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Blackwater Rd over Blackwater Creek

Ross County, Ohio · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Blackwater Rd over Blackwater Creek in Ross County, Ohio, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 655 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 188 of the 355 inventoried bridges in Ross County rated fair (53.0%); 29 (8.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 23 over Scioto River	1968	47,570	Good
US 23 over Scioto River	1968	47,570	Good
US 35 over Scioto River	1968	33,907	Fair
SR 159 over Scioto River & Stewart R	2002	30,821	Good
US 35 over Scioto River	1969	28,647	Fair
US 23 over N Branch of Indian Creek	1954	22,980	Fair