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Gower Road over Painter Creek

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

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

Gower Road over Painter Creek in Perry 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 1900 and reconstructed in 2001, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 385 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 116 of the 175 inventoried bridges in Perry County rated good (66.3%); 4 (2.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 65 ft
Location	2545 Ft North of Tr 76
NBI structure number	6431224
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 13 & 37 over Shady Creek	1930	8,849	Fair
SR 93 & 669 over Ohio Central Railroad	1969	7,501	Good
SR 13 over Rush Creek	2016	6,700	Good
SR 93 over Trib of Moxahala Creek	1969	5,998	Good
State Route 13 over Yagar Creek	1995	5,761	Good
State Route 93 over Oxawoosie Creek	1996	4,645	Good