Greene County receives annual highway and bridge report; work plan, inspections, and closures outlined

Greene County commissioners on June 17 received the Highway Department's annual condition report and a summary of the 2025 road and bridge maintenance program.

The presentation, given by Stephanie (a county staff member), said the county is responsible for about 323 miles of county roads and 284 bridges and reported that “all of our roads are in that fair or better category” with a goal of 90% in fair-or-better condition. She told commissioners the county is at 98.6% fair-or-better for bridges and described the federal “sufficiency rating” that factors into bridge prioritization.

The report matters because routine preventive maintenance stretches pavement life and helps avoid much more expensive reconstruction later, Stephanie said. “There's a sweet spot we try to capture with doing that preventative maintenance,” she said, explaining that the county uses treatments from crack sealing and chip-and-fog seals to microsurfacing and full overlays.

County staff described inspection and maintenance…