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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.

Total bridges

234

Public highway bridges in Montague County

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

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.

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Montague County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Nacogdoches County 237 5.5%
Palo Pinto County 237 0.4%
San Patricio County 235 1.7%
Eastland County 234 1.3%
Montague County (this page) 234 2.6%
Washington County 232 3.4%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1985 here).

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

All 234 Good 110 Fair 118 Poor 6

All bridges (234)

CR 355/ORCHARD RD

Good

Over: BRANCH BRUSHY CREEK

0.1 MI S OF BISHOP RD, Montague, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 356/Bishop Rd

Good

Over: Branch of Brushy Creek

0.9 MI SW of FM 1758, Montague, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170

CR377/N JOHNSON LP

Good

Over: DRY VALLEY CREEK

1.0 MI SW OF FM 455, Montague, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 400/CLEAR CRKLP

Good

Over: MAYFIELD BRANCH

1.8 MI S OF FM 677, Montague, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 401/RICHEY RD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.9 MI NE OF FM 3043, Montague, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

CR 410/DEEN RD

Good

Over: BRANCH DENTON CREEK

0.5 MI SE OF W ALAMO RD, Montague, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 424/NEW HARP LP

Good

Over: BRADEN BRANCH

0.4 MI E OF FM 1655, Montague, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 430/DRY VALLEY

Good

Over: DENTON CREEK

1.2 MI NE OF FM 1758, Montague, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 432/SELDOM SEEN

Good

Over: BRANCH CLEAR CREEK

2.2 MI NE OF FM 455, Montague, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR439/RND Prairie

Good

Over: Willawalla Creek

0.8 MI S of FM 1630, Montague, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 210

CR439/Rnd Prairie

Good

Over: Draw

2.0 mi. S of FM 1630, Montague, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23

CR 446/MALLARD RD

Good

Over: BRANCH MALLARD CREEK

1.4 MI N OF FM 455, Montague, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 452/STAR MANNRD

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1.1 MI W OF FM 677, Montague, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 468/SUNSETSCHRD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

1.2 MI E OF SUNSET, Montague, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 479/HANCOCK RD

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

1.5 MI W OF FM 103, Montague, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 479/HANCOCK RD

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

2.0 MI W OF FM 103, Montague, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 541/CARTER LAKE

Good

Over: HERRING BR OF BIG SANDY

1.16 MI. N OF FM 1125, Montague, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

MH 255/PATTERSONST

Good

Over: BRANCH BRUSHY CREEK

0.4 MI NE OF NELSON ST, Montague, TX

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,032

HOWELL ST

Good

Over: ELM FORK TRINITY RIVER

0.3 MI SW OF US 82, Montague, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

SH 59

Good

Over: RITCHIE CREEK

0.5 MI E OF SH 175, Montague, TX

Built 1986 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,324

SH 59

Good

Over: ELM FORK TRINITY RIVER

0.2 MI SW OF JCT US 82, Montague, TX

Built 1986 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,036

CR 414/POSEYBREWER

Good

Over: BRANCH DENTON CREEK

0.7 MI NW OF FM 1749, Montague, TX

Built 1997 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

FM 1749

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

1.4 MI. NE. OF SH 101, Montague, TX

Built 1969 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,038

FM 3043

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

4.25 MI SE OF US 81, Montague, TX

Built 1969 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 213

US 287 SB

Good

Over: WEST BELKNAP CREEK

0.6 MI SE CLAY CO LINE, Montague, TX

Built 1974 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,577

CR 104/OLRINGGOLD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.5 MI NW OF RINGGOLD, Montague, TX

Built 2006 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

CR 382/CATHOLICCEM

Good

Over: RITCHIE CREEK

0.3 MI E OF FM 455, Montague, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

CR 422/PARKERDAIRY

Good

Over: BRANCH DENTON CREEK

0.7 MI S OF NEW HARP LOOP, Montague, TX

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

CR 363/JORDAN RD

Poor

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.4 MI N FM 3043, Montague, TX

Built 2003 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 168

CR 194/HOWARD RD

Poor

Over: N FORK VILLAGE CREEK

0.8 MI N OF FM 103, Montague, TX

Built 1993 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 100

CR 265/ OLD BONITA

Poor

Over: BRANCH FARMERS CREEK

0.1 MI W OF FM 1815, Montague, TX

Built 1984 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 100

CR 272/ROCK SPGSCH

Poor

Over: BARREL SPRINGS CREEK

2.7 MI W&S OF SH 175, Montague, TX

Built 1990 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 100

CR 272/ROCK SPGSCH

Poor

Over: EAST BELKNAP CREEK

1.9 MI S OF FM 1806, Montague, TX

Built 1982 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 100

CR 104/OLRINGGOLD

Poor

Over: BEAVER CREEK

1.9 MI NW OF RINGGOLD, Montague, TX

Built 1919 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100

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