Total bridges
405
Public highway bridges in Hill County
County profile · official public datasets
Hill County, TX
405 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41% rated Good, 58% Fair, 1% Poor.
- 405
- Public bridges
- 41%
- Good condition
- 1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hill County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 131st
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1%
- Poor-condition share
- 405
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Hill County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hill County ranks #131 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Hill County, Texas contains 405 public highway bridges. Roughly 41% are rated “Good,” 58% “Fair,” and 1% “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
41%
166 of 405 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58%
235 of 405 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1%
4 of 405 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#131 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 405 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41% (166)
Fair 58% (235)
Poor 1% (4)
Hill County's Poor-condition bridges carry 290 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 73 crossings a day against 6,017 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 405 of 405 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
43% of Hill County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
174 of the 405 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 41% 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 34.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 3323 over ASH CREEK BRANCH, built 2002, 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 290 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hill County's bridges were built
405 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s 16
1930–1939
16 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
46 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
54 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
47 bridges
- 1970s 14
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s 20
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s 17
1990–1999
17 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
84 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
65 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
34 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 84 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Hill County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Hill County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith County | 427 | 47.1% | 51.5% | 1.4% | 1981 |
| Taylor County | 419 | 45.1% | 54.2% | 0.7% | 1967 |
| Hidalgo County | 405 | 47.4% | 51.6% | 1% | 1990 |
| Hill County (this page) | 405 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 1982 |
| Johnson County | 404 | 49.5% | 50.5% | 0% | 1985 |
| Wichita County | 399 | 41.4% | 57.9% | 0.8% | 1971 |
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 Hill 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 Hill County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (405 bridges here).
- Coconino County, AZ · 405 bridges
- Pottawatomie County, OK · 408 bridges
- Marshall County, KS · 402 bridges
- Cuming County, NE · 402 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (235)
FM 744
FairOver: WHITE ROCK CREEK
4.5 MI NE OF SH 171, Hill, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 205
FM 1947
FairOver: Aquilla LK / HackberryCk
1.6 MI NW OF FM 310, Hill, TX
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 316
CR 3373
FairOver: JACKSON CREEK
0.75 MI SW OF SH 171, Hill, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 4240
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
3.00 MI S OF FM 2959, Hill, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 1330
FairOver: JACKS BRANCH
0.80 MI W OF FM 309, Hill, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 2340
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK
3.00 MI SE OF FM 1304, Hill, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 2340
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK BRANCH
0.45 MI NW MCLENNAN C/L, Hill, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 132
CR 2233
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK TRIB
2.70 MI W OF IH 35, Hill, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 2234
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK
1.90 MI SE OF FM 1304, Hill, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 2302 N
FairOver: AQUILLA CRK TRIB #247
0.35 MI NW OF FM 1304, Hill, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 3363
FairOver: NAVASOTA RIVER #153
2.3 MI NE OF FM 339, Hill, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 45
CR 3430
FairOver: PECAN CREEK #76
0.65 MI S OF FM 1946, Hill, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 4127
FairOver: HACKBERRY CRK #188
1.30 MI W OF SH 66, Hill, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 934
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
4.8 MI NW OF US 77, Hill, TX
Built 1958 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 368
CR 3212
FairOver: BRUSHY CRK #116
1.80 MI NW OF FM 2114, Hill, TX
Built 2004 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 100
SH 81 SB
FairOver: SH 81 NB
1.3 MI SE OF IH 35, Hill, TX
Built 1952 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,381
CR 4282
FairOver: PECAN CRK TRIB #177A
0.70 MI E OF IH35 FR, Hill, TX
Built 2000 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100
CR 4281
FairOver: LOVELACE CRK #224
1.80 MI S OF FM 3147, Hill, TX
Built 1924 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,640
CR 3175 W
FairOver: ASH CRK TRIB #102
1.6 Mi SW of SH 171, Hill, TX
Built 2010 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 50
FM 3147
FairOver: COLEMAN CREEK
0.6 MI SE OF FM 66, Hill, TX
Built 1972 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 209
CR 3424 W
FairOver: NO NAME CRK #103
0.10 MI SW OF SH 171, Hill, TX
Built 2003 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
CR 3110 S
FairOver: BR BROOKEEN CRK #124
1.40 MI SE OF FM 1242, Hill, TX
Built 2001 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
IH 35W NB
FairOver: ISLAND CREEK
0.6 MI S OF JOHNSON CL, Hill, TX
Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 17,766
IH 35W SB
FairOver: ISLAND CREEK
0.6 MI S OF JOHNSON CL, Hill, TX
Built 1965 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 17,523
CR 4359
FairOver: WHITE ROCK CRK #176
1.10 MI N OF SH 22, Hill, TX
Built 2008 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 15
SH 171
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
2.1 MI N OF SH 22, Hill, TX
Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,767
SH 171
FairOver: LITTLE HACKBERRY CREEK
1.2 MI N OF SH 22, Hill, TX
Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,767
FM 309
FairOver: JACKS BRANCH
3.9 MI NW OF SH 22, Hill, TX
Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 497
CR 3110 S
FairOver: BROOKEEN CRK #127
2.50 MI NW OF FM 2114, Hill, TX
Built 2004 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
CR 3138
FairOver: PECAN CRK #69
1.40 MI W OF FM 1243, Hill, TX
Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
CR 3124
FairOver: COBB CRK #47
1.80 MI SW OF SH 171, Hill, TX
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 60
CR 1104 LP
FairOver: BNSF RR
1.3 MI S OF SH 174, Hill, TX
Built 1951 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 299
CR 1104 LP
FairOver: BNSF RR
1.0 MI S OF SH 174, Hill, TX
Built 1951 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 520
CR 1145 LP S
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.75 MI SW OF FM 933, Hill, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
TX. STATE HWY 22
FairOver: LAKE WHITNEY SPILLWAY
WHITNEY LAKE, Hill, TX
Built 1951 Load: 57.6 t ADT: 5,251
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