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I-35 S.B. over Black Bear Creek

Noble County, Oklahoma · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I-35 S.B. over Black Bear Creek in Noble County, Oklahoma, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961 and reconstructed in 1975, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 213 of the 342 inventoried bridges in Noble County rated fair (62.3%); 12 (3.5%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 340 ft
Location	5.1 Mi N Jct US 77
NBI structure number	153780000000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-35 over Creek	1960	17,600	Fair
I-35 over Hackberry Creek	1960	17,600	Fair
I-35 over Creek	1960	17,100	Good
I-35 over Creek	1960	17,100	Fair
I-35 over Red Rock CR Oflow & Rd	1960	17,100	Fair
I-35 over Doe Creek	1960	17,100	Fair