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Jack County, TX

135 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.4% rated Good, 54.8% Fair, 0.7% Poor.

135
Public bridges
44.4%
Good condition
0.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Jack County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 48%
lowest Poor share in state
0.7%
Poor-condition share
135
public highway bridges
1968
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.

Jack County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jack County ranks #118 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.7%). Jack County, Texas contains 135 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.4% are rated “Good,” 54.8% “Fair,” and 0.7% “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

135

Public highway bridges in Jack County

Good condition

44.4%

60 of 135 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.8%

74 of 135 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0.7%

1 of 135 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#118 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 135 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
44.4% (60)
Fair
54.8% (74)
Poor
0.7% (1)

Jack County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 615 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 135 of 135 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.7% of Jack County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

82 of the 135 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 44.4% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CAMPSEY RD- PCT 1 over TRIB OF CROOKED CREEK, built 1935, 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Jack County's bridges were built

135 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1940s, when 28 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 75 to 84 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1968, 12 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Jack County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Jack County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Refugio County 136 2.2%
Midland County 135 1.5%
Jack County (this page) 135 0.7%
Gillespie County 134 0.7%
Jeff Davis County 134 0%
Tyler County 134 2.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (135 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1968 here).

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

All 135 Good 60 Fair 74 Poor 1

All bridges (135)

US 281 NB

Good

Over: BIG CLEVELAND CREEK

3.3 MI W OF SH-148, Jack, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,969

US 281

Good

Over: TRIB OF TWO BUSH BRANCH

1.1 MI N OF FM 2210, Jack, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,020

US 281

Good

Over: LOST CREEK

0.3 MI S OF US 380 WEST, Jack, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,523

SH 148

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK NORTH RELIEF

0.3 MI S OF FM-2190, Jack, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

SH 148

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK SOUTH RELIEF

0.5 MI S OF FM-2190, Jack, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

SH 148

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK

0.7 MI S OF FM-2190, Jack, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

SH 148

Good

Over: W FORK OF TRINITY RIVER

4.8 MI S OF FM-2127, Jack, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 304

FM 4

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

3.4 MI S OF FM 2210, Jack, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 324

FM 1156

Good

Over: Beans Creek

2.2 Mi. N. of US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 102

FM 1191

Good

Over: BOARD TREE CREEK

2.3 MI S OF US-380, Jack, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 425

FM-2190

Good

Over: CAMERON CREEK

2.9 MI E OF US-281, Jack, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

HENDERSN RCH PCT 2

Good

Over: JASPER CREEK

1.3 MI E OF FM 1156, Jack, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

COCACOLA RCH PCT 1

Good

Over: West Fork Trinity River

4.6 MI S OF FM 1810, Jack, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

POST OAK - PCT 1

Good

Over: W FRK TRINITY RIVER

7.6 MI NE OF US 281, Jack, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CROOKED CK R PCT 1

Good

Over: E FRK CROOKED CREEK

3.75 MI SOUTH OF FM 2127, Jack, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

Burwick Rd. PCT 4

Good

Over: Big Cleveland Creek

1.9 Mi. S. of US 281, Jack, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 122

LYNN CREEK R PCT 4

Good

Over: CAMERON CREEK

2.48 MI N OF US 281, Jack, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

Roberts Brch PCT 4

Good

Over: W Fk Trinity River

3.9 MI N OF FM 2190, Jack, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

Squaw Mount PCT 4

Good

Over: West Fork Trinity River

3.2 Mi. N. of FM 2190, Jack, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

OLDGERTRUDES PCT 4

Good

Over: STEWART CREEK

0.05 Mi. W. of FM 1191, Jack, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

PANHANDLE PCT 3

Good

Over: EAST ROCK CREEK

1.6 MI NW OF US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70

ROCK CREEK R PCT 3

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.20 MI E FROM FM 1191, Jack, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

SALT CRK RD PCT 3

Good

Over: WEST SALT CREEK

4.80 MI. S. FROM US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

SALT CREEK R PCT 3

Good

Over: WEST SALT CREEK

2.97 MI. S. FROM US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

SALT CREEK R PCT 3

Good

Over: EAST SALT CREEK

4.5 MI S. OF US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

ERWIN RD - PCT 2

Good

Over: BEANS CREEK

1.3 MI S&W OF SH-199, Jack, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

E. GIBTOWN R PCT 2

Good

Over: TRIB. OF BOONES CREEK

0.73 MI E. OF FM 2210, Jack, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

LONE STAR RD PCT 2

Good

Over: TRIB OF BOONS CREEK

1.3 MI SE OF FM2210, Jack, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

BURWICK RD- PCT 4

Good

Over: NORTH CREEK BRANCH

3.8 MI. E. OF FM 1191, Jack, TX

Built 2010 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 70

CRAFTON RD - PCT 1

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3.5 MI NORTHEAST FM 1810, Jack, TX

Built 1985 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

SQUAW MTN RD PCT 4

Good

Over: LODGE CREEK

5.9 MI. NORTH FM 2190, Jack, TX

Built 2010 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 50

S WIZARD RD PCT 2

Good

Over: BR OF BEANS CREEK

0.30 MI. N. FROM US 380, Jack, TX

Built 2008 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

S WIZARD RD PCT 2

Good

Over: BR OF BEANS CREEK

0.68 MI S FM 1156 W WELLS, Jack, TX

Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

BIRDWELL RD PCT 3

Good

Over: BOARD TREE CREEK

1.6 MI S OF US-380, Jack, TX

Built 2006 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

CAMPSEY RD- PCT 1

Poor

Over: TRIB OF CROOKED CREEK

4.60 MI NE OF SH 148, Jack, TX

Built 1935 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100

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