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North Ridge Road over Black River and Metroprk

Lorain County, Ohio · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

North Ridge Road over Black River and Metroprk in Lorain County, Ohio, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,338 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 204 of the 370 inventoried bridges in Lorain County rated good (55.1%); 22 (5.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,420 ft
Location	0.9 Mi. E. of Jct SR 57
NBI structure number	4706250
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ir 90 over Powdermaker Ditch	1966	66,105	Fair
Ir 90 over Jungbluth Ditch	1970	54,944	Fair
Ir 480 over over Lear Nagle Th-55	1980	54,153	Good
Ir 480 over over Lor-10-0659	1980	54,153	Good
Ir 90 over over N/S RR	2022	54,000	Good
Ir 90 over over N/S RR	2022	54,000	Good