Total bridges
65
Public highway bridges in Collingsworth County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s 5
1970–1979
5 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 5
1990–1999
5 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
12 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 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.
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandera County | 67 | 59.7% | 38.8% | 1.5% | 1972 |
| Collingsworth County (this page) | 65 | 47.7% | 47.7% | 4.6% | 1974 |
| Starr County | 64 | 70.3% | 26.6% | 3.1% | 1972 |
| Blanco County | 63 | 60.3% | 39.7% | 0% | 1961 |
| McMullen County | 63 | 63.5% | 33.3% | 3.2% | 1969 |
| Menard County | 63 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1954 |
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).
- Marion County, AR · 65 bridges
- Newton County, AR · 65 bridges
- Searcy County, AR · 65 bridges
- Sierra County, CA · 65 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1974 here).
- Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
- Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
- Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
- Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (31)
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
1.50 MI N OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,526
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
1.0 MI S OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,546
FM 338
GoodOver: DRAW
3.10 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,660
FM 338
GoodOver: HOUSE CREEK
1.50 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,660
FM 1547
GoodOver: DRAW
0.7 MI N OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 124
FM 1439
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK
4.2 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 134
FM 1439
GoodOver: DRAW
8.4 MI E OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1547
GoodOver: DRAW
9.96 MI SW OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300
FM 1056
GoodOver: DRAW
1.14 MI W OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,250
FM 1056
GoodOver: DRAW
1.5 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 990
CR A
GoodOver: DRAW
0.8 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20
CR 110
GoodOver: DRAW
0.5 MI S OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30
US 83 NB
GoodOver: 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
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL
0.3 MI S OF FM 338, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,820
FM 338
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
2.05 MI S OF FM 1056, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 338
GoodOver: SAND CREEK
4.91 MI SE OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,880
FM 1547
GoodOver: DRAW
1.23 MI W of FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 95
FM 1439
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK
2.21 MI E of US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 134
CR N
GoodOver: PANTHER CREEK
0.1 MI W OF CR 210, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
CR G
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY SALT FORK
0.9 MI E OF DOZIER, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25
CR K
GoodOver: LAKE CREEK
0.5 MI W OF FM 1548, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35
CR K
GoodOver: DRAW
2.7 MI W OF FM 1548, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR H
GoodOver: DRAW
0.8 MI E OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 190
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
10.7 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
CR 190
GoodOver: CROW CREEK
13.5 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
CR 190
GoodOver: DRAW
13.8 MI N OF FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
CR 270
GoodOver: Elm Creek
3.3 Mi N of FM 1439, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20
CR 140
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
5.0 MI N. OF FM 1036, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
12TH STREET
GoodOver: DRAW
0.30 MI W OF US 83, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 75
13TH STREET
GoodOver: DRAW
0.01 MI E OF CORSICANA ST, Collingsworth, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 75
FM 3143
GoodOver: RICHARDSON CREEK
2.40 MI W OF FM 1547, Collingsworth, TX
Built 1972 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100
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