Total bridges
33
Public highway bridges in Schleicher County
County profile · official public datasets
Schleicher County, TX
33 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.4% rated Good, 60.6% Fair, 3% Poor.
- 33
- Public bridges
- 36.4%
- Good condition
- 3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Schleicher 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.
- 213th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 3%
- Poor-condition share
- 33
- public highway bridges
- 1958
- 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.
Schleicher County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Schleicher County ranks #213 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3%). Schleicher County, Texas contains 33 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.4% are rated “Good,” 60.6% “Fair,” and 3% “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
36.4%
12 of 33 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.6%
20 of 33 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3%
1 of 33 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#213 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 33 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36.4% (12)
Fair 60.6% (20)
Poor 3% (1)
Schleicher County's Poor-condition bridges carry 100 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 100 crossings a day against 1,240 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 33 of 33 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
100% of Schleicher County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
33 of the 33 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 36.4% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 302 over SOUTH CONCHO RIVER, built 1924, 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 100 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Schleicher County's bridges were built
33 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
26 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 78.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1958, 22 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Schleicher County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Schleicher County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1958 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 8 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansford County | 36 | 36.1% | 63.9% | 0% | 1970 |
| Hemphill County | 35 | 45.7% | 54.3% | 0% | 1964 |
| Carson County | 33 | 48.5% | 45.5% | 6.1% | 1970 |
| Schleicher County (this page) | 33 | 36.4% | 60.6% | 3% | 1958 |
| Kent County | 32 | 34.4% | 62.5% | 3.1% | 1964 |
| Ochiltree County | 31 | 58.1% | 41.9% | 0% | 1962 |
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 Schleicher 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 Schleicher County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (33 bridges here).
- Lee County, GA · 33 bridges
- Greeley County, KS · 33 bridges
- Calvert County, MD · 33 bridges
- Grand Traverse County, MI · 33 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1958 here).
- Middlesex County, MA · avg 1958 · 818 bridges
- Bucks County, PA · avg 1958 · 699 bridges
- Butte County, CA · avg 1958 · 437 bridges
- Cowley County, KS · avg 1958 · 337 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (33)
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
2.60 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
1.85 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
0.15 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
5.30 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 333
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
4.10 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
15.5 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 333
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
11.0 MI E CROCKETT C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 595
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
14.4 MI E CROCKETT C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 677
FM 915
FairOver: DOVE CREEK
0.70 MI S OF IRION C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 238
RM 864
FairOver: TERRETT DRAW
0.15 MI SW OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 184
CR 302
FairOver: INDIAN DRAW
8.60 MI N OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1924 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
CR 302
FairOver: DRAW
5.10 MI N OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1924 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
CR 302
FairOver: SOUTH CONCHO RIVER
1.30 MI N OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1922 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
US 277
FairOver: INDIAN DRAW
10.25 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,414
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
12.9 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 333
US 190
FairOver: DRAW
14.7 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 333
US 277
FairOver: MEADOR DRAW
7.60 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,414
US 277
FairOver: FINNEGAN DRAW
4.65 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,414
US 190
FairOver: POOR HOLLOW
6.95 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 448
US 190
FairOver: E POOR HOLLOW
6.85 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 448
US 277
GoodOver: HACKBERRY DRAW
1.40 MI S TOM GREEN C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,217
US 277
GoodOver: DRY DRAW
3.70 MI S TOM GREEN C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,217
US 277
GoodOver: DRY DRAW
11.45 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,217
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
2.80 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,414
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
6.15 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
4.15 MI W OF MENARD C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
21.6 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
4.10 MI E CROCKETT C/L, Schleicher, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 497
RM 2596
GoodOver: DRAW
3.85 MI S OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 404
RM 2084
GoodOver: DRAW
3.30 MI N OF US 190, Schleicher, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 109
CR 302
GoodOver: DRAW
2.50 MI N OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1922 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
US 190
GoodOver: LIVE OAK HOLLOW
9.17 MI E OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 333
CR 302
PoorOver: SOUTH CONCHO RIVER
7.75 MI N OF US 277, Schleicher, TX
Built 1924 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 100
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