Total bridges
101
Public highway bridges in Calhoun County
County profile · official public datasets
Calhoun County, TX
101 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65.3% rated Good, 34.7% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 101
- Public bridges
- 65.3%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Calhoun County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 12%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 101
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Calhoun County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Calhoun County ranks #29 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Calhoun County, Texas contains 101 public highway bridges. Roughly 65.3% are rated “Good,” 34.7% “Fair,” and 0% “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
65.3%
66 of 101 rated 7-9
Fair condition
34.7%
35 of 101 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 101 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#29 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 101 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 65.3% (66)
Fair 34.7% (35)
Poor 0% (0)
55.4% of Calhoun County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
56 of the 101 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 65.3% 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.
When Calhoun County's bridges were built
101 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 7
1940–1949
7 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
16 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
23 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
15 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s 5
1990–1999
5 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
10 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 5 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Calhoun County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Calhoun County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler County | 104 | 38.5% | 57.7% | 3.8% | 1967 |
| Uvalde County | 103 | 59.2% | 40.8% | 0% | 1961 |
| Randall County | 101 | 39.6% | 60.4% | 0% | 1981 |
| Calhoun County (this page) | 101 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 0% | 1975 |
| Coke County | 99 | 42.4% | 57.6% | 0% | 1953 |
| Delta County | 99 | 57.6% | 42.4% | 0% | 1983 |
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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (101 bridges here).
- Phillips County, AR · 101 bridges
- Gilmer County, GA · 101 bridges
- Beltrami County, MN · 101 bridges
- Phillips County, MT · 101 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (66)
FM 2143
GoodOver: Kellers Creek
2.68 MI E of SH 35, Calhoun, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,150
COLOMA RD
GoodOver: DRAW
2.20 MI SE OF SH 238, Calhoun, TX
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 42
ROYAL RD
GoodOver: SIXMILE CREEK
0.65 MI W OF FM 1090, Calhoun, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 411
JUREK RD
GoodOver: SIXMILE CREEK DRAW
0.01 MI NW OF ROYAL RD, Calhoun, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11
JUREK RD
GoodOver: SIXMILE CREEK
0.01 MI NW OF ROYAL RD, Calhoun, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11
WESTERLUND GRADE
GoodOver: LITTLE CHOCOLATE BAYOU
2.0 MI NW OF US 87, Calhoun, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 334
GIN RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.10 MI E OF FM 2433, Calhoun, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 287
COMAL STREET
GoodOver: DRAW
0.3 MI S OF BRIGHTON ST, Calhoun, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 216
SWEETWATER ROAD
GoodOver: AGUA DULCE BRANCH
1.1 MI NE OF FM 1679, Calhoun, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70
RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
4.5 MI SE OF SH 35 ON C/L, Calhoun, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
BAY AVE
GoodOver: DRAW
0.10 MI W of MAIN STREET, Calhoun, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 601
SH 35
GoodOver: Coxs Creek
0.10 MI SW OF FM 2143, Calhoun, TX
Built 1964 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,899
SH 35 SB
GoodOver: LYNN BAYOU
1.06 MI S OF SH 238, Calhoun, TX
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,030
SH 35 NB
GoodOver: LYNN BAYOU
1.06 MI S OF SH 238, Calhoun, TX
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,030
SH 238
GoodOver: Lynn Bayou
1.02 MI S OF SH 35, Calhoun, TX
Built 1988 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,037
SH 35
GoodOver: BIG CHOCOLATE BYU
1.85 MI SW OF FM 2433, Calhoun, TX
Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,536
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