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Hall County, TX

117 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35% rated Good, 62.4% Fair, 2.6% Poor.

117
Public bridges
35%
Good condition
2.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Hall 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.

199th
of 247 on Poor share
2.6%
Poor-condition share
117
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Hall County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hall County ranks #199 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Hall County, Texas contains 117 public highway bridges. Roughly 35% are rated “Good,” 62.4% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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

117

Public highway bridges in Hall County

Good condition

35%

41 of 117 rated 7-9

Fair condition

62.4%

73 of 117 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.6%

3 of 117 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#199 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 117 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
35% (41)
Fair
62.4% (73)
Poor
2.6% (3)

Hall County's Poor-condition bridges carry 855 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 285 crossings a day against 921 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 117 of 117 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

66.7% of Hall County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

78 of the 117 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 35% 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 47.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SH 70 over MULBERRY CREEK, built 1949, carries 405 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 855 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hall County's bridges were built

117 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 11 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Hall County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hall County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Wood County 120 1.7%
Hamilton County 119 2.5%
McCulloch County 118 0%
Hall County (this page) 117 2.6%
Stephens County 115 0.9%
Brewster County 114 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (117 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1969 here).

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

All 117 Good 41 Fair 73 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (41)

US 287

Good

Over: DRAW

5.10 MI S OF SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,640

SH 86

Good

Over: DRAW

6.65 MI W OF US 287, Hall, TX

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

SH 70

Good

Over: DRAW

2.50 MI N OF SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 316

SH 256

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.60 MI W OF FM 2472, Hall, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 646

FM 1041

Good

Over: DRAW

1.85 MI E OF FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 657

Good

Over: DRAW

1.00 MI S OF SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 132

FM 658

Good

Over: DRAW

0.10 MI N OF FM 1282, Hall, TX

Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 2639

Good

Over: DRAW

0.70 MI N OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

SH 256

Good

Over: DRAW

1.25 MI E OF FM 3517, Hall, TX

Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 646

CR 28

Good

Over: DRAW

1.6 MI S OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50

US 287 SB

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

1.10 MI S OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 1969 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 6,178

FM 1547

Good

Over: US 287/BNSF Railroad

0.276 Mi NW of SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

US 287 NB

Good

Over: Parker Creek

1.0 Mi S of SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,500

SH 256

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

4 MI WEST OF JCT US287, Hall, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 690

FM 94

Good

Over: RUNNING WATER CREEK

2.00 MI SW OF FM 658, Hall, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

FM 1041

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3.85 MI E OF FM 2472, Hall, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

FM 1041

Good

Over: OAKS CREEK

4.08 MI East of FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 51

FM1619

Good

Over: Jonah Creek

1.55 Mi. East of US287, Hall, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

FM 2361

Good

Over: DRAW

1.75 MI W of US 287, Hall, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 117

CR C

Good

Over: BERKLEY CREEK

0.3 MI E OF FM 1041, Hall, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 15

Good

Over: WIND RIVER

4.2 MI N OF FM 656, Hall, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 19

Good

Over: TRIB OF INDIAN CREEK

0.15 MI S OF FM 2361, Hall, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15

CR 24

Good

Over: DRAW

2.1 MI S OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25

CR 29

Good

Over: DRAW

0.368 MI N OF FM 1619, Hall, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR I

Good

Over: DRAW

0.6 MI W OF US 287, Hall, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR G

Good

Over: DRAW

0.05 MI W OF FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35

CR H

Good

Over: DRAW

0.4 MI W OF FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR D

Good

Over: POLECAT CREEK

0.6 MI W OF CO RD 10, Hall, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25

CR D

Good

Over: BITTER CREEK

2.0 MI E OF SH 70, Hall, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR P

Good

Over: DRAW

2.8 MI E OF FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

CR P

Good

Over: DRAW

1.6 MI E OF FM 657, Hall, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5

CR W

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

0.4 MI W OF CR 8, Hall, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 26

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK

1.0 MI S OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 8

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

0.75 MI S OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 7

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

0.9 MI S OF FM 656, Hall, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35

CR 5

Good

Over: KENT CREEK

1.7 MI S OF FM 656, Hall, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15

CR CC

Good

Over: KENT CREEK

0.6 MI E OF SH 70, Hall, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18

CR K

Good

Over: DRAW

1.1 MI W OF US 287, Hall, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

US 287 NB

Good

Over: PRAIRIE DOG TN FK RED RI

1.80 MI N OF SH 86, Hall, TX

Built 1987 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,094

SH 70

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

3.20 MI S OF SH 256, Hall, TX

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 101

CR K

Good

Over: PARKER CREEK

2.6 MI W OF US 287, Hall, TX

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10

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