Total bridges
234
Public highway bridges in Montague County
County profile · official public datasets
Montague County, TX
234 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47% rated Good, 50.4% Fair, 2.6% Poor.
- 234
- Public bridges
- 47%
- Good condition
- 2.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Montague 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.
- 198th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 234
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Montague County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Montague County ranks #198 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Montague County, Texas contains 234 public highway bridges. Roughly 47% are rated “Good,” 50.4% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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
47%
110 of 234 rated 7-9
Fair condition
50.4%
118 of 234 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.6%
6 of 234 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#198 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 234 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 47% (110)
Fair 50.4% (118)
Poor 2.6% (6)
Montague County's Poor-condition bridges carry 668 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 111 crossings a day against 1,237 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 234 of 234 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
29.1% of Montague County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 234 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 47% 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 25.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 363/JORDAN RD over BRUSHY CREEK, built 2003, carries 168 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 668 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Montague County's bridges were built
234 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 17
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s 14
1960–1969
14 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
33 bridges
- 1980s 19
1980–1989
19 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
64 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
42 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 14
2020–2029
14 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 64 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 5 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Montague County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Montague County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 11 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Eastland County | 234 | 40.6% | 58.1% | 1.3% | 1965 |
| Montague County (this page) | 234 | 47% | 50.4% | 2.6% | 1985 |
| Washington County | 232 | 38.8% | 57.8% | 3.4% | 1989 |
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 Montague 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 Montague County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (234 bridges here).
- Prince of Wales-Hyder County, AK · 234 bridges
- Morgan County, IL · 234 bridges
- Lyon County, MN · 234 bridges
- Jackson County, NC · 234 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Douglas County, NE · avg 1985 · 509 bridges
- Darke County, OH · avg 1985 · 463 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (234)
CR 355/ORCHARD RD
FairOver: BRANCH BRUSHY CREEK
1.1 MI W OF CR 362, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 100
CR 194/HOWARD RD
FairOver: VILLAGE CREEK
0.2 MI N OF FM 103, Montague, TX
Built 1993 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 100
CR 217/TRICE RD
FairOver: DRAW
0.05 MI E OF SP 677, Montague, TX
Built 1985 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10
CR 297/EUREKA SCH
FairOver: BARREL SPRINGS CREEK
2.1 MI S OF US 82, Montague, TX
Built 1985 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 100
CR 348/PICKET RUN
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
5.7 MI SE OF FM 1125, Montague, TX
Built 1988 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 20
CR 439/RND PRAIRIE
FairOver: BRANCH WILLAWALLA CREEK
0.5 MI S OF FM 1630, Montague, TX
Built 1991 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 100
WHEELER ROAD
FairOver: US 81/US 287
1.2 MI NW WAGONSELLER, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100
CR 321 W RC RD
FairOver: DRAW
0.2 MI W OF US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1995 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100
CR 375/TAGE RD
FairOver: BRANCH DENTON CREEK
1.3 MI SE OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100
CR 409/W ALAMO RD
FairOver: DENTON CREEK
1.2 MI NE OF FM 1758, Montague, TX
Built 2004 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100
CR 194/HOWARD RD
FairOver: DRAW
0.9 MI N OF FM 103, Montague, TX
Built 1993 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
CR 272/ROCK SPGSCH
FairOver: EAST BELKNAP CREEK
0.1 MI S OF FM 1806, Montague, TX
Built 2004 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
CR 346/TURKEYCRKRD
FairOver: COWSKIN CREEK
1.4 MI SE OF FM 1125, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
SH 59
FairOver: US 287
AT SH 59 AND US 287, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,398
FM 1655
FairOver: DENTON CREEK
5.9 MI SW OF FM 455, Montague, TX
Built 1962 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 817
CR 310/AIRPORT RD
FairOver: BARREL SPRINGS CREEK
5.4 MI SW OF FM 1759, Montague, TX
Built 1992 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
CR 336/PRAIRIE BR
FairOver: PRAIRIE BRANCH
1.3 MI NW OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 2002 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
CR 346/TURKEY CRK
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
0.6 MI SE OF FM 1125, Montague, TX
Built 1975 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 169
CR 348/PICKET RUN
FairOver: EAST JONES CREEK
0.2 MI E OF FM 1125, Montague, TX
Built 2000 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 60
CR 348/PICKET RUN
FairOver: JONES CREEK
4.4 MI SE OF FM 1125, Montague, TX
Built 2006 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
CR 354/FRUITLAND
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
0.4 MI SW OF US 287, Montague, TX
Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
CR 354/FRUITLAND
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
1.3 MI NE OF SH 101, Montague, TX
Built 2001 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
CR 356/BISHOP RD
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.8 MI NE OF FM 3043, Montague, TX
Built 1999 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 102
CR 473/POSS DYERLN
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.3 MI NE OF FM 1749, Montague, TX
Built 1999 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
US 81
FairOver: BUZZARDWING CREEK
3.9 MI S OF US 82, Montague, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,595
US 287
FairOver: EAST JONES CREEK TRIB
0.3 MI S OF SH 101, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,950
WAGONSELLER ROAD
FairOver: US 81/US 287
2.0 MI S OF SH 101, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 242
US 81/US 287
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK TRIB
0.2 MI N OF FRUITLAND RD, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,940
FRUITLAND RD
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK TRIBUTARY
4.2 MI E OF SH 101, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,000
SH 101
FairOver: EAST JONES CRK TRIB
0.07 MI E OF US 81 WFR, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,221
US 82 EB
FairOver: BELKNAP CREEK TRIB
2.8 MI E OF US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,493
US 82
FairOver: SLOUGH
1.6 MI W OF US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,690
US 82
FairOver: DEEP DRAW
1.9 MI W OF FM 1815, Montague, TX
Built 1916 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,837
US 287
FairOver: BRIER CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.5 MI NW OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,691
US 287
FairOver: BRIER CREEK
1.0 MI NW OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,691
FM 1749
FairOver: JONES VALLEY CREEK
3.85 MI SW OF FM 455, Montague, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 309
FM 1806
FairOver: POLECAT CREEK
3.2 MI E OF US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 172
FM 1806
FairOver: EAST BELKNAP CREEK
1.7 MI E OF FM 1816, Montague, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 297
FM 455
FairOver: STEELMAN BRANCH
6.0 MI SE OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 650
FM 455
FairOver: MALLARD CREEK
6.5 MI SE OF SH 59, Montague, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 650
FM 677
FairOver: BUCK BRANCH OF ELM FORK
0.9 MI SW OF US 82, Montague, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 782
FM 1759
FairOver: PECAN CREEK
0.2 MI W OF FM 3394, Montague, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 299
CR 189/CROW RD
FairOver: MADDOX CREEK
0.4 MI N JCT FM 103, Montague, TX
Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
CR 362/ORCHARD RD
FairOver: BRANCH BRUSHY CREEK
2.4 MI SW OF CR 469, Montague, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
SH 101
FairOver: US 81/US 287
AT JCT SH 101 ON US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,521
US 82 EB
FairOver: BELKNAP CREEK
3.0 MI E OF US 81, Montague, TX
Built 1934 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,493
US 82 WB
FairOver: BARREL SPRINGS CREEK
1.7 MI E OF FM 1861, Montague, TX
Built 1934 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,623
FM 1655
FairOver: BRADEN BRANCH TRIBUTARY
3.0 MI SW OF FM 455, Montague, TX
Built 1962 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 755
CR 110/OLD VASHTI
FairOver: BRIER CREEK
1.1 MI W OF US 287, Montague, TX
Built 1998 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100
CR 269/BATES ROAD
FairOver: VICTORIA CREEK
0.8 MI W OF FM 1816, Montague, TX
Built 1976 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100
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