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Whippoorwill Road over Tributary to Kale Creek

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

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

Whippoorwill Road over Tributary to Kale Creek in Portage County, Ohio, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 324 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 217 inventoried bridges in Portage County rated poor (8.3%); 18 (8.3%) 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 32 ft
Location	Kale Creek Tributary
NBI structure number	6730922
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
IR76 over Plum Creek	1964	51,725	Good
Ir 76 over over Tallmadge Rd Cr-18	1964	45,925	Good
I80 Oh Tpk over SR43	1954	39,896	Fair
I80 Oh Tpk over Cuyahoga River	1954	39,896	Fair
I80 Oh Tpk over Infirmary-black Brook Rd	1954	39,896	Fair
I80 Oh Tpk over Ditch	1954	39,896	Good