128,858

CEDAR AVE

Fair

Over: IR-90 (CEDAR)

.4 MI. E. OF JCT. I-77, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,268

IR 90

Fair

Over: NSC RR & TRAIN AVE

.59 MI. W. OF JCT. US42, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1975 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 128,858

IR 90

Fair

Over: SPERRY CREEK

.04 MI W. CLAGUE RD INTER, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100,109

ALGER ROAD (CR-786

Fair

Over: IR-90 (ALGER)

1.17 MI E OF JCT SR237, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,702

LAKESIDE AVE (CR-7

Fair

Over: IR-90 (LAKESIDE)

.35 MI. E. OF JCT. US-6, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,674

IR90-WB OVER W.140

Fair

Over: CR-232 (WEST 140TH ST)

1.70 MI E OF JCT SR237, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50,450

IR90-EB OVER W.140

Fair

Over: CR-232 (WEST 140TH ST)

1.70 MI E OF JCT SR237, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50,450

IR90-EB OVER JOSLY

Fair

Over: JOSLYN RD NS RTA84

1.95 MI E OF JCT SR237, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 57,557

SR 2

Fair

Over: IR-90 (SR-2 1705)

JCT. SR-2, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,069

IR90-EB OVER BEREA

Fair

Over: CR-309 (BEREA RD)

1.94 MI W OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 57,557

E. 55TH ST

Fair

Over: IR-90 (E 55TH)

1.56 MI. E. OF JCT. SR-2, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,363

WEST 106TH STREET

Fair

Over: IR-90 (W106TH)

.75 MI W OF JCT SR 10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,000

IR 90-WB

Fair

Over: CEI OUTLET CHANNEL

.23 MI W OF JCT SR283DA, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 61,039

IR90-WB OVER W.100

Fair

Over: W 100 ST.

.34 MI W OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54,940

IR90-EB OVER W.100

Fair

Over: W 100 ST.

.34 MI W OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54,940

IR 90

Fair

Over: MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD.

.36 MI E OF JCT SR283DA, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1951 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 115,442

IR90-WB OVER W.98

Fair

Over: W 98 ST

.28 MI W OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54,940

IR90-EB OVER W.98

Fair

Over: W 98 ST.

.28 MI W OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54,940

LORAIN AVE - SR10

Fair

Over: I-90 (CUY-90-1185)

IR90 AND SR10 JCT, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,520

IR90 OVER E.105TH

Fair

Over: CR 400 (EAST 105 ST)

1.31 MI E OF SR283DA, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1947 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 128,947

WEST 73RD ST CR 10

Fair

Over: CUY90-1237 (W 73RD)

.52 MI E OF JCT SR10, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,824

IR 90

Fair

Over: EUCLID CREEK CULVERT

2.96 MI W OF SR175, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 118,617

SR2 WB TOGO IR90 E

Fair

Over: SR 2 EB

4.5 MI W SR 640, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,173

SR 175

Fair

Over: EUCLID CRK 1.03 MI S 322

1.03 MI S USR322, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 18,689

SR 176

Fair

Over: RAMP J SB TO JENNINGS RD

2 MI S I-71, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 75,259

SR 237

Fair

Over: E BR ROCKY RIV SO BAGLEY

.25 MI S E BAGLEY RD, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,078

RAMP S.W. TO I-480

Fair

Over: SR 237 (RCKY RVR DR)

.63 MI. W. OF JCT. I-71, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,000

IR 480 E.B.

Fair

Over: IR 271 (CUY-271-0002)

JCT. I-271 WITH I-480, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 26,249

FORBES RD.

Fair

Over: IR-271(FORBES)

.14 MI. N. OF JCT. SR-14, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,286

IR 480 W.B.

Fair

Over: IR 271 (CUY-271-0405)

JCT. I-271 WITH I-480, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 24,141

IR 480N EB

Fair

Over: IR 271 422WB TO GO 271SB

JCT. I-271 WITH I-480N, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 49,927

IR 480N W.B.

Fair

Over: IR 271

JCT. I-271 WITH I-480N, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1974 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 56,435

SR 175 RICHMOND RD

Fair

Over: IR 271 IR 480N TOGO 271B

JCT. SR-175 WITH I-480, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,634

USR 422

Fair

Over: I-271 (CHAGRIN)

JCT. US-422 WITH I-271, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,522

CEDAR RD

Fair

Over: IR271&271X (CEDAR)

2.29 MI. S. OF JCT US-322, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,190

IR 271 S.B

Fair

Over: USR 322 (1341) @ MP 34.9

JCT. US-322 WITH I-271, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 49,428

W. 7TH ST.

Fair

Over: IR-490 (W 7TH ST)

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

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,000

IR 490

Fair

Over: CUYAHOGA RIVER

0.8 MI. EAST OF JCT I-71, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 72,091

LANE E.S.

Fair

Over: UPIR71-1887DNI71-1889SW

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

Built 1966 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,280

LANE SW

Fair

Over: UPIRI490ES&I90R DN I490

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

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,000

W. 14TH ST.

Fair

Over: IR-490 (W14TH ST)

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

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 18,623

RAMP E-N

Fair

Over: IR480W-14RMPOVR MCCRAKEN

.16 MI. E. OF JCT. SR-14, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,490

USR 422

Fair

Over: E GRAND AV&RTA34B&NSC RR

1.16 MI W EAST 87 ST, Cuyahoga, OH

Built 1928 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,698

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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.