Hellwig Rd over Packer Creek

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

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

• Hellwig Rd over Packer Creek in Ottawa 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 1958 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 105 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 102 of the 160 inventoried bridges in Ottawa County rated good (63.7%); 3 (1.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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