Total bridges
150
Public highway bridges in Coleman County
County profile · official public datasets
Coleman County, TX
150 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42% rated Good, 54.7% Fair, 3.3% Poor.
- 150
- Public bridges
- 42%
- Good condition
- 3.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Coleman 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.
- 219th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 3.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 150
- public highway bridges
- 1951
- 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.
Coleman County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Coleman County ranks #219 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.3%). Coleman County, Texas contains 150 public highway bridges. Roughly 42% are rated “Good,” 54.7% “Fair,” and 3.3% “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
42%
63 of 150 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.7%
82 of 150 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.3%
5 of 150 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#219 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 150 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42% (63)
Fair 54.7% (82)
Poor 3.3% (5)
Coleman County's Poor-condition bridges carry 520 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 104 crossings a day against 982 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 150 of 150 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
91.3% of Coleman County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
137 of the 150 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 42% 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 42.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BRAZOS ST over HORDS CREEK DRAW, built 1940, carries 220 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 520 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Coleman County's bridges were built
150 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s
1920–1929
16 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
39 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
34 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
24 bridges
- 1970s 6
1970–1979
6 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 6
2000–2009
6 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 39 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1951, 29 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Coleman County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Coleman County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1951 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is 17 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan County | 153 | 46.4% | 53.6% | 0% | 1959 |
| Chambers County | 152 | 47.4% | 50.7% | 2% | 1982 |
| Wilbarger County | 151 | 47% | 50.3% | 2.6% | 1970 |
| Coleman County (this page) | 150 | 42% | 54.7% | 3.3% | 1951 |
| Kimble County | 149 | 53.7% | 46.3% | 0% | 1964 |
| Frio County | 146 | 63.7% | 36.3% | 0% | 1967 |
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 Coleman 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 Coleman County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (150 bridges here).
- Owen County, IN · 150 bridges
- Lamar County, MS · 150 bridges
- Stokes County, NC · 150 bridges
- Jefferson County, OK · 150 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1951 here).
- Ciales County, PR · avg 1951 · 18 bridges
- Warren County, NJ · avg 1952 · 268 bridges
- Maricao County, PR · avg 1952 · 13 bridges
- Hunterdon County, NJ · avg 1949 · 373 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (82)
CR 108
FairOver: MUD CREEK BRANCH
5.70 MI E OF FM 1176, Coleman, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 144
FairOver: HORDS CREEK BRANCH
0.60 MI S OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 164
FairOver: HAY BRANCH DRAW
0.05 MI NW OF FM 585, Coleman, TX
Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 154
FairOver: LITTLE HAY CREEK
1.35 MI NE OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 160
FairOver: LITTLE HAY CREEK DRAW
1.30 MI SW OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 160
FairOver: LITTLE HAY CREEK DRAW
1.60 MI SW OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 218
FairOver: HAY CREEK
2.40 MI E OF FM 2633, Coleman, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
Fisk Loop
FairOver: Bull Creek
0.2 MI S of FM 1026, Coleman, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 182
COLORADO ST
FairOver: HORDS CREEK DRAW
0.20 MI S OF US 84, Coleman, TX
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,540
COLORADO ST
FairOver: HORDS CREEK DRAW
0.65 MI S OF US 84, Coleman, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,600
FOURTH ST
FairOver: HORDS CREEK DRAW
0.20 MI E OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 240
SECOND ST
FairOver: HORDS CREEK DRAW
0.25 MI S OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 280
TENTH ST
FairOver: HORDS CREEK DRAW
0.30 MI E OF SH 206, Coleman, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 690
US 67
FairOver: BNSF RR
0.10 MI W OF US 84, Coleman, TX
Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,668
SH 206
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
6.15 MI SW OF BROWN C/L, Coleman, TX
Built 1960 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,234
FM 1176
FairOver: MUKEWATER CREEK
2.00 MI W OF BROWN C/L, Coleman, TX
Built 1954 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100
US 67
FairOver: HOME CREEK
0.65 MI W OF FM 503, Coleman, TX
Built 1924 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,388
US 283
FairOver: HOME CREEK
1.80 MI SW OF FM 2633, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 873
US 84
FairOver: SANTA ANNA CREEK
1.8 MI NW OF US 67, Coleman, TX
Built 1925 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,556
US 283
FairOver: WALDRIP CREEK
3.8 MI SW OF FM 2633, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 873
US 283
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
2.65 MI N OF US 84, Coleman, TX
Built 1925 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 630
US 67
FairOver: MUSTANG BRANCH
3.20 MI E OF FM 503, Coleman, TX
Built 1924 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,067
US 283
FairOver: DRY CREEK
1.4 MI S OF FM 1026, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,067
US 283
FairOver: SWEETIE CREEK
1.65 MI SW OF FM 2633, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 873
SH 153
FairOver: LIVE OAK BRANCH
2.25 MI W OF FM 503, Coleman, TX
Built 1946 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,293
SH 206
FairOver: JIM NED CREEK N RELIEF
1.90 MI SW OF FM 585, Coleman, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 568
SH 206
FairOver: JIM NED CREEK S RELIEF
2.30 MI SW OF FM 585, Coleman, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 568
FM 1026
FairOver: HOME CREEK
0.85 MI SW OF US 67, Coleman, TX
Built 1965 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 357
US 67
FairOver: LOSS CREEK
0.75 MI E OF FM 2131, Coleman, TX
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,668
US 283
FairOver: CAMP CREEK
4.6 MI N OF MCULLOCH C/L, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,067
US 283
FairOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.0 MI N OF MCULLOCH C/L, Coleman, TX
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 837
SH 153
FairOver: N PRONG HORDS CREEK
0.20 MI E OF FM 2805, Coleman, TX
Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,293
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