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Collingsworth County, TX

65 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.7% rated Good, 47.7% Fair, 4.6% Poor.

65
Public bridges
47.7%
Good condition
4.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Collingsworth 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.

236th
of 247 on Poor share
4.6%
Poor-condition share
65
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Collingsworth County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Collingsworth County ranks #236 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.6%). Collingsworth County, Texas contains 65 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.7% are rated “Good,” 47.7% “Fair,” and 4.6% “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.

Total bridges

65

Public highway bridges in Collingsworth County

Good condition

47.7%

31 of 65 rated 7-9

Fair condition

47.7%

31 of 65 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.6%

3 of 65 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#236 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 65 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47.7% (31)
Fair
47.7% (31)
Poor
4.6% (3)

Collingsworth County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,230 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 410 crossings a day against 837 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 65 of 65 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

56.9% of Collingsworth County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

37 of the 65 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 47.7% 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 83.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FM 1547 over BUCK CREEK, built 1965, carries 1,030 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,230 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Collingsworth County's bridges were built

65 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1974, 6 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Collingsworth County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Texas counties nearest Collingsworth County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.6% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 8 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Collingsworth County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bandera County 67 1.5%
Collingsworth County (this page) 65 4.6%
Starr County 64 3.1%
Blanco County 63 0%
McMullen County 63 3.2%
Menard County 63 0%

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 Collingsworth 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 Collingsworth County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (65 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1974 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All bridges (65)

CR 270

Fair

Over: NORTH ELM CREEK

11.1 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1973 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 20

FM 1036

Fair

Over: LAKE CREEK

3.40 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1950 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 100

FM 1036

Fair

Over: DOZIER CREEK

5.32 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1950 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100

CR SA

Fair

Over: HOUSE LOG CREEK

2.4 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1998 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 30

US 83

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.60 MI N OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,526

SH 203

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.07 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 608

SH 203

Fair

Over: WILLOW CREEK

2.73 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 608

SH 203

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY OF SAND CREEK

3.13 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 211

SH 203

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

3.69 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 211

SH 203

Fair

Over: SHINNERY CREEK

8.30 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 257

FM 338

Fair

Over: DRAW

7.9 MI SW OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 338

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.82 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,280

FM 338

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.11 MI E OF FM 1642, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300

FM 1547

Fair

Over: DRAW

1.03 MI S OF FM 3143, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 1548

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.19 MI S OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 1056

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.5 MI E OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 990

FM 1056

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.99 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 990

FM 1056

Fair

Over: DRAW

1.1 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 990

FM 1981

Fair

Over: DRAW

2.69 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 2734

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

1.31 MI N OF SH 203, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 1056

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.52 MI W OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,250

FM 2467

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

1.35 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100

CR N

Fair

Over: DRAW

2.3 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 30

CR W

Fair

Over: WILLOW CREEK

2.8 MI E OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 35

FM 2467

Fair

Over: S FORK OF WOLF CREEK

0.94 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

FM 2531

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

1.21 MI S OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1959 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

CR 210

Fair

Over: ELM CREEK

7.3 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1997 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100

SH 203

Fair

Over: SALT FORK OF RED RIV

9.17 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1939 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 257

US 83

Fair

Over: ELM CREEK

8.3 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,255

US 83 SB

Fair

Over: SALT FORK OF RED RIVER

0.50 MI N OF FM 1981, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,020

FM 1547

Fair

Over: Big Sandy Creek

1.95 MI W OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

US 83

Good

Over: DRAW

1.50 MI N OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,526

US 83

Good

Over: DRAW

1.0 MI S OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,546

FM 338

Good

Over: DRAW

3.10 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,660

FM 338

Good

Over: HOUSE CREEK

1.50 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,660

FM 1547

Good

Over: DRAW

0.7 MI N OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 124

FM 1439

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

4.2 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 134

FM 1439

Good

Over: DRAW

8.4 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 1547

Good

Over: DRAW

9.96 MI SW OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300

FM 1056

Good

Over: DRAW

1.14 MI W OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,250

FM 1056

Good

Over: DRAW

1.5 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 990

CR A

Good

Over: DRAW

0.8 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20

CR 110

Good

Over: DRAW

0.5 MI S OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

US 83 NB

Good

Over: SALT FORK OF RED RIVER

0.50 MI N. OF FM 1981, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,980

US 83

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

0.3 MI S OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,820

FM 338

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

2.05 MI S OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

FM 338

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

4.91 MI SE OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,880

FM 1547

Good

Over: DRAW

1.23 MI W of FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 95

FM 1439

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

2.21 MI E of US 83, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 134

CR N

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

0.1 MI W OF CR 210, Collingsworth, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.