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McCulloch County, TX

118 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.6% rated Good, 53.4% Fair, 0% Poor.

118
Public bridges
46.6%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

McCulloch County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 9%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
118
public highway bridges
1958
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.

McCulloch County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, McCulloch County ranks #22 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). McCulloch County, Texas contains 118 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.6% are rated “Good,” 53.4% “Fair,” and 0% “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

118

Public highway bridges in McCulloch County

Good condition

46.6%

55 of 118 rated 7-9

Fair condition

53.4%

63 of 118 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 118 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#22 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 118 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
46.6% (55)
Fair
53.4% (63)
Poor
0% (0)

83.1% of McCulloch County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

98 of the 118 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.

When McCulloch County's bridges were built

118 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1958, 22 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest McCulloch County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1958 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 8 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for McCulloch County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Duval County 121 0.8%
Madison County 121 3.3%
Wood County 120 1.7%
Hamilton County 119 2.5%
McCulloch County (this page) 118 0%
Hall County 117 2.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (118 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1958 here).

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

Good-condition bridges (55)

US 87

Good

Over: FLEMMING CREEK

2.35 MI E OF CONCHO C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,185

US 87

Good

Over: DRAIN

5.25 MI E OF CONCHO C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,185

US 87

Good

Over: DRAIN

7.85 MI E OF CONCHO C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,185

US 87

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

2.65 MI E OF FM 3022, McCulloch, TX

Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,293

US 377

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.10 MI S OF BROWN C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,656

US 377

Good

Over: DRAIN

3.05 MI SW OF FM 1028, McCulloch, TX

Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,483

US 377

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.20 MI NE OF FM 2996, McCulloch, TX

Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,141

US 377

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.70 MI NE OF FM 2996, McCulloch, TX

Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,141

US 190

Good

Over: BRADY CREEK TRIBUTARY

0.10 MI E OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,066

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

1.15 MI E OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,066

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

2.95 MI NE OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,527

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

3.90 MI NE OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,527

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

4.70 MI NE OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,527

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

0.60 MI E OF FM 2315, McCulloch, TX

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,516

US 190

Good

Over: DRAW

1.10 MI W OF SAN SABA C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,392

FM 503

Good

Over: DRAW

7.45 MI S OF COLEMAN C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 146

FM 503

Good

Over: DRAW

2.40 MI N OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 191

FM 2028

Good

Over: DRAW

0.55 MI SE OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 537

FM 765

Good

Over: DRAW

1.20 MI E OF CONCHO C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 395

FM 714

Good

Over: BRADY CREEK

0.50 MI E OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,169

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

1.00 MI NW OF FM 1851 W, McCulloch, TX

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,571

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

0.60 MI W OF FM 1851 W, McCulloch, TX

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,571

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

4.10 MI NW OF MASON C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,261

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

1.80 MI N OF MASON C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,261

FM 1121

Good

Over: LIVE OAK CREEK

1.45 MI W OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 511

FM 2315

Good

Over: DRAW

0.60 MI N OF US 190, McCulloch, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 179

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

1.40 MI SE OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,270

SH 71

Good

Over: DRAW

2.15 MI SE OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,270

FM 2635

Good

Over: DRAW

1.00 MI S OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 2635

Good

Over: DRAW

2.60 MI S OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 2635

Good

Over: DRAW

4.65 MI S OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

FM 2996

Good

Over: DRAW

1.25 MI S OF FM 1121, McCulloch, TX

Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 131

US 87

Good

Over: BOWIE CREEK

3.35 MI E OF FM 3023, McCulloch, TX

Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,293

US 190

Good

Over: CALF CREEK

0.10 MI NE OF MENARD C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 609

US 190

Good

Over: E FORK DELAND DRAW

5.70 MI NE OF MENARD C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 609

FM 1028

Good

Over: DRAW

1.80 MI NE OF US 377, McCulloch, TX

Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 171

CR 304

Good

Over: COW CREEK

0.50 MI W OF US 283, McCulloch, TX

Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60

US 87

Good

Over: SAN SABA RIVER

4.40 MI N OF MASON C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1971 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,027

FM 2028

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

3.80 MI W OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 1963 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 460

FM 2309

Good

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

0.10 MI N OF SH 71, McCulloch, TX

Built 1949 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 564

SH 71

Good

Over: TIGER CREEK

6.00 MI NW OF MASON C/L, McCulloch, TX

Built 1958 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,710

FM 2028

Good

Over: REUBES CREEK

5.75 MI S OF US 87, McCulloch, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 118

FM 765

Good

Over: BLUFF CREEK

3.85 MI E OF US 283, McCulloch, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 303

CR 300

Good

Over: E FORK COW CREEK

4.4 MI S OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 412

Good

Over: ONION CREEK

2.40 MI NE OF US 190, McCulloch, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 434

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

0.6 MI E OF FM 1028, McCulloch, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 442

Good

Over: BRANCH OF DEEP CREEK

0.5MILES SOUTH OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 448

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK DRAW

0.10 MI N OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 214

Good

Over: SAN SABA RIVER

0.80 MI E OF SH 71, McCulloch, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

US 283

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

0.25 MI S OF FM 765, McCulloch, TX

Built 1933 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 927
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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