Total bridges
166
Public highway bridges in Nolan County
County profile · official public datasets
Nolan County, TX
166 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.4% rated Good, 54.2% Fair, 2.4% Poor.
- 166
- Public bridges
- 43.4%
- Good condition
- 2.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Nolan 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.
- 193rd
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 166
- 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.
Nolan County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Nolan County ranks #193 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Nolan County, Texas contains 166 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.4% are rated “Good,” 54.2% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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
43.4%
72 of 166 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.2%
90 of 166 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.4%
4 of 166 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#193 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 166 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.4% (72)
Fair 54.2% (90)
Poor 2.4% (4)
Nolan County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,246 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,562 crossings a day against 4,743 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 166 of 166 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
74.1% of Nolan County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
123 of the 166 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 43.4% 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 53.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 70 / BUS 20 over IH 20 WB, built 1961, carries 5,510 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 10,246 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Nolan County's bridges were built
166 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 12
1920–1929
12 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
48 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
41 bridges
- 1980s 17
1980–1989
17 bridges
- 1990s 10
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 48 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.9% 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 Nolan County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Nolan County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1964 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 12 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones County | 168 | 60.7% | 37.5% | 1.8% | 1967 |
| Freestone County | 167 | 38.3% | 60.5% | 1.2% | 1978 |
| Hardin County | 167 | 61.1% | 38.3% | 0.6% | 1974 |
| Nolan County (this page) | 166 | 43.4% | 54.2% | 2.4% | 1964 |
| Red River County | 163 | 44.2% | 55.8% | 0% | 1975 |
| Walker County | 163 | 46% | 53.4% | 0.6% | 1984 |
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 Nolan 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 Nolan County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (166 bridges here).
- Clay County, IL · 166 bridges
- Trego County, KS · 166 bridges
- Bay County, MI · 166 bridges
- Pontotoc County, MS · 166 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 (166)
CR 111
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.80 MI N OF US 84, Nolan, TX
Built 1945 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 100
NEFF ST
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.30 MI N OF ALABAMA ST, Nolan, TX
Built 1955 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,479
CR 314
FairOver: ANTELOPE CREEK
0.80 MI W OF FM 1170, Nolan, TX
Built 1935 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 100
IH 20 SFR
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK BRANCH
2.00 MI E OF MITCHELL C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1925 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 90
CR 221
FairOver: STINK CREEK
0.50 MI W OF IH 20, Nolan, TX
Built 1938 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
IH 20
FairOver: Draw
1.4 MI W OF FM 608, Nolan, TX
Built 1925 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,360
IH 20 WB
FairOver: CEMETERY RD
1.0 MI W OF US 84 N, Nolan, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,140
IH 20 EB
FairOver: CEMETERY RD
1.0 MI W OF US 84 N, Nolan, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,140
IH 20 ML & NFR
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK BRANCH
2.00 MI E OF MITCHELL C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,360
IH 20 NFR RAMP
FairOver: DRAW
1.00 MI W OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 360
IH 20 SFR RAMP
FairOver: DRAW
1.00 MI W OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 270
IH 20
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
6.30 MI E OF FM 1856, Nolan, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25,750
IH 20
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
1.40 MI NE OF BUS 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 24,170
IH 20
FairOver: DRAW
2.70 MI NE OF BUS 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 24,170
IH 20 SFR
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
1.40 MI NE OF BUS 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,580
US 84 WB
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
5.30 MI NW OF IH 20, Nolan, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,890
BUS 70
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.90 MI SW OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,120
FM 1544
FairOver: DRAIN
0.15 MI W OF FM 419, Nolan, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 771
IH 20 EB
FairOver: IH 20 BUS
1.2 MI W OF FM 608, Nolan, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,553
IH 20 EB
FairOver: FM 608
2.0 MI W OF US 84 N, Nolan, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,730
IH 20
FairOver: DRAW
2.10 MI W OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,180
IH 20
FairOver: DRAW
1.00 MI W OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,180
Lehmann Whorton Rd
FairOver: IH 20
0.60 MI E of Mitchell C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
JARRATT NORRIS RD
FairOver: IH 20
3.60 MI E OF MITCHELL C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
Duncan Hastings Rd
FairOver: IH 20
4.65 MI E of Mitchell C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
IH 20 ML & NFR
FairOver: DRAW
1.00 MI NE OF BUS 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 24,170
IH 20 NFR
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
1.40 MI NE OF BUS 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1962 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,930
SH 70
FairOver: Draw
4.8 MI S of SH 153, Nolan, TX
Built 1926 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,005
SH 70
FairOver: Draw
1.9 MI S of SH 153, Nolan, TX
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,005
FM 126
FairOver: Elm Creek
7.35 MI E of SH 153, Nolan, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 238
FM 419
FairOver: Dulaney Creek
0.20 MI S OF FISHER C/L, Nolan, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 455
FM 1170
FairOver: NORTH BRANCH
1.50 MI NE OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 240
FM 1170
FairOver: SALT CREEK BRANCH
5.00 MI NE OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 240
FM 1170
FairOver: FISH CREEK BRANCH
0.1 MI SW OF SH 153, Nolan, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 136
FM 1170
FairOver: DRAW
1.75 MI W OF SH 153, Nolan, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 136
FM 2319
FairOver: DRAW
1.6 MI E OF FM 1230, Nolan, TX
Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 153
CR 143
FairOver: DRAW
4.20 MI S OF IH 20, Nolan, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 51
CR 181
FairOver: ROBERTSON CRK TRIB
3.40 MI N OF FM 1170, Nolan, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 22
CR 220
FairOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
1.05 MI E OF IH 20, Nolan, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 388
CR 230
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
0.15 MI S OF FM 1856, Nolan, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 230
FairOver: DRAW
1.45 MI SE OF FM 1586, Nolan, TX
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 273
FairOver: DRAW
6.10 MI W OF FM 1230, Nolan, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 273
FairOver: BIG SILVER CREEK
7.00 MI W OF FM 608, Nolan, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
CR 295
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
0.20 MI E OF FM 1856, Nolan, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 160
ALABAMA AVE
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.40 MI W OF IH 20, Nolan, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 947
BOWIE ST
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.10 MI S OF AVE D, Nolan, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 299
NEWMAN ST
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.15 MI N OF ALABAMA ST, Nolan, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,359
NEWMAN PARK ST
FairOver: WOLF HOLLOW CRK TRIB
0.10 MI N OF FM 419, Nolan, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 900
12TH ST
FairOver: WOLF HOLLOW CRK TRIB
0.85 MI W OF SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,821
Bus 20 EB
FairOver: IH 20
3.85 MI W of SH 70, Nolan, TX
Built 1960 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,520
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