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Wal-06 New Salem over Walnut Cr(new Salem Rd N

Fairfield County, Ohio · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Wal-06 New Salem over Walnut Cr(new Salem Rd N in Fairfield County, Ohio, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1987, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 188 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1992).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 116 of the 322 inventoried bridges in Fairfield County rated fair (36.0%); 21 (6.5%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 44 ft
Location	0.3 Mi N of Geiger Rd NE
NBI structure number	2342065
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Ohio department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
WB I-70 over IR70 over Blacklick Ck	1967	50,351	Fair
EB I-70 over IR70 over Blacklick Ck	1967	50,351	Fair
US Route 33 over Sycamore Creek	1950	40,661	Good
US Route 33 over Little Walnut Creek	1951	40,661	Good
US Route 33 over Tributary of Walnut Cree	1950	40,661	Fair
WB I-70 over IR70 over SR256	1967	25,282	Fair