Browns Road over Williams Creek

Josephine County, Oregon · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Browns Road over Williams Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 421 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 137 of the 224 inventoried bridges in Josephine County rated fair (61.2%); 6 (2.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: superstructure 7 to 6, deck 6 to 7.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated October 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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