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Cooke County, TX

283 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.1% rated Good, 49.1% Fair, 2.8% Poor.

283
Public bridges
48.1%
Good condition
2.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Cooke County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

208th
of 247 on Poor share
2.8%
Poor-condition share
283
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Cooke County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cooke County ranks #208 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.8%). Cooke County, Texas contains 283 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.1% are rated “Good,” 49.1% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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.

Total bridges

283

Public highway bridges in Cooke County

Good condition

48.1%

136 of 283 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.1%

139 of 283 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.8%

8 of 283 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#208 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 283 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
48.1% (136)
Fair
49.1% (139)
Poor
2.8% (8)

Cooke County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,370 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 421 crossings a day against 5,268 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 283 of 283 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

33.2% of Cooke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

94 of the 283 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 48.1% 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 77.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FM 3002 over IH 35, built 1963, carries 2,616 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,370 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Cooke County's bridges were built

283 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 61 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Texas average (1980).

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Cooke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cooke County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Gonzales County 284 2.8%
Cooke County (this page) 283 2.8%
Bastrop County 282 0.4%
Limestone County 280 3.9%
Rusk County 280 0.4%
Hays County 272 0.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (283 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1983 here).

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

All 283 Good 136 Fair 139 Poor 8

Good-condition bridges (136)

IH 35

Good

Over: Trib of Scott Creek

2.3 Mi S of FM 1306, Cooke, TX

Built 2024 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50,000

IH 35

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.3 MI S OF FM 1306, Cooke, TX

Built 2024 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50,000

FM 51

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

3.0 MI NE OF FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,093

FM 51

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

0.3 MI E of IH 35, Cooke, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,874

FM 51

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

5.2 MI SW of FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,623

FM 51

Good

Over: Elm Fork Trinity River

0.2 mi W of IH 35, Cooke, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,804

FM 678

Good

Over: WHEELER CREEK

1.0 MI E OF FM 372, Cooke, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,628

FM 372

Good

Over: DRAW

1.7 MI S OF FM 902, Cooke, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 995

FM 373

Good

Over: DRY ELM CREEK

4.8 MI N OF US 82, Cooke, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 843

FM 922

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

0.8 MI W OF FM 1198, Cooke, TX

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,047

FM 922

Good

Over: DRAW

0.1 MI W OF SH 51, Cooke, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,285

FM 922

Good

Over: DUCK CREEK

0.9 MI E OF SH 51, Cooke, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,600

FM 1630

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

5.5 MI W OF FM 373, Cooke, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 538

FM 922

Good

Over: Elm Fork Trinity River

0.7 Mi E of FM 2071, Cooke, TX

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,422

FM 922

Good

Over: Wolf Creek

1.9 Mi E of FM 372, Cooke, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,173

FM 922

Good

Over: Indian Creek

3.6 Mi E of FM 372, Cooke, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,173

FM 922

Good

Over: Indian Creek Tributary

3.8 Mi E of FM 372, Cooke, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,173

CR 145/SIGN CR 411

Good

Over: BLACK HOLLOW CREEK

1.76 MI SE OF CR 460, Cooke, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 145/SIGN CR 411

Good

Over: DRAW

2.0 MI SE OF MARYSVILLE, Cooke, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 145/SIGN CR 411

Good

Over: SOUTH FISH CREEK

1.5 MI SE OF MARYSVILLE, Cooke, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 163/SIGN CR 413

Good

Over: BLUE HOLLOW CREEK

0.3 MI E OF CR 408, Cooke, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7

CR 185/SIGN CR 321

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.9 MI SW OF FM 51, Cooke, TX

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 196/SIGN CR 416

Good

Over: EAST MOUNTAIN CREEK

1.0 MI W OF FM 2382, Cooke, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 196/SIGN CR 416

Good

Over: BIRCHAM CREEK

2.4 MI W OF FM 2382, Cooke, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 202/SIGN CR 435

Good

Over: OWL HOLLOW CREEK

3.4 MI N OF FM 373, Cooke, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 207/SIGN CR 454

Good

Over: VALLEY CREEK

0.3 MI N OF FM 373, Cooke, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 209/SIGN CR 414

Good

Over: VALLEY CREEK

0.9 MI W OF FM 373, Cooke, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 226/SIGN CR 387

Good

Over: DUCK CREEK

0.9 MI NORTH JCT FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90

CR 237 Sign CR 333

Good

Over: Flat Creek

2.7 MI SW of FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 59

CR 242/SIGN CR 438

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

3.6 MI E OF FM 1198, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 242/SIGN CR 438

Good

Over: DRAW

0.6 MI W OF ASH ST, Cooke, TX

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 291

CR 262/SIGN CR343

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1.1 MI N OF FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 640

CR 266/SIGN CR 398

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

4.0 MI SW OF FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 271/SIGN CR 333

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

2.4 MI E OF CR 337, Cooke, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 272/SIGN CR 328

Good

Over: DRAW

0.23 MI SE OF FM 922, Cooke, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140

CR 281/SIGN CR 318

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

0.7 MI W OF FM 1198, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 291/SIGN CR 348

Good

Over: DRAW

0.1 MI E OF CR 321, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

CR 292/SIGN CR 332

Good

Over: DRAW

1.25 MI W&S OF FM 2848, Cooke, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 299/SIGN CR 241

Good

Over: POND CREEK

0.8 MI S OF FM 3002, Cooke, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 302/SIGN CR 207

Good

Over: TOWNSEND CREEK

0.05 MI N OF CR 202, Cooke, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 311/SIGN CR 202

Good

Over: TOWNSEND CREEK

1.8 MI W OF IH 35, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

CR 313 / E Spr Crk

Good

Over: Draw

0.7 mi. East of IH 35, Cooke, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 164

CR 321/CHEANEY RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.3 MI E OF N SHORE RD, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 327/SIGN CR 216

Good

Over: PECAN CREEK

0.6 MI E OF FM 2071, Cooke, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 365/SIGN CR 223

Good

Over: DRAW

0.5 MI S OF CR 232, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 375/SIGN CR 232

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.8 MI E OF CR 265, Cooke, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 380/SIGN CR2120

Good

Over: WHEELER CREEK

0.8 MI W OF FM 3092, Cooke, TX

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,740

CR 399/SIGN CR 138

Good

Over: WHEELER CREEK

0.1 MI E OF FM 371, Cooke, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 84

CR 419/HAWKINS RD

Good

Over: TIMBER CREEK

0.6 MI E OF CR 145, Cooke, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 225,364

CR 420/SIGN CR 150

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

1.5 MI E OF FM 678, Cooke, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 48

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