Total bridges
158
Public highway bridges in Runnels County
County profile · official public datasets
Runnels County, TX
158 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.2% rated Good, 51.3% Fair, 2.5% Poor.
- 158
- Public bridges
- 46.2%
- Good condition
- 2.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Runnels 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.
- 197th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 158
- public highway bridges
- 1953
- 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.
Runnels County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Runnels County ranks #197 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.5%). Runnels County, Texas contains 158 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.2% are rated “Good,” 51.3% “Fair,” and 2.5% “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
46.2%
73 of 158 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.3%
81 of 158 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.5%
4 of 158 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#197 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 158 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.2% (73)
Fair 51.3% (81)
Poor 2.5% (4)
Runnels County's Poor-condition bridges carry 220 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 55 crossings a day against 1,384 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 158 of 158 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
91.8% of Runnels County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
145 of the 158 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 46.2% 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 45.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 339 over COYOTE CREEK, built 1960, carries 100 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 220 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Runnels County's bridges were built
158 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 10
1920–1929
10 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
47 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
27 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
40 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 47 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1953, 27 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Runnels County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Runnels County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1953 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 20 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River County | 163 | 44.2% | 55.8% | 0% | 1975 |
| Crockett County | 160 | 56.9% | 42.5% | 0.6% | 1965 |
| Leon County | 160 | 40.6% | 55.6% | 3.8% | 1976 |
| Titus County | 158 | 59.5% | 39.2% | 1.3% | 1982 |
| Runnels County (this page) | 158 | 46.2% | 51.3% | 2.5% | 1953 |
| Newton County | 157 | 40.8% | 55.4% | 3.8% | 1967 |
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 Runnels 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 Runnels County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (158 bridges here).
- Napa County, CA · 158 bridges
- Wells County, IN · 158 bridges
- Jackson County, MI · 158 bridges
- Yalobusha County, MS · 158 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1953 here).
- Kings County, NY · avg 1953 · 242 bridges
- Parke County, IN · avg 1953 · 200 bridges
- Warren County, NJ · avg 1952 · 268 bridges
- Glenn County, CA · avg 1954 · 242 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (158)
US 83
GoodOver: MILL CREEK RELIEF
6.9 MI N OF FM 1770, Runnels, TX
Built 1972 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,538
US 83
GoodOver: BLUFF CREEK
6.2 MI N OF FM 1770, Runnels, TX
Built 1972 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,538
SH 153
GoodOver: GAP CREEK
2.2 MI E OF FM 2647, Runnels, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 937
LP 438
GoodOver: BIG COYOTE CREEK
0.3 MI E OF SH 153, Runnels, TX
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 302
CR 370
PoorOver: OAK CREEK
3.85 MI NW OF FM 383, Runnels, TX
Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
CR 331
PoorOver: WEST FORK BRANCH
0.50 MI N OF CR 262, Runnels, TX
Built 1939 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10
CR 371
PoorOver: DRAW
2.00 MI W OF FM 383, Runnels, TX
Built 1930 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 10
CR 339
PoorOver: COYOTE CREEK
0.50 MI W OF US 83, Runnels, TX
Built 1960 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
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