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Bridge conditions in Ottawa County, Ohio

160 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 160 bridges in Ottawa County: 102 rated good, 55 fair, and 3 poor.

3 of the 160 bridges in Ottawa County, Ohio, are rated in poor condition (1.9%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
102 bridges (63.7%) are rated good and 55 (34.4%) fair.
The median Ottawa County bridge was built in 1967.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Washington Street over Packer Creek (built 1958), carrying about 1,000 vehicles a day.

Good 63.7% · Fair 34.4% · Poor 1.9% of 160 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Washington Street over Packer Creek	1958	1,000	Poor
West Nineth Street over Packer Creek	1958	436	Poor
Rider Rd over Beef Creek	1961	351	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I80 Oh Tpk over Portage River	1954	44,219	Fair
I80 Oh Tpk over Sugar Creek	1954	44,219	Fair
Camper Rd over I80 Ohio Tpk	1954	30,000	Good
SR 2 over Sandusky Bay	1965	18,329	Good
SR 2 over Norfolk Southern RR	1963	16,444	Fair
SR 2 over Sandusky Bay Overflow	1963	16,444	Fair
SR 53 over SR 2	1966	11,090	Fair
SR 2 over Portage River Overflow	1968	10,855	Fair
SR 2 over Portage River	1968	10,855	Fair
SR 2 over Norfolk Southern	1968	10,601	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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