Total bridges
51
Public highway bridges in Motley County
County profile · official public datasets
Motley County, TX
51 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.2% rated Good, 54.9% Fair, 3.9% Poor.
- 51
- Public bridges
- 41.2%
- Good condition
- 3.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Motley County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 231st
- of 247 on Poor share
- 3.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 51
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Motley County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Motley County ranks #231 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.9%). Motley County, Texas contains 51 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.2% are rated “Good,” 54.9% “Fair,” and 3.9% “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
41.2%
21 of 51 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.9%
28 of 51 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.9%
2 of 51 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#231 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 51 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.2% (21)
Fair 54.9% (28)
Poor 3.9% (2)
Motley County's Poor-condition bridges carry 935 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 468 crossings a day against 230 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 51 of 51 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
54.9% of Motley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
28 of the 51 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 41.2% 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 72.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FM 94 over DRAW, built 1959, carries 680 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 935 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Motley County's bridges were built
51 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
13 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s 1
1960–1969
1 bridges
- 1970s 4
1970–1979
4 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s 4
1990–1999
4 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 10 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Motley County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Motley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borden County | 52 | 53.8% | 46.2% | 0% | 1957 |
| Brooks County | 52 | 67.3% | 32.7% | 0% | 1987 |
| Garza County | 51 | 27.5% | 72.5% | 0% | 1962 |
| Knox County | 51 | 33.3% | 64.7% | 2% | 1971 |
| Motley County (this page) | 51 | 41.2% | 54.9% | 3.9% | 1970 |
| Hutchinson County | 50 | 28% | 72% | 0% | 1968 |
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 Motley 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 Motley County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (51 bridges here).
- Jackson County, KY · 51 bridges
- Arecibo County, PR · 51 bridges
- Naguabo County, PR · 51 bridges
- San Lorenzo County, PR · 51 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (51)
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
13.45 MI S OF HALL C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 222
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
13.55 MI S OF HALL C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 222
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
14.50 MI S OF HALL C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 222
SH 70
FairOver: LONGS BRANCH
1.30 MI N OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 212
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
0.40 MI N OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 304
SH 70
FairOver: BALLARD CREEK
1.00 MI S OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 729
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
7.95 MI S OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 285
SH 70
FairOver: DRAW
9.85 MI S OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 342
LOOP 42
FairOver: DRAW
0.20 MI SW OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 199
US 62 / US 70
FairOver: LONGS BRANCH
3.20 MI W OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,077
US 62 / US 70
FairOver: BALLARD CREEK
1.50 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 824
US 62 / US 70
FairOver: BLUFF CREEK
15.65 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 621
US 62 / US 70
FairOver: BLUFF CREEK
16.35 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 621
FM 94
FairOver: BITTER LAKE CR
1.50 MI E OF FM 656, Motley, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 94
FairOver: TURTLE HOLE CREEK
8.05 MI SW OF FM 656, Motley, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112
FM 599
FairOver: DRAW
4.65 MI S OF BRISCOE C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 151
FM 599
FairOver: DRAW
5.80 MI S OF BRISCOE C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 150
FM 1045
FairOver: DRAW
2.00 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 684
FairOver: DRAW
6.75 MI E OF FLOYD C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 146
SH 70
FairOver: DUTCHMAN CREEK
7.50 MI S OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 696
US 62 / US 70
FairOver: TEE PEE CREEK
10.20 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 621
FM 94
FairOver: MIDDLE PEASE RIVER
9.50 MI N OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 112
FM 94
FairOver: LONGS BRANCH CREEK
5.20 MI N. OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 112
FM 2009
FairOver: TOM BALL CREEK
6.75 MI S OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 2009
FairOver: NORTH PEASE RIVER
1.20 MI S. OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 599
FairOver: QUITAQUE CREEK
1.95 MI S OF BRISCOE C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1978 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 151
SH 70
FairOver: TOM BALL CREEK
4.10 MI S OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 1975 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 201
SH 70
FairOver: SOUTH PEASE RIVER
10.95 MI S OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 411
US 62 / US 70
GoodOver: DRAW
0.40 MI W OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,077
FM 97
GoodOver: DRAW
4.85 MI E OF FLOYD C/L, Motley, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 192
FM 2009
GoodOver: DRAW
3.45 MI S OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1045
GoodOver: DRAW
3.00 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 3203
GoodOver: DRAW
1.65 MI S OF FM 684, Motley, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1380
GoodOver: BALLARD CRK
0.50 MI N OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
CR 214
GoodOver: DRAW
1.30 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
SH 70
GoodOver: MIDDLE PEASE RIVER
17.65 MI S OF HALL C/L, Motley, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 212
SH 70
GoodOver: NORTH PEASE RIVER
0.90 MI S OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 201
US 62 / US 70
GoodOver: SOUTH PEASE RIVER
17.90 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 621
US 62 / US 70
GoodOver: MCDONALD CREEK
2.60 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 824
US 62
GoodOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
10.60 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 870
FM 656
GoodOver: NORTH PEASE RIVER
2.00 MI W OF FM 94, Motley, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 684
GoodOver: DUTCHMAN CREEK
1.70 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 408
GoodOver: TONGUE OR S. PEASE RIVER
7.75 MI E OF CR 441, Motley, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
CR 404
GoodOver: DRAW
0.25 MI E OF CR 439, Motley, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30
CR 404
GoodOver: Tee Pee Creek
2.2 Mi S of US 70, Motley, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25
CR 205
GoodOver: TOM BALL CREEK
4.15 MI N OF CR 224, Motley, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
CR 214
GoodOver: DRAW
3.05 MI E OF SH 70, Motley, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
CR 433
GoodOver: DRAW
3.60 MI SE OF FM684/CR429, Motley, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30
CR 109
GoodOver: ALAMOSA CREEK
1.0 MI N OF FM 97, Motley, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15
FM 94
PoorOver: DRAW
0.20 MI N OF US 62, Motley, TX
Built 1959 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 680
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