Total bridges
280
Public highway bridges in Rusk County
County profile · official public datasets
Rusk County, TX
280 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.6% rated Good, 75% Fair, 0.4% Poor.
- 280
- Public bridges
- 24.6%
- Good condition
- 0.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Rusk 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 38%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 280
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Rusk County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Rusk County ranks #95 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.4%). Rusk County, Texas contains 280 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.6% are rated “Good,” 75% “Fair,” and 0.4% “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
24.6%
69 of 280 rated 7-9
Fair condition
75%
210 of 280 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.4%
1 of 280 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#95 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 280 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 24.6% (69)
Fair 75% (210)
Poor 0.4% (1)
Rusk County's Poor-condition bridges carry 60 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 60 crossings a day against 1,662 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 277 of 280 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
46.8% of Rusk County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
131 of the 280 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 24.6% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 4238 over E FORK ANGELINA RL (N#2), built 1995, carries 60 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 60 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Rusk County's bridges were built
280 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 12
1920–1929
12 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
30 bridges
- 1940s 18
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
34 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s 14
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s 18
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
39 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
63 bridges
- 2010s 18
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 63 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 5 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Rusk County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Rusk County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzales County | 284 | 45.4% | 51.8% | 2.8% | 1969 |
| Cooke County | 283 | 48.1% | 49.1% | 2.8% | 1983 |
| Bastrop County | 282 | 66.3% | 33.3% | 0.4% | 1988 |
| Limestone County | 280 | 32.1% | 63.9% | 3.9% | 1975 |
| Rusk County (this page) | 280 | 24.6% | 75% | 0.4% | 1975 |
| Hays County | 272 | 79% | 20.6% | 0.4% | 1996 |
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 Rusk 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 Rusk County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (280 bridges here).
- Grant County, IN · 280 bridges
- Smith County, KS · 281 bridges
- Logan County, OH · 281 bridges
- Vanderburgh County, IN · 279 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (280)
CR 4151
FairOver: BOWLES CR BR
0.3 MI S OF US 64, Rusk, TX
Built 2008 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 100
CR 407 (Old SH 43)
FairOver: BROMLEY CR TR
1.0 MI SW OF FM 225, Rusk, TX
Built 1921 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 720
FM 2658
FairOver: PANTHER CR (MARTIN LK)
0.60 MI S OF SH 43, Rusk, TX
Built 1963 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,248
SH 42
FairOver: Rail(BlackLands)/FM 1513
1.1 MI N OF SH 323, Rusk, TX
Built 1937 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,549
US 84
FairOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
0.37 MI E OF CHEROKEE CL, Rusk, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,047
US 84
FairOver: EVERETT BRANCH
0.8 MI E OF FM 225, Rusk, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 830
US 84
FairOver: SALMON CREEK
0.60 MI E OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,431
US 259
FairOver: Bighead Cr Tr
0.4 MI S OF US 259 BUS, Rusk, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 12,702
SH 42
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.1 MI S OF GREGG CL, Rusk, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,443
US 259
FairOver: GRIST CREEK
0.95 MI NW OF LP 571, Rusk, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,378
US 259
FairOver: SHAWNEE CREEK
0.1 MI S OF US 79, Rusk, TX
Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,491
US 259
FairOver: DUTCH CREEK
0.4 MI SE OF US 79, Rusk, TX
Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,491
US 259 SB
FairOver: OWENS CREEK
5.5 MI S OF FM 3310, Rusk, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,967
US 259
FairOver: MINDEN CREEK
0.9 MI NW OF FM 1798, Rusk, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,673
US 79
FairOver: SCOOBER CREEK
1.8 MI NE OF SH 42, Rusk, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,806
US 79
FairOver: PARKER CREEK
0.5 MI NE OF FM 839, Rusk, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,490
US 79
FairOver: Bromley Cr Tr
0.35 MI NE OF LP 571, Rusk, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,640
US 79
FairOver: BROMLEY CREEK RELIEF
0.70 MI NE OF LP 571, Rusk, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,640
SH 43
FairOver: DRY CREEK
5.40 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,833
SH 43
FairOver: PROSPECT BRANCH
7.30 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,450
SH 43
FairOver: WRIGHT BRANCH
8.30 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,450
SH 43
FairOver: TENNY LEWIS BRANCH
10.9 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,377
SH 43
FairOver: Panther Cr Tr
13.4 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,377
SH 43
FairOver: ROCKY FORD CREEK
14.4 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,377
SH 43
FairOver: TAYLOR BRANCH
1.50 MI NE OF FM 1716, Rusk, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,206
SH 43
FairOver: TATUM CREEK
3.20 MI NE OF FM 1716, Rusk, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,206
SH 43
FairOver: PANTHER CREEK
12.9 MI NE OF SH 64, Rusk, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,377
US 79
FairOver: WALKER CREEK
2.20 MI W OF FM 1798, Rusk, TX
Built 1952 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,741
SH 135
FairOver: LITTLE RABBIT CREEK
1.85 MI NE OF FM 850, Rusk, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,992
SH 204
FairOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
0.17 MI S OF US 84, Rusk, TX
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,572
SH 315
FairOver: HAM CREEK
3.24 MI NE OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,234
SH 315
FairOver: PARKER CREEK
2.7 MI NE OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,234
FM 839
FairOver: SCOOBER CREEK
5.9 MI N OF US 79, Rusk, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 490
FM 839
FairOver: CAT CREEK
0.6 MI N OF FM 1796, Rusk, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 490
FM 839
FairOver: MUSH CREEK
9.0 MI S OF US 79, Rusk, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 391
FM 839
FairOver: SOUTH MUSH CREEK
9.6 MI S OF US 79, Rusk, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 391
FM 13
FairOver: BROMLEY CREEK
0.05 MI W OF LP 571, Rusk, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,296
FM 840
FairOver: BILLY DITCH
0.2 MI N OF SH 315, Rusk, TX
Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 503
FM 840
FairOver: SHAWNEE CREEK
0.1 MI SE OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,952
FM 840
FairOver: DUTCH CREEK
0.80 MI SE OF LP 153, Rusk, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,514
SH 322
FairOver: SHAW CREEK
1.70 MI S OF FM 2011, Rusk, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,873
SH 322
FairOver: BARNES CREEK TRIB
3.50 MI S OF FM 2011, Rusk, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,175
SH 322
FairOver: BOGGY CREEK
5.80 MI S OF GREGG C/L, Rusk, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,175
SH 322
FairOver: DOGWOOD CREEK
4.25 MI N OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,193
SH 322
FairOver: MILL (GRIST) CREEK
0.9 MI N OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,484
FM 95
FairOver: HAM CREEK
0.10 MI SE OF SH 315, Rusk, TX
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 411
FM 1798
FairOver: MINDEN CREEK
0.5 MI E OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 830
FM 782
FairOver: ADAWAY CREEK
1.4 MI N OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 512
FM 2089
FairOver: BOWLES CREEK
1.6 MI S OF SH 135, Rusk, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 450
FM 1798
FairOver: MILL CREEK
3.0 MI W OF US 259, Rusk, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 186
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