State profile · Below median Poor share

Oregon 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 Oregon.

8,305
Public bridges
33.3%
Good condition
4.6%
Poor condition

Oregon holds 8,305 public highway bridges (#30 of 52 by inventory) with a 4.61% Poor share (#37 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 4.6% 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 16 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

8,305

Public highway bridges in Oregon

Good Condition

33.3%

2,766 bridges rated 7-9

-16.7pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.6%

383 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.9pp vs national avg 7.5%

Oregon vs national bridge condition

Oregon - Good condition share 33.3%
National avg

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

Oregon - Poor-condition share 15.4%
National avg

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

Oregon 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: Oregon has 8,305 bridges and a 4.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #16 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 (%) OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%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%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%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: Oregon has 8,305 bridges and a 4.6% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #16 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.

Oregon 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

8,305 30th of 54 higher than 24 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 Oregon

The highlighted point is Oregon: 8,305 bridges and 4.61% in Poor condition, rank #16 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Oregon on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • New Mexico: 4,035 bridges · 4.51% Poor
  • Maryland: 5,484 bridges · 4.56% Poor
  • Oregon: 8,305 bridges · 4.61% Poor
  • Connecticut: 4,365 bridges · 4.72% Poor
  • Ohio: 26,729 bridges · 4.74% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Oregon

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 8,305 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Oregon’s inventory

State agency holds 34.3% of the 8,305 public highway bridges filed under Oregon in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Oregon’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 8.8% of the 8,305 bridges with a recorded original year in Oregon. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Oregon33.3%62.1%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Oregon (FHWA NBI)

Counties (36)

Baker 188 Benton 190 Clackamas 367 Clatsop 155 Columbia 126 Coos 254 Crook 79 Curry 101 Deschutes 152 Douglas 699 Gilliam 35 Grant 144 Harney 130 Hood River 82 Jackson 401 Jefferson 80 Josephine 226 Klamath 248 Lake 94 Lane 1010 Lincoln 190 Linn 566 Malheur 181 Marion 373 Morrow 70 Multnomah 473 Polk 161 Sherman 48 Tillamook 225 Umatilla 321 Union 166 Wallowa 115 Wasco 148 Washington 326 Wheeler 32 Yamhill 149

Oregon 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 Oregon on the same metric.

NM

New Mexico

4.51% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,035

MD

Maryland

4.56% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,484
Selected

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

OH

Ohio

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

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Oregon

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

IRR BIA RTE 6001

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

6.5 KM W OF OLD MILL CAMP, Wasco, OR

Built 1988 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

IRR BIA RTE 34

Poor

Over: WARM SPRINGS RIVER

42 KM NW OF WARM SPRINGS, Wasco, OR

Built 1981 Load: 0.0 t

GRIBBLING ROAD

Poor

Over: COI CANAL

1 MI SOUTH OF HWY 20, Deschutes, OR

Built 1958 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 7

SHOREVIEW DRIVE

Poor

Over: ROW RIVER

T21S-R2W-S24, Lane, OR

Built 1949 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 29

FILLMORE AVE

Poor

Over: FERRY CREEK

CITY OF BANDON, Coos, OR

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,200

COUNTY RD 18

Poor

Over: SOUTH MYRTLE CREEK

10.7 MI E OF MYRTLE CREEK, Douglas, OR

Built 1961 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 272

All Bridges in Oregon

OR 78 (HWY 442)

Good

Over: SILVIES SLOUGH (1ST BR)

0.7 MI. E. JCT. US 20/395, Harney, OR

Built 2010 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,776

HWY 69AW (EB)

Good

Over: Multi-Use

069 to 001 Interchange, Lane, OR

Built 2014 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 5,920

MCCLUN ROAD

Good

Over: CALAPOOIA RIVER

0001 MI E CR 759, Linn, OR

Built 2013 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 57

FOREST RD 45

Good

Over: SILVER CREEK

15.2MI N OF HWY20/RD45 JC, Harney, OR

Built 1979 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 25

BURNED TIMBER ROAD

Good

Over: TAYLOR CREEK

10 MI E OF 97532, Josephine, OR

Built 1981 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 50

BARKLOW MTN ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

8MI S & 4MI W OF 97466, Coos, OR

Built 1982 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 40

ROAD

Good

Over: FARMER CREEK

0.22 MI FROM JCT RD 1034, Tillamook, OR

Built 1975 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 3

COUNTY RD 113

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK OVERFLOW

032 MI N JCT OF FAS B379, Crook, OR

Built 1987 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 156

COLLINS ROAD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

1.6 MI S OF HWY 203, Union, OR

Built 1982 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 85

CEDAR CANYON ROAD

Good

Over: DAIRY CREEK OVERFLOW

005 MI W HWY 47, Washington, OR

Built 1997 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,895

BONITA ROAD

Good

Over: CLOVER CR

1220 S JCT HWY 26, Malheur, OR

Built 1999 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 26

ROY ROGERS RD.

Good

Over: TUALATIN RV TRIBUTARY

N OF TUALATIN RIVER, Washington, OR

Built 2000 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 12,050

WAGNER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: WAGNER CREEK

2.71 MILEPOST, Jackson, OR

Built 2003 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 157

BRENNER CANYON RD

Good

Over: RHEA CREEK

7.5 MI SOUTH OF IONE, Morrow, OR

Built 2004 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 44

SITKUM LANE

Good

Over: N. FORK COQUILLE RVR

0390 MILES E MYRTL POINT, Coos, OR

Built 2006 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 1,201

CRACKER CREEK RD.

Good

Over: CRACKER CREEK

2.15 mi N of JCT Granite, Baker, OR

Built 2005 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 85

NE 158TH AVE

Good

Over: B-024 X COLUMBIA SLOUGH

0.3 MILES N OF SANDY BLVD, Multnomah, OR

Built 2000 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 2,779

VANDREWSEY

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK MALHEUR RIVE

131 MI C305 DREWSEY ROAD, Harney, OR

Built 1975 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100

FORD LANE

Good

Over: IRRIGATION CANAL

0.5 MI E OF HWY 97, Jefferson, OR

Built 2002 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 152

DUTCHER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: DUTCHER CREEK

JOSEPHINE CO, Josephine, OR

Built 1965 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 704

HOLDEN CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: HOLDEN CREEK

005 MI SE HWY 126, Lane, OR

Built 1989 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 554

DALE KUNI ROAD

Good

Over: HILL CREEK

020 MI E CRESWELL, Lane, OR

Built 1994 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 765

BERNHARDT CR RD

Good

Over: HOFFMAN CREEK

060 W HWY 126 SIUSLAW RV, Lane, OR

Built 1986 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 123

WEBER ROAD

Good

Over: SUTTON CREEK

2.0 MI SOUTH OF TILLAMOOK, Tillamook, OR

Built 1989 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 235

PIHL ROAD

Good

Over: DAIRY CREEK

0016 MI N HWY 26, Washington, OR

Built 1984 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 694

ROAD

Good

Over: S FK PARKS CR

NO DATA ENTERED, Linn, OR

Built 1979 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 5

OR 31 (HWY 019)

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

010 MI N HWY 49 JCT, Lake, OR

Built 2000 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 743

CITY STREET 19T11

Good

Over: MC ANDREWS ST. @ BEAR CR

MCANDREWS RD AT BEAR CR, Jackson, OR

Built 2005 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 32,182

LS Fk Hunter Ck Rd

Good

Over: Metzgus Creek

Milepoint 1.1, Curry, OR

Built 2004 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 74

Telocaset Lane

Good

Over: Prescott Cr.

On Telocaset Lane, Union, OR

Built 2008 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 85

US 26 (HWY 041)RW

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK(WEST MITCH)

IN MITCHELL, Wheeler, OR

Built 2012 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 856

I-5 (HWY 001) CON

Good

Over: KANE CR FRONT RD LT

104 MI N OF MEDFORD NCL, Jackson, OR

Built 2011 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 37,373

COUNTY RD 555

Good

Over: SWANSON CR/E GREGORY RD.

0.07 MILEPOST, Jackson, OR

Built 2015 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 1,093

LEWIS AND CLARK DR

Good

Over: PORT OF MORROW RR SPUR

Port of Morrow, Morrow, OR

Built 2014 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 10

Conf. Center Rd.

Good

Over: S. Fk. Silver Creek

Silver Falls State Park, Marion, OR

Built 2018 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 247

JEFFRSN-MARION HWY

Good

Over: MARION CREEK

01.0 SOUTH OF MARION, Marion, OR

Built 2018 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 3,245

FINNEGAN ROAD

Good

Over: FINNEGAN CREEK

3.6 MI E OF HWY 216, Sherman, OR

Built 2020 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 123

WALLA WALLA RV RD

Good

Over: N FORK WALLA WALLA RIVER

5.1 MI SE OF HWY 11, Umatilla, OR

Built 1975 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 398

29 S 10 W 33.00:

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK COQUILLE RIV

0.01 miles S of Hwy 42 (M, Coos, OR

Built 1968 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 20

Hwy 029

Good

Over: Dawson Creek

1.5 MI E HILLSBORO CC, Washington, OR

Built 1961 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 22,459

Hwy 104

Good

Over: Power Slough (Alder Cr)

023 MI NW OF WARRENTON, Clatsop, OR

Built 1989 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5,914

C-666 BEAVER CR LP

Good

Over: POWDER RIVER

0.14 MI E JCT HWY 7, Baker, OR

Built 1985 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 155

OR 58 (HWY 018)

Good

Over: LITTLE DESCHUTES RIVER

043 MI W HWY 4, Klamath, OR

Built 1995 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 1,603

ILLINOIS RIVER RD

Good

Over: ANDERSON CREEK

0.5 MI W OF SELMA, Josephine, OR

Built 1998 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 2,464

PLAGMAN ROAD

Good

Over: HAMILTON CR

001 MI S CR 20B, Linn, OR

Built 2002 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 434

COUNTY RD 211

Good

Over: SUTHERLIN CREEK OVERFLOW

2.0 MI N OF WILBUR, Douglas, OR

Built 1967 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 383

CRANE CREEK RD

Good

Over: CRANE CREEK

0.5 mi East of Hwy 395, Lake, OR

Built 2005 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 12

SHOTPOUCH ROAD

Good

Over: SHOTPOUCH CREEK

4 MI SOUTH BURNT WOODS, Lincoln, OR

Built 2010 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 10

OLD MIDLAND ROAD

Good

Over: IRRIGATION CANAL

037 MI E OF HWY 97, Klamath, OR

Built 1998 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 524

20 S 02 W 27.00:

Good

Over: RAT CREEK

1.5 miles N of Row River, Lane, OR

Built 1980 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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