Total bridges
140
Public highway bridges in Mitchell County
County profile · official public datasets
Mitchell County, TX
140 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.9% rated Good, 66.4% Fair, 0.7% Poor.
- 140
- Public bridges
- 32.9%
- Good condition
- 0.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Mitchell 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 47%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 140
- public highway bridges
- 1964
- 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.
Mitchell County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Mitchell County ranks #115 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.7%). Mitchell County, Texas contains 140 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.9% are rated “Good,” 66.4% “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.
Good condition
32.9%
46 of 140 rated 7-9
Fair condition
66.4%
93 of 140 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.7%
1 of 140 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#115 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 140 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 32.9% (46)
Fair 66.4% (93)
Poor 0.7% (1)
Mitchell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% 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 1,981 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 140 of 140 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
77.9% of Mitchell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
109 of the 140 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 32.9% 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
CR 121 over JAYHAWK CREEK, built 1946, 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 Mitchell County's bridges were built
140 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 9
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
58 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
30 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s 8
1980–1989
8 bridges
- 1990s 9
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 58 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 41.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1964, 16 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Mitchell County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Mitchell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1964 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola County | 142 | 40.8% | 56.3% | 2.8% | 1973 |
| Mitchell County (this page) | 140 | 32.9% | 66.4% | 0.7% | 1964 |
| Culberson County | 139 | 43.2% | 56.8% | 0% | 1963 |
| Lee County | 139 | 44.6% | 54% | 1.4% | 1980 |
| Upshur County | 139 | 46% | 54% | 0% | 1968 |
| Wilson County | 139 | 67.6% | 30.2% | 2.2% | 1966 |
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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (140 bridges here).
- Henry County, GA · 140 bridges
- Geary County, KS · 140 bridges
- Colfax County, NM · 140 bridges
- Harrison County, OH · 140 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1964 here).
- Bergen County, NJ · avg 1964 · 577 bridges
- Morris County, NJ · avg 1964 · 508 bridges
- Baltimore city County, MD · avg 1964 · 374 bridges
- Ross County, OH · avg 1964 · 356 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (140)
CR 412
FairOver: N FORK CHAMPION CREEK
0.6 MI S OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 12.9 t ADT: 100
FM 1308
FairOver: HASTING CREEK
1.6 MI W OF FM 670, Mitchell, TX
Built 1948 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100
FM 670
FairOver: WILD HORSE CREEK
5.3 MI S OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1952 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 100
CR 337
FairOver: RED BANK CREEK
0.8 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1975 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 100
IH 20 EB
FairOver: FM 2836
8.3 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 11,167
IH 20 WB
FairOver: FM 3525
1.1 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1962 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 9,873
BUS 20
FairOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.7 MI W OF SH 208 (N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1952 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,240
IH 20
FairOver: IATAN CREEK
0.9 MI E OF HOWARD CO LN, Mitchell, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,494
IH 20
FairOver: TEMPLETON CREEK
1.4 MI E OF HOWARD CO LN, Mitchell, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,494
IH 20 WB
FairOver: FM 670
0.55 MI W OF FM 670(N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,541
IH 20 EB
FairOver: FM 670
0.55 MI W OF FM 670(N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,775
IH 20 WB
FairOver: IATAN RD / CR 280
7.4 MI W OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,701
IH 20 EB
FairOver: IATAN RD / CR 280
7.4 MI W OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,006
IH 20 WB
FairOver: CONAWAY RD
6.1 MI W OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,697
IH 20
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
0.2 MI E OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,950
IH 20 SFR
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
0.2 MI E OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
IH 20 WB
FairOver: BUSINESS 20
0.4 MI E OF FM 670(N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,190
IH 20 EB
FairOver: BUSINESS 20
0.4 MI E OF FM 670(N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,190
IH 20 WB
FairOver: DORN RD
2.6 MI E OF FM 670(N), Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,190
IH 20 WB
FairOver: FM 2836
8.3 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,190
IH 20 WB
FairOver: FM 1229
4.3 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,960
IH 20 EB
FairOver: FM 1229
4.3 MI W OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,253
IH 20 NFR
FairOver: LONE WOLF DRAW
0.1 MI E OF SH 208 (S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 490
IH 20 ML
FairOver: LONE WOLF DRAW
0.1 MI E OF SH 208 (S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,516
FM 670/BUS 20
FairOver: CHERRY CREEK
0.4 MI W OF WESTBROOK, Mitchell, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 760
IH 20 ML
FairOver: W FORK OF N CHAMPION CRK
5.7 MI E OF SH 208(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,470
IH 20 ML
FairOver: E FORK OF N CHAMPION CRK
5.9 MI E OF SH 208(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,470
IH 20 ML & NFR
FairOver: LORAINE DRAW
0.9 MI W OF FM 644 (S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,470
IH 20 ML
FairOver: LORAINE DRAW
0.05 MI E OF FM 644(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 17,977
IH 20 SFR
FairOver: LORAINE DRAW
AT FM 644(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 120
SH 208
FairOver: SHINE HOLLOW
3.8 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,164
SH 163
FairOver: MORGAN CREEK
2.8 MI S OF FM 1229, Mitchell, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,280
SH 163
FairOver: CAMP CREEK DRAW
2.7 MI S OF FM 2836, Mitchell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 224
SH 208
FairOver: JAWHAWK CREEK
0.2 MI S OF FM 644, Mitchell, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 612
SH 208
FairOver: RED BANK DRAW
1.6 MI S OF FM 644, Mitchell, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 612
FM 644
FairOver: LORAINE DRAW
0.2 MILES N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 239
FM 644
FairOver: BIG SANDY DRAW
4.3 MI S OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 187
FM 1982
FairOver: LONE WOLF CREEK
4.1 MI E OF SH 208, Mitchell, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 137
FM 2183
FairOver: BEALS CREEK DRAW
8.9 MI W OF SH 163, Mitchell, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1899
FairOver: LONE WOLF DRAW
0.4 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 126
FM 1899
FairOver: LONE WOLF DRAW
1.2 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 126
FM 1899
FairOver: LONE WOLF DRAW
2.5 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2319
FairOver: CHAMPION CREEK DRAW
1.5 MI E OF FM 644, Mitchell, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 141
FRONT ST
FairOver: LONE WOLF CREEK
0.10 MI E OF SH 163, Mitchell, TX
Built 1982 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 180
IH 20 EB
FairOver: CONAWAY RD
6.1 MI W OF FM 670(S), Mitchell, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,944
SH 163
FairOver: CAMP CREEK
1.5 MI S OF FM 2836, Mitchell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 224
SH 163
FairOver: WILD HORSE CREEK
1.6 MI NE OF FM 670, Mitchell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 580
CR 280
FairOver: IATAN CREEK
0.7 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 280
FairOver: IATAN CREEK
0.5 MI N OF IH 20, Mitchell, TX
Built 1993 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 456
FairOver: LONE WOLF CREEK
2.90 MI W OF FM 644, Mitchell, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
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