Total bridges
125
Public highway bridges in Archer County
County profile · official public datasets
Archer County, TX
125 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48% rated Good, 51.2% Fair, 0.8% Poor.
- 125
- Public bridges
- 48%
- Good condition
- 0.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Archer County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 125th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 0.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 125
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Archer County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Archer County ranks #125 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.8%). Archer County, Texas contains 125 public highway bridges. Roughly 48% are rated “Good,” 51.2% “Fair,” and 0.8% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
48%
60 of 125 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.2%
64 of 125 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.8%
1 of 125 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#125 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 125 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 48% (60)
Fair 51.2% (64)
Poor 0.8% (1)
Archer County's Poor-condition bridges carry 437 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 437 crossings a day against 1,092 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 125 of 125 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58.4% of Archer County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
73 of the 125 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 48% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 25 over MID FRK LIT WICHITA RIV, built 1938, carries 437 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 437 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Archer County's bridges were built
125 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s
1920–1929
26 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
15 bridges
- 1970s 4
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s 3
1980–1989
3 bridges
- 1990s 10
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s 7
2010–2019
7 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1920s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 95 to 104 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 12 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Archer County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Archer County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad County | 126 | 57.1% | 41.3% | 1.6% | 1976 |
| Archer County (this page) | 125 | 48% | 51.2% | 0.8% | 1968 |
| Willacy County | 124 | 51.6% | 48.4% | 0% | 1989 |
| Burleson County | 122 | 50% | 46.7% | 3.3% | 1974 |
| Maverick County | 122 | 57.4% | 41.8% | 0.8% | 1975 |
| Duval County | 121 | 46.3% | 52.9% | 0.8% | 1955 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Archer County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Archer County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (125 bridges here).
- Hoonah-Angoon County, AK · 125 bridges
- Tuolumne County, CA · 125 bridges
- Worth County, GA · 125 bridges
- Stone County, MS · 125 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (125)
CR 147 / SYMANK RD
FairOver: KICKAPOO CREEK
1.17 MI N OF HARMEL RD, Archer, TX
Built 2009 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 20
CR 158 / CUBA RD
FairOver: DRAW
1.45 MI S OF FM 210, Archer, TX
Built 2006 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 10
CR 246/ BRITTON LN
FairOver: HOLLIDAY CREEK
3.60 MI S OF US 82, Archer, TX
Built 1949 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50
EAGLE BEND RD
FairOver: S SIDE IRRIGATION CANAL
0.25 MI E OF FM 2846, Archer, TX
Built 1963 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 20
US 281
FairOver: L WICHITA SLOUGH
1.6 MI N OF FM 172, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 4,328
SH 79
FairOver: LITTLE WICHITA RIVER REL
6.0 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1931 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 3,255
US 281
FairOver: ONION CREEK
1.35 MI N OF FM 172, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 4,328
FM 210
FairOver: M FRK L WICHITA RIV
7.25 MI W OF SH 25, Archer, TX
Built 1953 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 247
SH 114
FairOver: BITTER CREEK
3.2 MI E OF FM 210 S, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,432
SH 114
FairOver: BITTER CREEK BRANCH
4.5 MI E OF FM 210, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,432
SH 25
FairOver: DRAW
1.6 MI N OF FM 210, Archer, TX
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 437
SH 25
FairOver: DOGWOOD CREEK
4.0 MI E OF SH 79, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 752
SH 25
FairOver: ONION CREEK
4.35 MI E OF SH 79, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 752
SH 25
FairOver: DRAW
4.5 MI E OF SH 79, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 752
SH 25
FairOver: LITTLE ONION CREEK
5.8 MI E OF SH 79, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 752
SH 25
FairOver: DRAW
5.9 MI E OF SH 79, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 752
SH 25
FairOver: W. LITTLE POST OAK CREEK
1.7 MI W OF US 281, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 983
US 82 / US 277
FairOver: DRAW
1.4 MI W OF FM 368 N, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,468
US 281
FairOver: DRAW
0.1 MI S OF FM 1954, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,601
US 281
FairOver: DRAW
0.6 MI S OF FM 1954, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,601
US 281
FairOver: LAKE CREEK SLOUGH
3.4 MI S OF FM 1954, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,601
US 281
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
1.4 MI S OF FM 172, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,040
US 281
FairOver: POST OAK SLOUGH
1.55 MI S OF FM 172, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,040
SH 79
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.0 MI SW OF FM 2380, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,330
SH 79
FairOver: BLUFF CREEK
3.3 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,255
SH 79
FairOver: OVERFLOW BLUFF CREEK
3.4 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,255
SH 79
FairOver: LONG CREEK
4.6 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,255
SH 79
FairOver: LITTLE WICHITA RIVER REL
5.7 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,255
SH 79
FairOver: LITTLE WICHITA RIVER REL
6.6 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,255
SH 79
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.2 MI S OF SH 25, Archer, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,211
SH 79
FairOver: DOGWOOD CREEK
5.3 MI S OF SH 25, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,704
SH 79
FairOver: ONION CREEK
8.4 MI S OF SH 25, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,704
SH 16
FairOver: DRAW
5.75 MI S OF US 281, Archer, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,303
FM 368
FairOver: DRAW
1.9 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 426
FM 368
FairOver: DRAW
2.25 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 426
FM 368
FairOver: DRAW
3.0 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 426
FM 368
FairOver: PANTHER CREEK
4.25 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 426
FM 368
FairOver: PANTHER CREEK
6.0 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 426
FM 422
FairOver: DRAW
5.0 MI W OF FM 210, Archer, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 114
FM 422
FairOver: DRAW
4.6 MI W OF FM 210, Archer, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 114
FM 1954
FairOver: PECAN CREEK
0.1 MI E OF FM 2650, Archer, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,730
FM 1954
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.5 MI E OF US 281, Archer, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,272
CR 107 / WELLS RD
FairOver: HOLLIDAY CREEK RELIEF
0.75 MI N OF FM 440, Archer, TX
Built 1989 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 270
SH 16
FairOver: DRAW
2.5 MI S OF US 281, Archer, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,013
SH 16
FairOver: DRAW
2.6 MI S OF US 281, Archer, TX
Built 1976 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,013
FM 368
FairOver: HOLLIDAY CREEK
2.75 MI S OF US 277, Archer, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 426
CR237/W FERGUSON
FairOver: S SIDE IRRIGATION CANAL
1.85 MI E OF SH 25, Archer, TX
Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 239
FairOver: S SIDE IRRIGATION CANAL
0.50 MI S OF FM 1180, Archer, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
US 281
FairOver: L WICHITA SLOUGH
1.7 MI N OF FM 172, Archer, TX
Built 1929 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 4,328
SH 79
FairOver: LITTLE WICHITA RIVER
6.4 MI S OF FM 2224, Archer, TX
Built 1928 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,255
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