Total bridges
80
Public highway bridges in Cottle County
County profile · official public datasets
Cottle County, TX
80 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.3% rated Good, 67.5% Fair, 1.3% Poor.
- 80
- Public bridges
- 31.3%
- Good condition
- 1.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cottle 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.
- 147th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 80
- public highway bridges
- 1960
- 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.
Cottle County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cottle County ranks #147 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Cottle County, Texas contains 80 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.3% are rated “Good,” 67.5% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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
31.3%
25 of 80 rated 7-9
Fair condition
67.5%
54 of 80 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.3%
1 of 80 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#147 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 80 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 31.3% (25)
Fair 67.5% (54)
Poor 1.3% (1)
Cottle County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 410 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 80 of 80 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
72.5% of Cottle County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
58 of the 80 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 31.3% 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.
One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 233 over SOUTH BUCK CREEK, built 1949, carries 100 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cottle County's bridges were built
80 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 8
1920–1929
8 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
25 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 7
2010–2019
7 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1960, 20 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Cottle County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Cottle County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1960 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity County | 81 | 55.6% | 40.7% | 3.7% | 1975 |
| Haskell County | 80 | 46.3% | 52.5% | 1.3% | 1958 |
| Cottle County (this page) | 80 | 31.3% | 67.5% | 1.3% | 1960 |
| Gray County | 79 | 29.1% | 65.8% | 5.1% | 1968 |
| San Jacinto County | 78 | 52.6% | 47.4% | 0% | 1980 |
| Shackelford County | 78 | 38.5% | 60.3% | 1.3% | 1949 |
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 Cottle 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 Cottle County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (80 bridges here).
- Moffat County, CO · 80 bridges
- Burke County, GA · 80 bridges
- Gooding County, ID · 80 bridges
- Madison County, ID · 80 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1960 here).
- Windham County, VT · avg 1960 · 337 bridges
- Plymouth County, MA · avg 1960 · 287 bridges
- Cheshire County, NH · avg 1960 · 192 bridges
- Washington County, NY · avg 1960 · 189 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (54)
US 83
FairOver: DRAW
1.32 MI S OF US 70, Cottle, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 801
US 62
FairOver: DRAW
3.86 MI E OF MOTLEY C/L, Cottle, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 632
US 62
FairOver: RICHARDS CANYON
1.33 MI W OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 851
US 62
FairOver: DRAW
0.81 MI W OF FM 1037, Cottle, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 632
US 70
FairOver: SHORTY CREEK
2.81 MI E OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 623
US 70
FairOver: DRAW
2.78 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 362
US 70
FairOver: DRAW
5.09 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 362
US 70
FairOver: DRAW
5.74 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 362
FM 1278
FairOver: DRAW
4.24 MI S OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2278
FairOver: DRAW
3.01 MI N OF FM 452, Cottle, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2278
FairOver: DRAW
0.26 MI W OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1037
FairOver: DRAW
1.14 MI S OF US 62, Cottle, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1037
FairOver: DRAW
2.54 MI S OF US 62, Cottle, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2876
FairOver: DRAW
2.43 MI NE OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2564
FairOver: DRAW
0.77 MI S OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
0.50 MI W OF HARDEMAN C/L, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 139
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
2.14 MI E OF FM 1033, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 139
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
0.91 MI SW OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 183
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
1.89 MI SW OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 183
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
0.65 MI S OF FM 1033, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 142
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
4.23 MI NE OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 152
FM 104
FairOver: DRAW
7.88 MI NE OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 142
FM 1038
FairOver: DRAW
1.40 MI E OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 212
FM 1038
FairOver: DRAW
1.88 MI SE OF US 83, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 173
FM 2532
FairOver: DRAW
1.41 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
FM 2532
FairOver: DRAW
1.64 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
FM 2532
FairOver: DRAW
4.48 MI E OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
FM 2564
FairOver: DRAW
0.77 MI N OF US 70, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 314
FairOver: DRAW
1.4 MI E OF CO RD 309, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 335
FairOver: DRAW
0.8 MI S OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5
CR 328
FairOver: DRAW
0.7 MI E OF FM 2564, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 328
FairOver: DRAW
0.2 MI E OF FM 2564, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 328
FairOver: DRAW
1.0 MI E OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 328
FairOver: DRAW
0.5 MI E OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 321
FairOver: DRAW
0.3 MI S. OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 411
FairOver: DRAW
3.1 MI E OF US 70, Cottle, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 25
CR 425
FairOver: DRAW
4.1 MI N OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 25
CR 425
FairOver: DRAW
2.3 MI N OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 425
FairOver: SALT CREEK
1.3 MI N OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 30
CR 327
FairOver: DRAW
0.7 MI S OF FM 104, Cottle, TX
Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 327
FairOver: WEST PRONG CREEK
1.1 MI N OF FM 2532, Cottle, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 403
FairOver: DRAW
1.2 MI E OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
CR 431
FairOver: SALT CREEK
2.1 MI N OF FM 1038, Cottle, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5
FM 1440
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
4.07 MI S OF FM 94, Cottle, TX
Built 1962 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100
US 62
FairOver: SOUTH PEASE RIVER
1.35 MI S OF FM 1440, Cottle, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,139
US 62
FairOver: NORTH PEASE RIVER
3.43 MI N OF FM 1440, Cottle, TX
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 999
US 83
FairOver: SALT CREEK
2.37 MI S OF US 70, Cottle, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 801
FM 94
FairOver: NORTH PEASE RIVER
0.20 MI NE OF FM 1440, Cottle, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 94
FairOver: JOE LAKE CREEK
0.17 MI NW OF FM 1440, Cottle, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 104
FairOver: SHORTY CREEK
0.5 MI NE OF FM 2876, Cottle, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 183
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