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Titus County, TX

158 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 59.5% rated Good, 39.2% Fair, 1.3% Poor.

158
Public bridges: 59.5%
Good condition: 1.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Titus County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

149th
of 247 on Poor share: 1.3%
Poor-condition share: 158
public highway bridges: 1982
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.

Titus County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Titus County ranks #149 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.3%). Titus County, Texas contains 158 public highway bridges. Roughly 59.5% are rated “Good,” 39.2% “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.

Total bridges

158

Public highway bridges in Titus County

Good condition

59.5%

94 of 158 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.2%

62 of 158 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.3%

2 of 158 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#149 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

59.5% (94)

Fair

39.2% (62)

Poor

1.3% (2)

Titus County's Poor-condition bridges carry 766 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% 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 383 crossings a day against 4,806 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.

46.8% of Titus County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

74 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 59.5% 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 64.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FM 1402 over WHITE OAK CREEK, built 1963, carries 492 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 766 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

11
1950s

15
1960s

44
1970s

9
1980s

13
1990s

14
2000s

22
2010s

29
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Texas average (1980).

How Titus County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Texas counties nearest Titus County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is 15 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Titus County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
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
Runnels County	158	46.2%	51.3%	2.5%	1953
Titus County (this page)	158	59.5%	39.2%	1.3%	1982
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 Titus 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 Titus 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 (1982 here).

Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 158 Good 94 Fair 62 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (94)

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Titus County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Titus County's Poor-condition bridges carry 766 vehicle crossings a day

46.8% of Titus County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 64.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Titus County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (94)

BUS 271

FM 127

FM 127

FM 127

FM 899

FM 899

FM 899

FM 1000

FM 4000

FM 4000

FM 2152

FM 2348

CR 1200

CR 1200

CR 1070

CR 1165

CR 1240

CR 1350

CR 1540

CR 1670

CR 1680

CR 3250

CR 3445

CR 3120

CR 3140

CR 3130

CR 1905

CR 3230

CR 3210

CR 3010

CR 4205

CR 4205

CR 2400

CR 2730

CR 2715

ALEXANDER RD

CR 4550

E 14TH STREET

CR 1314

CR 1314

CR 3325

IH 30 WB

IH 30 EB

IH 30 EB

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