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Hopkins County, TX

250 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.4% rated Good, 51.2% Fair, 2.4% Poor.

250
Public bridges
46.4%
Good condition
2.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Hopkins County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

192nd
of 247 on Poor share
2.4%
Poor-condition share
250
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.

Hopkins County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hopkins County ranks #192 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Hopkins County, Texas contains 250 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.4% are rated “Good,” 51.2% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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

250

Public highway bridges in Hopkins County

Good condition

46.4%

116 of 250 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.2%

128 of 250 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.4%

6 of 250 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#192 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 250 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
46.4% (116)
Fair
51.2% (128)
Poor
2.4% (6)

Hopkins County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,341 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 724 crossings a day against 1,782 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 250 of 250 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.6% of Hopkins County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

129 of the 250 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 46.4% 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 87.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Jackson Street over Town Branch, built 1935, carries 3,810 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,341 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hopkins County's bridges were built

250 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 67 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Texas average (1980).

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Hopkins County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hopkins County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lavaca County 262 2.7%
Colorado County 252 2.4%
Hopkins County (this page) 250 2.4%
Van Zandt County 249 2.8%
Grimes County 245 1.2%
Lubbock County 242 0.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (250 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1978 here).

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

All 250 Good 116 Fair 128 Poor 6

All bridges (250)

CR 4764

Good

Over: Little Caney Creek

1.3 Mi NW of SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 4768

Good

Over: N CANEY CREEK TRIBUTARY

0.25 MI S OF FM 71, Hopkins, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

CR 4771

Good

Over: NORTH CANEY CREEK

2.1 MI S OF FM 71, Hopkins, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 260

CR 4760

Good

Over: NORTH CANEY CREEK

2.3 MI SE OF FM 2285, Hopkins, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 4744

Good

Over: MERRIT CREEK

2.3 MI SW OF FM 71, Hopkins, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 4734

Good

Over: Sulphur River Trib

0.55 MI W OF FM 275, Hopkins, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90

CR 4738

Good

Over: Trib.of Sulphur River

1.7 Mi W of FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 4711

Good

Over: Blacks Creek

0.8 Mi N of SH 11, Hopkins, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 4708

Good

Over: Draw

2.8 Mi West of FM 2285, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 4708

Good

Over: Black Creek

1.4 Mi West of FM 2285, Hopkins, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 1125

Good

Over: Big Creek

0.80 Mi N of FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 1130

Good

Over: East Fork Turkey Creek

3.75 Mi NW FM 1567, Hopkins, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 4128

Good

Over: East Fork Turkey Creek

1.8 Mi W of FM 275, Hopkins, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

Holiday Dr.

Good

Over: Cedar Creek

0.1 Mi W of SH 154, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 4710

Good

Over: Blacks Creek

0.25 MI W of SH 11, Hopkins, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

CR 4712

Good

Over: Crooks Creek

0.9 Mi E of FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 4720

Good

Over: Trib. of White Oak Creek

1.3 Mi NE of FM 499, Hopkins, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 4725

Good

Over: Sulphur River Tributary

1.10 Mi W of SH 11, Hopkins, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 1152

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

0.35 MI E OF CR 1153, Hopkins, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41

CR 4712

Good

Over: Trib of Crooks Creek

1.8 Mi E of FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41

CR 4714

Good

Over: CROOKS CREEK

2.23 MI NE OF FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2

IH 30 N FR

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK RELIEF #3

5.70 MI E OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 2001 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 4,720

US 67

Good

Over: BRIER CREEK

3.90 MI W OF FM 900, Hopkins, TX

Built 1925 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 543

FM 900

Good

Over: IH 30

JCT OF FM 900 AND IH 30, Hopkins, TX

Built 1963 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 660

FM 3134

Good

Over: DRAW

1.3 MI N OF SH 11, Hopkins, TX

Built 1971 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 437

FM 3236

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

2.7 MI N OF FM 1537, Hopkins, TX

Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 758

FM 1567

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

3.90 MI SE OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 1996 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 720

FM 3019

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

3.20 MI N OF SH 11, Hopkins, TX

Built 1969 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 389

IH 30 S FR

Good

Over: WEBB CREEK

6.6 MI E HUNT CO LINE, Hopkins, TX

Built 1958 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 481

IH 30 N FR

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

3.1 MI E OF FM 69, Hopkins, TX

Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 860

IH 30 N FR

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK RELIEF #2

5.60 MI E OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 2001 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 4,720

IH 30 N FR

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

5.80 MI E OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 2002 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 4,720

County Road 4795

Good

Over: COOPER DAM EM SPILLWAY

Cooper Dam Sulphur River, Hopkins, TX

Built 1991 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 419

FM 1567

Good

Over: BIRCH CREEK RELIEF

1.50 MI W OF SH 154, Hopkins, TX

Built 1996 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 536

FM 1567

Good

Over: BIRCH CREEK

1.55 MI W OF SH 154, Hopkins, TX

Built 1996 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 536

SH 11

Good

Over: SOUTH SULPHUR RIVER

0.95 MI NW OF FM 275, Hopkins, TX

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,725

SH 19

Good

Over: LITTLE CANEY CRK REL

1.8 MI S OF FM 71, Hopkins, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,436

FM 1567

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3.30 MI W OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 608

FM 1567

Good

Over: SCHOOLEY CREEK

4.50 MI W OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 1991 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 608

FM 69

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.0 MI N OF IH 30, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,193

FM 69

Good

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK RELIEF

1.2 MI N OF IH 30, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,193

FM 69

Good

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

1.3 MI N OF IH 30, Hopkins, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,193

FM 1536

Good

Over: VADEN CREEK

0.2 MI E OF SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 1995 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 564

CR 4732

Good

Over: SULPHUR RIVER TRIBUTARY

0.7 MI E OF FM 275, Hopkins, TX

Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 40

CR 4767

Poor

Over: Trib. North Caney Creek

0.2 Mi S of CR 4769, Hopkins, TX

Built 1960 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 20

Timber Creek Rd

Poor

Over: Trib of Horse Pen Creek

.2 Mi. E. of Co. Rd. 4759, Hopkins, TX

Built 1960 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50

CR 1146

Poor

Over: Garrett Creek

3.1 Mi W of SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50

CR 1174

Poor

Over: Birch Creek

1.5 MI E of SH 19, Hopkins, TX

Built 2015 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 106

Jackson Street

Poor

Over: Town Branch

0.1 Mi N of BU 67, Hopkins, TX

Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,810

FM 71

Poor

Over: SOUTH SULPHUR RIVER

1.45 MI NW OF FM 2653, Hopkins, TX

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 305

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