Total bridges
31
Public highway bridges in Ochiltree County
County profile · official public datasets
Ochiltree County, TX
31 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.1% rated Good, 41.9% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 31
- Public bridges
- 58.1%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Ochiltree 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 26%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 31
- public highway bridges
- 1962
- 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.
Ochiltree County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Ochiltree County ranks #63 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Ochiltree County, Texas contains 31 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.1% are rated “Good,” 41.9% “Fair,” and 0% “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
58.1%
18 of 31 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.9%
13 of 31 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 31 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#63 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 31 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 58.1% (18)
Fair 41.9% (13)
Poor 0% (0)
77.4% of Ochiltree County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
24 of the 31 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 58.1% 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.
When Ochiltree County's bridges were built
31 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 8 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1962, 18 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Ochiltree County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Ochiltree County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1962 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson County | 33 | 48.5% | 45.5% | 6.1% | 1970 |
| Schleicher County | 33 | 36.4% | 60.6% | 3% | 1958 |
| Kent County | 32 | 34.4% | 62.5% | 3.1% | 1964 |
| Ochiltree County (this page) | 31 | 58.1% | 41.9% | 0% | 1962 |
| Jim Hogg County | 29 | 86.2% | 13.8% | 0% | 1963 |
| Sherman County | 29 | 37.9% | 62.1% | 0% | 1955 |
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 Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (31 bridges here).
- Hinsdale County, CO · 31 bridges
- Kiowa County, CO · 31 bridges
- Ogemaw County, MI · 31 bridges
- Grant County, MN · 31 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1962 here).
- Berks County, PA · avg 1962 · 667 bridges
- Bristol County, MA · avg 1962 · 384 bridges
- Norfolk County, MA · avg 1962 · 343 bridges
- Ottawa County, KS · avg 1962 · 295 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (31)
SH 15
FairOver: Draw
15.3 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,487
SH 15
FairOver: DRAW
13.9 MI E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,487
SH 15
FairOver: DRAW
12.9 MI E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,487
SH 15
FairOver: DRAW
12.6 MI E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,487
FM 1267
FairOver: DRAW
1.5 MI N OF SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 377
FairOver: DRAW
2.5 Mi W of Lipscomb CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 213
FM 377
FairOver: DRAW
2.1 MI W of Lipscomb CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 213
CR 26
FairOver: Kiowa Creek
0.8 Mi N of FM 377, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
SH 70
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
3.7 MI S OF US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1949 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,773
CR U
FairOver: No Name Creek
3.4 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100
FM 377
FairOver: DRAW
3.9 MI W of SH 23, Ochiltree, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 213
CR U
FairOver: Wolf Creek
0.4 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1985 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100
CR U
FairOver: No Name Creek
2.6 Mi NE of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
CR U
GoodOver: Wolf Creek Tributary
1.2 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1960 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
US 83
GoodOver: DRAIN
2.1 MI N of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,311
US 83
GoodOver: DRAIN
1.2 MI S of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,091
US 83
GoodOver: NORTHUP BRANCH
19.5 MI S of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,127
FM 759
GoodOver: DRAW
0.6 MI E of HANSFORD CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 527
FM 759
GoodOver: DRAW
4.6 MI E of HANSFORD CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 362
FM 759
GoodOver: DRAW
7.6 MI E of Hansford CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 397
FM 759
GoodOver: DRAW
9.1 MI E of Hansford CL, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 397
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAW
4.0 MI S OF US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,773
FM 281
GoodOver: DRAW
10.6 MI E of SH 70, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 704
FM 281
GoodOver: DRAW
11.2 MI E OF SH 70, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 704
LP 143
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.7 MI S OF FM 1267, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 472
FM 2711
GoodOver: DRAW
3.6 MI S of FM 377, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 204
CR U
GoodOver: No Name Creek
4.8 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
US 83
GoodOver: NORTHUP CREEK
19.2 MI S of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,127
US 83
GoodOver: S WOLF CREEK
10.8 MI S of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,237
US 83
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK
10.8 MI S of SH 15, Ochiltree, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,773
CR U
GoodOver: Fork Wolf Creek
7.8 Mi E of US 83, Ochiltree, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
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