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5316C over Big Creek

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

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

5316C over Big Creek in Nowata County, Oklahoma, 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 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 55 of the 126 inventoried bridges in Nowata County rated fair (43.7%); 14 (11.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 165 ft
Location	5.2 Mi NE of Childers
NBI structure number	203000000000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
U.S. 169 over Creek	1937	6,800	Fair
U.S. 169 over Double Creek	2002	5,800	Good
U.S. 169 over Vineger Creek	1962	5,700	Fair
U.S. 169 over Opossum Creek	2018	5,700	Good
U.S. 169 over Opossum Creek Overflow	2018	5,700	Good
U.S. 169 over Double Creek	2002	5,600	Good