Total bridges
242
Public highway bridges in Lubbock County
County profile · official public datasets
Lubbock County, TX
242 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.9% rated Good, 53.7% Fair, 0.4% Poor.
- 242
- Public bridges
- 45.9%
- Good condition
- 0.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lubbock County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 40%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 242
- public highway bridges
- 1988
- 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.
Lubbock County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lubbock County ranks #98 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.4%). Lubbock County, Texas contains 242 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.9% are rated “Good,” 53.7% “Fair,” and 0.4% “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.
Good condition
45.9%
111 of 242 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.7%
130 of 242 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.4%
1 of 242 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#98 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 242 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45.9% (111)
Fair 53.7% (130)
Poor 0.4% (1)
Lubbock County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 13,010 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 242 of 242 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
36.8% of Lubbock County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
89 of the 242 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 45.9% 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
Indian Trail over Buffalo Lake Spillway, built 1980, 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 Lubbock County's bridges were built
242 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
29 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
65 bridges
- 1980s 20
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
30 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
45 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
40 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 65 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1988, 8 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Lubbock County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Lubbock County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.4% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 12 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Zandt County | 249 | 38.6% | 58.6% | 2.8% | 1977 |
| Grimes County | 245 | 41.2% | 57.6% | 1.2% | 1984 |
| Lubbock County (this page) | 242 | 45.9% | 53.7% | 0.4% | 1988 |
| Nacogdoches County | 237 | 21.1% | 73.4% | 5.5% | 1978 |
| Palo Pinto County | 237 | 41.8% | 57.8% | 0.4% | 1962 |
| San Patricio County | 235 | 47.7% | 50.6% | 1.7% | 1978 |
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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (242 bridges here).
- Glenn County, CA · 242 bridges
- Macoupin County, IL · 242 bridges
- Wabaunsee County, KS · 242 bridges
- Tuscola County, MI · 242 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1988 here).
- Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
- Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
- Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges
- Vernon County, MO · avg 1988 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (242)
W-19 OFF RAMP
GoodOver: QUAKER AVENUE
0.35 MI SW OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900
W LP 289 SB
GoodOver: US 62/82 FR RDS
1.75 MI S OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
W LP 289 NB
GoodOver: US 62/82 FR RDS
1.75 MI S OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
W LOOP 289 SB OFF
GoodOver: US 62/82 EB FRTG RD
1.75 MI S OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000
CHIC-E RAMP
GoodOver: 34TH STREET SPLIT
0.20 MI SW OF SLIDE RD, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27,928
US 82 EB
GoodOver: 34TH STREET SPLIT
0.20 MI SW OF SLIDE RD, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,436
US 82 EB
GoodOver: SLIDE ROAD
1.20 MI NE OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 29,850
US 82 WB
GoodOver: SLIDE ROAD
1.20 MI NE OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 29,534
US 82 WB
GoodOver: 34TH STREET SPLIT
0.20 MI SW OF SLIDE RD, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,880
US 62/US 82
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.3 MI SW OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 52,644
US 62 EB
GoodOver: MILWAUKEE AVENUE
1.25 MI SW OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,680
US 62 WB
GoodOver: MILWAUKEE AVENUE
1.25 MI SW OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,680
US 62 / 82
GoodOver: Upland Avenue
2.48 MI SW OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,184
Spur 327 WB
GoodOver: US 62/82
1.8 Miles W of LP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,340
US 62 / 82 EB
GoodOver: S LOOP 193
6.24 MI SW OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,490
US 62 / 82 WB
GoodOver: S LOOP 193
6.24 MI SW OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,073
SPUR 327
GoodOver: FRANKFORD AVENUE
1.4 MILES EAST OF US62/82, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,767
SPUR 327
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.5 MI EAST OF MILWAUKEE, Lubbock, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,767
SPUR 327
GoodOver: MILWAUKEE AVENUE
1.45 MI W OF LOOP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,680
SW LP 289 SB
GoodOver: 50TH STREET
0.3 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
SW LP 289 NB
GoodOver: 50TH STREET
0.3 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27,590
SW LP 289 EB
GoodOver: SPUR 327 WB
1.10 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,490
SW LP 289 WB
GoodOver: SPUR 327 WB
1.10 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,946
LOOP 289 EB OFF RP
GoodOver: SP 327 WB
1.00 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,767
W LP 289 SB ON RP
GoodOver: RAMP EX69R
0.80 MI S OF US 62, Lubbock, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,453
LOOP 289 SB
GoodOver: 34TH STREET
LOOP 289 @ 34TH STREET, Lubbock, TX
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,530
LOOP 289 NB
GoodOver: 34TH STREET
LOOP 289 @ 34TH STREET, Lubbock, TX
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,995
ASH AVE
GoodOver: N LOOP 289
ASH AVE @ N LP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,179
W LP 289 EB
GoodOver: FRANKFORD AVE
0.55 MI N OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,500
W LP 289 WB
GoodOver: FRANKFORD AVE
0.55 MI N OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,500
LP 289 NB
GoodOver: FM 2255 (4TH ST)
1.3 MI NE OF SH 114, Lubbock, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,550
LP 289 SB
GoodOver: ERSKINE ST / QUAKER AVE
1.00 MI SW OF US 84, Lubbock, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,800
LOOP 289 NB
GoodOver: ERSKINE ST / QUAKER AVE
1.05 MI SW OF US 84, Lubbock, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,800
FM 400
GoodOver: N FK DBL MT FK BRAZOS RI
2.25 MI S of FM 3523, Lubbock, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,398
Quaker Ave
GoodOver: Drain
0.7 Mi N of FM 1585, Lubbock, TX
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,200
Indiana Ave
GoodOver: Drain
0.9 Mi N of FM 1585, Lubbock, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,798
N Slide Rd
GoodOver: Drainage Ditch
0.1 Mi NW of N LP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,462
Brentwood Ave
GoodOver: Drainage Ditch
0.1 Mi NW of N LP 289, Lubbock, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 357
Memphis Ave
GoodOver: Drainage Ditch
0.1 Mi S of 114th St, Lubbock, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250
SP 326 SB
GoodOver: FIRST ST / BNSF RR
0.3 MI N OF US 82, Lubbock, TX
Built 1955 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,180
SP 326 NB
GoodOver: FIRST ST / BNSF RR
0.3 MI N OF US 82, Lubbock, TX
Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,330
Indian Trail
PoorOver: Buffalo Lake Spillway
1.0 MI E OF PONY EXPRESS, Lubbock, TX
Built 1980 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 100
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