Total bridges
28
Public highway bridges in Glasscock County
County profile · official public datasets
Glasscock County, TX
28 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.9% rated Good, 57.1% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 28
- Public bridges
- 42.9%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Glasscock County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 27%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 28
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Glasscock County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Glasscock County ranks #66 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Glasscock County, Texas contains 28 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.9% are rated “Good,” 57.1% “Fair,” and 0% “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
42.9%
12 of 28 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.1%
16 of 28 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 28 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#66 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 28 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42.9% (12)
Fair 57.1% (16)
Poor 0% (0)
50% of Glasscock County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
14 of the 28 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 42.9% 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.
When Glasscock County's bridges were built
28 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 42.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Glasscock County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Glasscock County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1961 is 17 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hogg County | 29 | 86.2% | 13.8% | 0% | 1963 |
| Sherman County | 29 | 37.9% | 62.1% | 0% | 1955 |
| Reagan County | 28 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1974 |
| Real County | 28 | 35.7% | 64.3% | 0% | 1949 |
| Somervell County | 28 | 46.4% | 53.6% | 0% | 1964 |
| Glasscock County (this page) | 28 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1978 |
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 Glasscock 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 Glasscock County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (28 bridges here).
- Crowley County, CO · 28 bridges
- Dolores County, CO · 28 bridges
- Lafayette County, FL · 28 bridges
- Union County, FL · 28 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (16)
SH 158
FairOver: LACY DRAW
0.25 MI E OF RM 33, Glasscock, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,281
SH 158
FairOver: APPLE CREEK
5.70 MI E OF RM 33, Glasscock, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,281
SH 158
FairOver: FOOLS CREEK
8.43 MI E OF RM 33, Glasscock, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,849
SH 158
FairOver: DRAW
11.1 MI E OF RM 33, Glasscock, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,849
SH 158
FairOver: MEYERS DRAW
0.10 MI W OF SH 137, Glasscock, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,714
SH 158
FairOver: THIRTYSIX DRAW
1.15 MI E OF SH 137, Glasscock, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,714
SH 158
FairOver: THIRTYSIX DRAW BRANCH
3.50 MI E OF SH 137, Glasscock, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,714
RM 33
FairOver: LACY CREEK
1.50 MI S OF SH 158, Glasscock, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,359
RM 33
FairOver: LACY DRAW
3.60 MI S OF SH 158, Glasscock, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,359
US 87 NB
FairOver: CANNIBAL DRAW RELIEF
2.70 MI NW OF STERLING CL, Glasscock, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,420
US 87
FairOver: DRAW
2.989 MI SE OF HOWARD CL, Glasscock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,736
US 87
FairOver: DRAW
2.250 MI SE OF HOWARD CL, Glasscock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,736
US 87 SB
FairOver: DRAW
0.500 MI SE OF HOWARD CL, Glasscock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,316
US 87 NB
FairOver: DRAW
0.500 MI SE OF HOWARD CL, Glasscock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,420
US 87 SB
FairOver: CANNIBAL DRAW RELIEF
7.45 MI SE OF HOWARD C/L, Glasscock, TX
Built 1937 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,316
US 87 SB
FairOver: CANNIBAL DRAW
7.18 MI SE OF HOWARD C/L, Glasscock, TX
Built 1937 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,316
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