Total bridges
198
Public highway bridges in Erath County
County profile · official public datasets
Erath County, TX
198 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 53.5% rated Good, 46% Fair, 0.5% Poor.
- 198
- Public bridges
- 53.5%
- Good condition
- 0.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Erath County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 42%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 198
- public highway bridges
- 1973
- 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.
Erath County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Erath County ranks #103 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.5%). Erath County, Texas contains 198 public highway bridges. Roughly 53.5% are rated “Good,” 46% “Fair,” and 0.5% “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
53.5%
106 of 198 rated 7-9
Fair condition
46%
91 of 198 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.5%
1 of 198 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#103 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 198 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 53.5% (106)
Fair 46% (91)
Poor 0.5% (1)
Erath County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,802 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry the same share of traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,802 crossings a day against 1,840 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 198 of 198 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
52.5% of Erath County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
104 of the 198 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 53.5% 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
SH 220 over LITTLE DUFFAU CREEK, built 1942, carries 2,802 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 2,802 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Erath County's bridges were built
198 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 9
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
28 bridges
- 1940s 17
1940–1949
17 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
25 bridges
- 1960s 11
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s 15
1970–1979
15 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s 17
1990–1999
17 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
58 bridges
- 2010s 11
2010–2019
11 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 58 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1973, 7 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Erath County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Erath County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coryell County | 204 | 54.4% | 45.1% | 0.5% | 1971 |
| Erath County (this page) | 198 | 53.5% | 46% | 0.5% | 1973 |
| Cherokee County | 196 | 26% | 74% | 0% | 1974 |
| Houston County | 196 | 41.3% | 51.5% | 7.1% | 1984 |
| Matagorda County | 192 | 37.5% | 55.7% | 6.8% | 1982 |
| Milam County | 191 | 44.5% | 54.5% | 1% | 1979 |
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 Erath 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 Erath County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (198 bridges here).
- Scott County, AR · 198 bridges
- Fulton County, OH · 198 bridges
- Madison County, OH · 198 bridges
- Aiken County, SC · 198 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1973 here).
- Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
- Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
- Davidson County, TN · avg 1973 · 832 bridges
- Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (198)
W. ONEIL STREET
FairOver: RESLEY CREEK
0.05 MI W OF US 377, Erath, TX
Built 1927 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 560
US 377
FairOver: SOUTH PALUXY RIVER
4.10 MI SW OF FM 1188, Erath, TX
Built 1940 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 6,149
US 281
FairOver: NORTH PALUXY RIVER
0.94 MI S OF FM 1188, Erath, TX
Built 1937 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 7,267
CR 351 - PCT 2
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
1.0 MI NW OF US 377, Erath, TX
Built 1921 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 380
US 377
FairOver: SOUTH PALUXY RIVER
1.25 MI W OF FM 2481, Erath, TX
Built 1949 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,149
IH 20 NFR
FairOver: GIBSON CREEK
2.0 MI W OF SH 108 SOUTH, Erath, TX
Built 1935 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 120
US 281
FairOver: BEE DEE CREEK
2.10 MI N OF FM 1188, Erath, TX
Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 6,005
US 67
FairOver: LALLAH BRANCH
1.95 MI W OF SH 220, Erath, TX
Built 1953 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,211
US 67
FairOver: POLE HOLLOW BR
1.00 MI SE OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 1954 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,681
SH 220
FairOver: DUFFAU CREEK
0.8 MI N OF FM 2481, Erath, TX
Built 1942 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,763
US 67 / US 377
FairOver: AT&SF RR & GROESBECK ST
2.2 MI W OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 1962 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 16,313
CR 454 - PCT 1
FairOver: TRIB OF N BOSQUE RIVER
0.5 MI E OF FM 914, Erath, TX
Built 2004 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 470
FM 847
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
4.1 MI E OF SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 1957 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 791
FM 219
FairOver: N FK NORTH BOSQUE RIVER
0.70 MI S OF SH 108, Erath, TX
Built 1956 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 344
US 67 NB
FairOver: FWW RR
0.15 Mi. S. of SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,500
US 67 SB
FairOver: FWW RR
0.15 Mi. S. of SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,500
US 377
FairOver: PALUXY RIVER
0.47 MI NE OF FM 2481, Erath, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,416
US 281
FairOver: COUNTS CREEK
0.70 MI N OF FM 1188, Erath, TX
Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,588
IH 20 WB
FairOver: SH 108 NORTH
3.0 MI W OF FM 919, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,035
IH 20 EB
FairOver: SH 108 SOUTH
3.0 MI W OF FM 919, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,386
FM 1189
FairOver: TRIB OF KICKAPOO CR
9.85 MI NE OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 417
US 281
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
5.3 MI S OF US 67, Erath, TX
Built 1934 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 6,197
US 281
FairOver: SIMS CREEK
0.4 MI S OF FM 913, Erath, TX
Built 1934 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 4,817
CR 522 PCT 1
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
1.0 MI EAST OF SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 1989 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 60
CR 397 - PCT 2
FairOver: BR W FRK ARMSTRONG C
2.85 MI N OF FM 8, Erath, TX
Built 1991 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 160
US 377
FairOver: SOUTH PALUXY TRIBUTARY
2.85 MI SW OF FM 1188, Erath, TX
Built 1922 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,149
IH 20 NFR
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.6 MI W OF SH 108, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 30
FM 2156
FairOver: FLAT CREEK
1.2 MI E OF REF 484, Erath, TX
Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 244
CR 109 - PCT 4
FairOver: RUSH CREEK
6.7 MI W OF SH-108, Erath, TX
Built 1991 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50
CR 270 - PCT 1
FairOver: GREEN CREEK
0.28 MI S FROM SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 1906 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 490
CR 344 - PCT 2
FairOver: COW CREEK
2.60 MI. N. FROM SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 1995 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 70
IH 20 WB
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.6 MI W OF SH 108, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 12,840
IH 20 EB
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.6 MI W OF SH 108, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 13,589
FM 1188
FairOver: COUNTS CREEK
1.70 MI NW OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 639
CR 112 - PCT 4
FairOver: BARTON CREEK
1.0 MI W OF SH-108, Erath, TX
Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50
CR 156 - PCT 3
FairOver: BR OF N PALUXY RIVER
0.3 MI E OF FM 1189, Erath, TX
Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 320
CR 208 - PCT 3
FairOver: DUFFAU CREEK
0.2 MI W OF FM 2481, Erath, TX
Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 60
CR 270 - PCT 1
FairOver: NORTH BOSQUE RIVER
3.5 MI S OF CLAIRETTE, Erath, TX
Built 1921 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 70
CR 462 - PCT 2
FairOver: S FORK N BOSQUE RIVER
0.25 MI E OF FM 8, Erath, TX
Built 1993 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 210
CR 397 - PCT 4
FairOver: RED FRK RUSH CREEK
10.7 MI W OF SH-108, Erath, TX
Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50
E COLLINS STREET
FairOver: NORTH BOSQUE RIVER
0.2 MI E OF SH 108, Erath, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 130
FM 2481
GoodOver: RICHARDSON CREEK
4.35 MI S OF US 377, Erath, TX
Built 1975 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 238
FM 8
GoodOver: BOSQUE RIVER
0.9 MI W OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 1966 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 9,546
SH 6
GoodOver: TRIB OF GREEN CREEK
0.6 MI SE OF FM 914, Erath, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,179
US 281
GoodOver: MCKINNEY BRANCH
1.3 MI S OF JUNCTION SH 6, Erath, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,177
US 67
GoodOver: TRIB OF LALLAH BR
3.25 MI W OF SH 220, Erath, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,211
US 67
GoodOver: TRIB OF N BOSQUE RI
2.60 MI SE OF US 281, Erath, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,681
IH-20 MNL & NFR
GoodOver: TRIB OF TURKEY CREEK
3.4 MI W OF SH-108 N, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 22,200
IH 20 NFR
GoodOver: TRIB OF TURKEY CREEK
320 FT W OF SH 108 NORTH, Erath, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,800
IH20 SFR
GoodOver: TRIB OF TURKEY CK
3.4 MI W OF SH 108 N, Erath, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10
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