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Hood County, TX

83 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47% rated Good, 51.8% Fair, 1.2% Poor.

83
Public bridges
47%
Good condition
1.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Hood 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.

145th
of 247 on Poor share
1.2%
Poor-condition share
83
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Hood County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hood County ranks #145 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Hood County, Texas contains 83 public highway bridges. Roughly 47% are rated “Good,” 51.8% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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

83

Public highway bridges in Hood County

Good condition

47%

39 of 83 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.8%

43 of 83 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.2%

1 of 83 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#145 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 83 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47% (39)
Fair
51.8% (43)
Poor
1.2% (1)

Hood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 221 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 221 crossings a day against 4,278 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 83 of 83 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.6% of Hood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

42 of the 83 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 47% 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

OLD GRANBURY PCT 4 over WALNUT CREEK, built 1921, carries 221 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 221 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hood County's bridges were built

83 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1974, 6 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Hood County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1960 is 14 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hood County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Llano County 84 0%
Mason County 84 0%
Hood County (this page) 83 1.2%
Trinity County 81 3.7%
Cottle County 80 1.3%
Haskell County 80 1.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (83 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1974 here).

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

All 83 Good 39 Fair 43 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (39)

DEPTY LARRY MILLER

Good

Over: LAMBERT BRANCH

.2 MI W OF PEARL ST, Hood, TX

Built 1995 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50

FM 4

Good

Over: STATION BRANCH

3.5 MI SE OF FM-167, Hood, TX

Built 1972 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,352

FM 51

Good

Over: TRIB LAKE GRANBURY

0.5 MI N OF FM-4, Hood, TX

Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,007

FM 51

Good

Over: PANTHER BRANCH

1.3 MI N OF FM 51&56 XING, Hood, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,313

FM 4

Good

Over: BLUE BRANCH

0.3 MI W FROM FM 2580, Hood, TX

Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,756

SH 144

Good

Over: FALL BRANCH

2.5 MI S OF US 377, Hood, TX

Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,749

FM 56

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

3.0 MI S OF US 377, Hood, TX

Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,185

FM 1189

Good

Over: TRIB OF BRAZOS RIVER

1.9 MI NE OF FM 1543, Hood, TX

Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,076

FM 2425

Good

Over: TRIB OF BRAZOS RIVER

0.4 MI S OF FM 3210, Hood, TX

Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,088

FM 2425

Good

Over: TRIB OF BRAZOS RIVER

2.1 MI S OF FM 3210, Hood, TX

Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,088

FM 3210

Good

Over: W WEDGEFIELD RD

5.0 MI E OF SH 144, Hood, TX

Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,514

CONTRARY CK PCT 1

Good

Over: FALL BRANCH

0.10 MI. E. FROM SH 144, Hood, TX

Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,580

CONTRARY CK PCT 1

Good

Over: CONTRARY CREEK

2.2 MI E OF SH 144, Hood, TX

Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,310

POWER PLANT PCT 2

Good

Over: POWER PLANT OUTLET

1.4 MI N OF FM 3210, Hood, TX

Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

US 377

Good

Over: TRIB TO SQUAW CREEK

AT FM 2870, Hood, TX

Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,676

CR121RKHARBR PCT 1

Good

Over: FALL BRANCH

0.20 MI. E. OF SH 144, Hood, TX

Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 667

WATERWAY CROSSING

Good

Over: TRIB TO LAKE GRANBURY

.1 MI S OF WATERSEDGES DR, Hood, TX

Built 2001 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50

CROCKETT STREET

Good

Over: LAMBERT BRANCH

0.01 MI S OF RUCKER ST, Hood, TX

Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,798

US 377 SB

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

3.9 MI E OF FM 67, Hood, TX

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,688

US 377 NB (EB)

Good

Over: GRANBURY LAKE

0.1 MI E OF SH 144, Hood, TX

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,920

FM 4

Good

Over: MCCARTY BRANCH

2.4 MI E OF US 377, Hood, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,436

FM 4

Good

Over: CROCKERY CREEK

1.0 MI E OF FM 1189, Hood, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,442

FM 4

Good

Over: TRIB OF ROBINSON CR

4.3 MI SE OF FM 1543, Hood, TX

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,911

FM 1189

Good

Over: ROCKY BRANCH

0.6 MI W OF FM 1543, Hood, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 903

FM 167

Good

Over: NOLAN BRANCH

1.3 MI W OF US-377, Hood, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,069

FM 2580

Good

Over: ROBINSON CREEK

2.8 MI. N. of FM 4, Hood, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,636

LOOP 567

Good

Over: FW & W RR

1.3 MI N OF US 377, Hood, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,406

LOOP 567

Good

Over: FWW RAILROAD

.15 MI. N. OF BUS. 377, Hood, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,144

LOOP 567

Good

Over: TRIB. TO LAKE GRANBURY

0.95 MI. N. OF BUS. 377, Hood, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,590

LITTLE RD - PCT 4

Good

Over: LONG CREEK

1.0 MI. E. OF FM 51, Hood, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 424

OLD GRANBURY PCT 4

Good

Over: BRANCH OF RUCKER CRK

0.80 MI. N. FROM US 377, Hood, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,446

OLD GRANBURY PCT 4

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

1.5 MI NW US-377, Hood, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 494

TRAVIS STREET

Good

Over: TRIB LAKE GRANBURY

0.1 MI S OF GC & SF RR, Hood, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,309

RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE GRANBURY

0.03 MI SE CLIFF SWALLOW, Hood, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,150

Harbor Lakes Drive

Good

Over: Trib. to Lake Granbury

1.4 miles East of SH-377, Hood, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,340

FM 205

Good

Over: SYCAMORE CREEK

2.9 MI W OF FM 51, Hood, TX

Built 1980 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 451

US 377

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

1.5 MI W OF FM 4, Hood, TX

Built 1941 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,394

FM 2870

Good

Over: RICHARDSON CREEK

8.2 MI S OF US 377, Hood, TX

Built 1980 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 162

MEANDER RD - PCT 4

Good

Over: RUCKER CREEK

0.8 MI NORTH US 377, Hood, TX

Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,171

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