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Eastland County, TX

234 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.6% rated Good, 58.1% Fair, 1.3% Poor.

234
Public bridges
40.6%
Good condition
1.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Eastland 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.

150th
of 247 on Poor share
1.3%
Poor-condition share
234
public highway bridges
1965
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.

Eastland County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Eastland County ranks #150 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Eastland County, Texas contains 234 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.6% are rated “Good,” 58.1% “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.

Total bridges

234

Public highway bridges in Eastland County

Good condition

40.6%

95 of 234 rated 7-9

Fair condition

58.1%

136 of 234 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.3%

3 of 234 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#150 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 234 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
40.6% (95)
Fair
58.1% (136)
Poor
1.3% (3)

Eastland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,060 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,687 crossings a day against 3,052 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 234 of 234 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

74.4% of Eastland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

174 of the 234 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 40.6% 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 96.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

IH 20 EB over S FORK PALO PINTO CREEK, built 1959, carries 13,589 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 14,060 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Eastland County's bridges were built

234 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 15 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Eastland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 13 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Eastland County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Nacogdoches County 237 5.5%
Palo Pinto County 237 0.4%
San Patricio County 235 1.7%
Montague County 234 2.6%
Eastland County (this page) 234 1.3%
Washington County 232 3.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (234 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1965 here).

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

All 234 Good 95 Fair 136 Poor 3

All bridges (234)

FM 2461

Good

Over: Auxiliary Spillway

5.7 mi S of Ranger IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 468

FM 2214

Good

Over: LAKE LEON

3.05 MI SE OF FM 570, Eastland, TX

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,714

FM 2526

Good

Over: Draw

2.1 MI W of SH206, Eastland, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 138

CR 122

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

2.3 MI S OF SH 6, Eastland, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 126

Good

Over: Battle Creek Branch

1.60 MI N OF FM 2945, Eastland, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 136

Good

Over: Dinner Branch Draw

0.2 MI. S. of IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 290

Good

Over: SABANA RIVER

0.50 MI S OF CR 289, Eastland, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 323

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

1.15 MI S OF FM 2526, Eastland, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 327

Good

Over: Nash Creek

0.25 MI S OF FM 2526, Eastland, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 350

Good

Over: CURRYCOMB BRANCH

0.60 MI W OF CR 364, Eastland, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 350

Good

Over: SABANA RIVER DRAW

1.10 MI SE OF CR 351, Eastland, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 408

Good

Over: Hunting Shirt Creek

2.30 MI E OF FM 1027, Eastland, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 435

Good

Over: Lick Branch

0.15 MI E of FM 2214, Eastland, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

TUDOR RD (CR 494)

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

4.20 MI S OF IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

TUDOR RD (CR 494)

Good

Over: PALO PINTO CREEK

3.45 MILE SOUTH OF IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

CR 575

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

2.20 MI S OF FM 2214, Eastland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

AVENUE A

Good

Over: N FORK LEON RIVER

0.20 MI SE OF US 183, Eastland, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

AVENUE A

Good

Over: N FORK LEON RIVER

0.20 MI SE OF US 183, Eastland, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

HUNT ST

Good

Over: N FORK PALO PINTO CREEK

0.25 MI SE OF LP 254, Eastland, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

YOUNG ST

Good

Over: N FORK PALO PINTO CREEK

0.25 MI SE OF LP 254, Eastland, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

IH 20 BASSETT EXIT

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK LEON RIVER

0.10 MI N OF IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 1972 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 29

CR 122

Good

Over: BATTLE CREEK

1.50 MI S OF SH 6, Eastland, TX

Built 1985 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50

US 183

Good

Over: YELLOW BRANCH

0.85 MI N OF FM 2731, Eastland, TX

Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,096

SH 112

Good

Over: NORTH FORK LEON RIVER

0.40 MI N OF SH 6, Eastland, TX

Built 1970 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,680

FM 101

Good

Over: N FORK COLONY CREEK

3.00 MI E OF FM 1852, Eastland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 834

FM 1027

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

5.05 MI N OF FM 587, Eastland, TX

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 277

FM 1027

Good

Over: SABANA RIVER

7.50 MI N OF FM 587, Eastland, TX

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 277

FM 2214

Good

Over: MANSKER LAKE

1.00 MI W OF FM 571, Eastland, TX

Built 1957 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,472

SH 206

Good

Over: LOVE CREEK RELIEF

3.05 MI S OF IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 1965 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,130

SH 206

Good

Over: W FORK LEON RIVER

5.25 MI S OF IH 20, Eastland, TX

Built 1965 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,130

SH 206

Good

Over: N FORK SABANNA RIVER

2.50 MI NE OF CALLAHAN CL, Eastland, TX

Built 1965 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,446

FM 571

Poor

Over: DRAW

1.70 MI N OF FM 2214, Eastland, TX

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 391

CR 336

Poor

Over: COLONY CREEK

0.05 MI N OF FM 101, Eastland, TX

Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 80

IH 20 EB

Poor

Over: S FORK PALO PINTO CREEK

0.05 MI W OF ERATH C/L, Eastland, TX

Built 1959 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 13,589

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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.