A bridge, in Ohio, is defined as a structure with a clear span of ten (10) feet or more, measured along the centerline of the roadway.  The Lorain County Engineer’s Office is currently responsible for the inspection and maintenance of 237 bridges.  Within ninety (90) days of each bridge inspection, the County Engineer reports the condition of each bridge to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT).  ODOT maintains a master inventory of every bridge in the State and reports the data to the Federal Highway Administration on an annual basis.  In total, the State of Ohio has approximately 45,000 bridges that are inspected by various counties, municipalities and ODOT, the second largest inventory of all states.   Roughly sixty percent of the bridges in the state of Ohio are maintained by County Engineers.