Total bridges
307
Public highway bridges in Lamar County
County profile · official public datasets
Lamar County, TX
307 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.6% rated Good, 50.5% Fair, 2.9% Poor.
- 307
- Public bridges
- 46.6%
- Good condition
- 2.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lamar County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 210th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 307
- public highway bridges
- 1984
- 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.
Lamar County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lamar County ranks #210 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.9%). Lamar County, Texas contains 307 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.6% are rated “Good,” 50.5% “Fair,” and 2.9% “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
46.6%
143 of 307 rated 7-9
Fair condition
50.5%
155 of 307 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.9%
9 of 307 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#210 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 307 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.6% (143)
Fair 50.5% (155)
Poor 2.9% (9)
Lamar County's Poor-condition bridges carry 32,468 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,608 crossings a day against 1,200 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 306 of 307 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
36.5% of Lamar County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
112 of the 307 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 46.6% 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 76.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 82 over STILLHOUSE CREEK, built 1959, carries 24,836 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 32,468 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lamar County's bridges were built
307 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 20
1940–1949
20 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
43 bridges
- 1960s 29
1960–1969
29 bridges
- 1970s 22
1970–1979
22 bridges
- 1980s 19
1980–1989
19 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
40 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
77 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
44 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 77 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Lamar County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Lamar County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.9% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Green County | 310 | 61% | 38.4% | 0.6% | 1971 |
| Falls County | 308 | 43.5% | 54.2% | 2.3% | 1988 |
| Fannin County | 307 | 44.3% | 50.2% | 5.5% | 1984 |
| Lamar County (this page) | 307 | 46.6% | 50.5% | 2.9% | 1984 |
| Guadalupe County | 296 | 58.8% | 41.2% | 0% | 1977 |
| Gonzales County | 284 | 45.4% | 51.8% | 2.8% | 1969 |
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 Lamar 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 Lamar County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (307 bridges here).
- Jewell County, KS · 307 bridges
- Spokane County, WA · 307 bridges
- Rockingham County, NH · 308 bridges
- Surry County, NC · 308 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (155)
CR 28100
FairOver: Bledsoe Creek
0.3 Mi W of CR 28050, Lamar, TX
Built 2003 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40
CR 497 (24900)
FairOver: Caney Creek Tributary
0.8 Mi S of FM 1509, Lamar, TX
Built 1993 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 100
CR 168 (35610)
FairOver: Sanders Creek
3.5 Mi N of FM 79, Lamar, TX
Built 1991 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 10
CR 13400
FairOver: Little Sandy Creek
3.6 Mi W of FM 196, Lamar, TX
Built 1950 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 226
CR 271 (43250)
FairOver: Six Mile Creek
2.1 Mi NW of FM 195, Lamar, TX
Built 1995 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 40
CR 577 (26320)
FairOver: Morrison Creek
1.7 Mi W of FM 38, Lamar, TX
Built 1982 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 40
FM 197
FairOver: SANDERS CREEK
2.20 MI W OF US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1956 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 536
CR 35500
FairOver: Cottonwood Creek
2.5 Mi N of FM 38, Lamar, TX
Built 2003 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 40
FM 1184
FairOver: AUDS CREEK
1.5 MI NE OF SH 19, Lamar, TX
Built 1980 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 546
FM 79
FairOver: LITTLE PINE CREEK RELIEF
0.8 MI S OF FM 1500, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,180
SH 19 NB
FairOver: BAKER BRANCH
1.2 MI S OF LOOP 286, Lamar, TX
Built 1940 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,661
FM 906
FairOver: PINE CREEK
10.0 MI E OF US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1953 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 163
CR 23110
FairOver: Branch of Cherry Creek
1.5 Mi S of FM 1506, Lamar, TX
Built 2011 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 30
US 82
FairOver: MCFARLAND CREEK
2.2 MI NE OF FM 137, Lamar, TX
Built 1946 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,168
US 82
FairOver: HIGH CREEK 2
2.6 MI NE OF FM 137, Lamar, TX
Built 1946 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,168
FM 194
FairOver: CUTHAND CREEK
3.3 MI SE OF US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 273
US 271
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK BRANCH
1.1 MI SE OF LOOP 286, Lamar, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 9,071
US 271
FairOver: BIG BRUSHY CREEK
3.3 MI NW OF RED RIVER CO, Lamar, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,265
US 271
FairOver: MUSTANG CREEK
0.7 MI SE OF FM 1503, Lamar, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,896
FM 137
FairOver: NOBLE CREEK
0.7 MI S OF US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 368
FM 137
FairOver: EAST HONEY CREEK
1.8 MI E OF FM 2675, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 286
FM 137
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
1.0 MI S OF FM 2036, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 304
FM 38
FairOver: MORRISON CREEK
1.0 MI N OF DELTA CO LINE, Lamar, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 262
FM 1506
FairOver: DRAW
0.8 MI S OF FM 38, Lamar, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 116
FM 1502
FairOver: CUTHAND CREEK BRANCH
2.1 MI NE OF US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 906
FM 1502
FairOver: NOLAN CREEK
3.4 MI E OF FM 196, Lamar, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 552
LOOP 286
FairOver: US 82
1.0 MI N OF US 271 SOUTH, Lamar, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 27,520
FM 2648
FairOver: DRAW
2.0 MI E OF US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,758
CR 270 (43270)
FairOver: Pine Creek
2.3 Mi E of US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
CR 499 (35010)
FairOver: Cottonwood Creek
1.3 Mi W of US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10
US 82
FairOver: DRAIN
0.20 MI E OF FANNIN C/L, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,718
FM 1509
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
1.8 MI SW OF FM 38, Lamar, TX
Built 2001 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
US 271
FairOver: COON CREEK
3.7 MI SE OF FM 196, Lamar, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,265
BUS US 271
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
1.2 MI W OF LOOP 286, Lamar, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,060
FM 38
FairOver: SANDERS CREEK RELIEF
0.7 MI E OF FM 2352, Lamar, TX
Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,325
FM 38
FairOver: COTTONWOOD RELIEF
2.4 MI E OF FM 2352, Lamar, TX
Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,325
FM 137
FairOver: DRAW
0.5 MI W OF FM 824, Lamar, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 368
FM 79
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
3.50 MI E OF FM 2352, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 624
FM 195
FairOver: NINE MILE CREEK
1.0 MI SW OF FM 196, Lamar, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,537
FM 1502
FairOver: CUTHAND CREEK BRANCH
3.8 MI NE OF US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 364
US 82
FairOver: SMITH CREEK
0.9 MI W OF US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11,215
LOOP 286
FairOver: BAKER CREEK
1.1 MI E OF FM 137, Lamar, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,924
FM 2121
FairOver: MULBERRY CR
0.9 MI S OF US 82, Lamar, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 362
FM 2216
FairOver: SHOOTER CREEK
1.0 MI W OF FM 2352, Lamar, TX
Built 1966 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 838
FM 3298
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
4.8 MI E OF US 271, Lamar, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 148 (34520)
FairOver: Branch of Craddock Creek
2.3 Mi N of FM 79, Lamar, TX
Built 1997 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
CR 179 (37000)
FairOver: Slough Creek
0.5 Mi W of FM 2352, Lamar, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
CR 202 (32500)
FairOver: Pine Creek
0.7 Mi N of FM 79, Lamar, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 423
CR 260 (44250)
FairOver: Branch of Pine Creek
1.0 Mi N of FM 2948, Lamar, TX
Built 1993 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
CR 342 (14400)
FairOver: Mulberry Creek
1.2 Mi W of FM 196, Lamar, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
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