Total bridges
78
Public highway bridges in Shackelford County
County profile · official public datasets
Shackelford County, TX
78 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.5% rated Good, 60.3% Fair, 1.3% Poor.
- 78
- Public bridges
- 38.5%
- Good condition
- 1.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Shackelford 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.
- 151st
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 78
- public highway bridges
- 1949
- 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.
Shackelford County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Shackelford County ranks #151 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Shackelford County, Texas contains 78 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.5% are rated “Good,” 60.3% “Fair,” and 1.3% “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
38.5%
30 of 78 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.3%
47 of 78 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.3%
1 of 78 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#151 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 78 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 38.5% (30)
Fair 60.3% (47)
Poor 1.3% (1)
Shackelford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 183 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 183 crossings a day against 835 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 78 of 78 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
88.5% of Shackelford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
69 of the 78 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 38.5% 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
FM 576 over DEEP CREEK, built 1952, carries 183 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 183 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Shackelford County's bridges were built
78 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s
1920–1929
26 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
16 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 5
2000–2009
5 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1920s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 95 to 104 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1949, 31 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Shackelford County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Shackelford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1949 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 17 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottle County | 80 | 31.3% | 67.5% | 1.3% | 1960 |
| Haskell County | 80 | 46.3% | 52.5% | 1.3% | 1958 |
| Gray County | 79 | 29.1% | 65.8% | 5.1% | 1968 |
| San Jacinto County | 78 | 52.6% | 47.4% | 0% | 1980 |
| Shackelford County (this page) | 78 | 38.5% | 60.3% | 1.3% | 1949 |
| Hardeman County | 77 | 31.2% | 62.3% | 6.5% | 1966 |
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 Shackelford 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 Shackelford County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (78 bridges here).
- Winston County, AL · 78 bridges
- Marion County, FL · 78 bridges
- Bryan County, GA · 78 bridges
- Macon County, GA · 78 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1949 here).
- Hunterdon County, NJ · avg 1949 · 373 bridges
- Ciales County, PR · avg 1951 · 18 bridges
- Warren County, NJ · avg 1952 · 268 bridges
- Maricao County, PR · avg 1952 · 13 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (47)
CR 144
FairOver: REYNOLDS CREEK
0.9 MI E OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1948 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 35
FM 2408
FairOver: BATTLE CREEK
3.45 MI E OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1945 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 100
CR 106
FairOver: BATTLE CREEK
1.3 MI E OF CR 125, Shackelford, TX
Built 1946 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 28
SH 351
FairOver: DRAW
9.60 MI NE OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,222
SH 351
FairOver: DRAW
11.25 MI NE OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,222
SH 351
FairOver: LISTERINE CREEK
5.05 MI NE OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,222
US 180
FairOver: DRAW
2.40 MI E OF US 283, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,850
US 180
FairOver: DRAW
5.75 MI E OF US 283, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,850
US 180
FairOver: DRAW
2.95 MI W OF STEPHENS C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,795
US 180
FairOver: HUBBARD CREEK RELIEF
0.30 MI W OF STEPHENS C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,771
US 180
FairOver: SNALEM CREEK
4.10 MI E OF US 283, Shackelford, TX
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,850
FM 601
FairOver: DRAW
12.45 MI SE OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
US 283
FairOver: SNALEM CRK
1.60 MI N OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 718
SH 6
FairOver: DRAW
1.30 MI NW OF FM 576, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 671
SH 6
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK BRANCH
0.15 MI S OF FM 2408, Shackelford, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 531
SH 6
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK BRANCH
0.40 MI S OF FM 2408, Shackelford, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 531
US 283
FairOver: DRAW
13.65 MI S OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1944 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 533
US 283
FairOver: DRAW
2.30 MI S OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 425
FM 880
FairOver: DRAW
2.20 MI S OF FM 576, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 142
FairOver: DRAW
1.90 MI N OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 399
FM 576
FairOver: HUBBARD CREEK
0.30 MI E OF US 283, Shackelford, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 183
FM 576
FairOver: DRAW
1.50 MI W OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 333
FM 576
FairOver: DRAW
2.40 MI E OF US 283, Shackelford, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 183
FM 1084
FairOver: COOK CREEK
3.20 MI W OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 134
FM 2408
FairOver: DRAW
0.25 MI W OF STEPHENS C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1945 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
CR 103
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
1.3 MI N OF FM 601, Shackelford, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 122
FairOver: HUBBARD CREEK
2.4 MI W OF FM 2312, Shackelford, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 28
CR 122
FairOver: REYNOLDS CREEK
4.2 MI S OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 28
CR 211
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.4 MI SW OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 2015 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 28
SH 6
FairOver: DRAW
0.25 MI SE OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,476
SH 351 SB
FairOver: US 180 EB
17.45 MI NE OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1969 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,090
SH 6
FairOver: DRAW
6.50 MI SE OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 985
SH 351
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
2.95 MI NE OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1928 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,335
SH 6
FairOver: CLEAR FORK BRAZOS RIVER
0.45 MI E OF JONES C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1938 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 319
SH 6
FairOver: DRAW
1.90 MI NW OF FM 576, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 671
US 283
FairOver: HUBBARD CREEK
12.35 MI S OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1941 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 419
FM 142
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
1.00 MI N OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1956 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 399
US 180
FairOver: NEWCOMB CREEK
3.65 MI W OF STEPHENS C/L, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,860
FM 601
FairOver: NORTH HUBBARD CREEK
4.30 MI E OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1948 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
FM 601
FairOver: HUBBARD CREEK
7.55 MI E OF SH 6, Shackelford, TX
Built 1930 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
US 283
FairOver: FOYLE CREEK
2.80 MI N OF FM 2482, Shackelford, TX
Built 1929 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 707
SH 6
FairOver: SALT PRONG HUBBARD CREEK
3.55 MI SE OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 985
SH 6
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
7.70 MI SE OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 985
BAIRD ST
FairOver: NORTH HUBBARD CREEK
0.08 MI W OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
SH 6
FairOver: DEEP CREEK
0.90 MI NW OF FM 576, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 671
SH 6
FairOver: NORTH HUBBARD CREEK
1.75 MI SE OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1926 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 985
US 283
FairOver: SALT FORK HUBBARD CREEK
2.15 MI S OF US 180, Shackelford, TX
Built 1956 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 425
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