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Gifford Rd. over Creek Gifford Rd.

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

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

Gifford Rd. over Creek Gifford Rd. in Lorain County, Ohio, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1959, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 370 inventoried bridges in Lorain County rated poor (5.9%); 22 (5.9%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 27 ft
Location	.26MI.NORTH of SR
NBI structure number	4735501
Condition class	Poor

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