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Midland County, TX

135 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.9% rated Good, 52.6% Fair, 1.5% Poor.

135
Public bridges
45.9%
Good condition
1.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Midland County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

159th
of 247 on Poor share
1.5%
Poor-condition share
135
public highway bridges
1987
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.

Midland County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Midland County ranks #159 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.5%). Midland County, Texas contains 135 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.9% are rated “Good,” 52.6% “Fair,” and 1.5% “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 Midland County

Good condition

45.9%

62 of 135 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.6%

71 of 135 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.5%

2 of 135 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#159 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
45.9% (62)
Fair
52.6% (71)
Poor
1.5% (2)

Midland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,040 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,520 crossings a day against 15,785 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.

31.9% of Midland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

43 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 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 54.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SCHARBAUER DR WB over MIDLAND DRAW, built 1970, carries 4,950 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,040 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Midland County's bridges were built

135 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 7 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Midland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is 20 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Midland County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Refugio County 136 2.2%
Jack County 135 0.7%
Midland County (this page) 135 1.5%
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 Midland 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 Midland 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 (1987 here).

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

All 135 Good 62 Fair 71 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (62)

FM 1208

Good

Over: IH 20 & UPRR

at IH 20 & FM 1208, Midland, TX

Built 1967 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 3,223

IH 20 BUS

Good

Over: DRAIN

IH 20 BUS AT LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,130

IH 20

Good

Over: DRAW

1.45 MI NE OF FM 1788, Midland, TX

Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 44,070

SH 349

Good

Over: MIDLAND DRAW

0.25 MI S OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20,000

SH 349

Good

Over: DRAW

0.75 MI S OF IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 17,810

SH 158 EBFR

Good

Over: DRAW

0.50 MI W OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,500

SH 158

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

0.25 MI SE OF IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,094

FM 715

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

0.10 MI S OF IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,030

SH 158 / LP 250

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.65 MI N OF IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 22,966

LP 250

Good

Over: JAL DRAW

4.15 MI W OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 26,970

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: DRAIN

2.90 MI E OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,844

FM 1788

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.80 MI N OF IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,079

FM 662

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.10 MI W OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,461

SH 191

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.45 MI NE OF ECTOR C/L, Midland, TX

Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000

SH 191

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.1 MI NE OF ECTOR C/L, Midland, TX

Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000

SH 191

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.85 MI NE OF ECTOR C/L, Midland, TX

Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000

SH 191

Good

Over: DRAIN

3.15 MI NE OF ECTOR C/L, Midland, TX

Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000

SH 191 EBFR

Good

Over: DRAIN

3.25 MI SW OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,980

SH 191 EBFR

Good

Over: DRAIN

2.60 MI SW OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,980

SH 191 EBFR

Good

Over: DRAIN

1.87 MI SW OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,980

SH 191 EBFR

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.55 MI SW OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,000

NORWOOD ST

Good

Over: NW MIDLAND DRAIN CHANNEL

0.2 MI S OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 790

IH 20 WB

Good

Over: SH 158

0.20 Mi NE of FM 715, Midland, TX

Built 1966 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 22,066

AIR TERMINAL ENTR

Good

Over: IH 20 BUS

0.55 MI NE OF FM 1788, Midland, TX

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,422

IH 20 EB

Good

Over: CR 1250

1.76 MI W OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 47,835

IH 20 WB

Good

Over: CR 1250

1.76 MI W OF LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 47,835

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: SH 349

2.7 Mi E of N Midkiff Rd, Midland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,834

LP 250 EB

Good

Over: SH 349

2.7 Mi E of N Midkiff Rd, Midland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,834

SH 349

Good

Over: Draw

2.14 Mi E of SH 158, Midland, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,006

SH 349

Good

Over: Draw

3.32 Mi E of SH 158, Midland, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,006

SH 349

Good

Over: Draw

4.37 Mi E of SH 158, Midland, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,006

SH 349

Good

Over: DRAW

5.348 Mi E of SH 158, Midland, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,006

SH 349

Good

Over: Draw

6.703 Mi E of SH 158, Midland, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,006

SH 191 EB

Good

Over: SH 158

1.05 Mi W of LP 250, Midland, TX

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,278

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: Midkiff Rd

2.6 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 37,889

SL 250 SB

Good

Over: Wadley Ave

4.55 Mi N of IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,233

SL 250 NB

Good

Over: Wadley Ave

4.55 Mi N of IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,233

SL 250 NB

Good

Over: Holiday Hill Rd

4.8 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,233

SL 250 SB

Good

Over: Holiday Hill Rd

4.8 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,233

SH 158 EB/SL 250SB

Good

Over: Thomason Dr

2.4 Mi N of IH 20, Midland, TX

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,084

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: Lamesa Rd

0.45 MI E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,834

LP 250 EB

Good

Over: Lamesa Rd

0.45 Mi E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,834

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: A Street

0.6 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32,509

LP 250 EB

Good

Over: Garfield St

1.6 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32,509

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: Garfield St

1.6 Mi W of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32,509

LP 250 WB

Good

Over: N Fairgrounds Road

1.34 MI E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,342

LP 250 EB

Good

Over: N Fairgrounds Road

1.34 MI E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,342

LP 250 EB

Good

Over: DRAIN

2.9 MI E OF SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,237

SL 250 WB

Good

Over: CR 1150

3.36 MI E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,948

SL 250 WB

Good

Over: CR 60

3.61 MI E of SH 349, Midland, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,948

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