Total bridges
39
Public highway bridges in Upton County
County profile · official public datasets
Upton County, TX
39 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.6% rated Good, 56.4% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 39
- Public bridges
- 43.6%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Upton County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 23%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 39
- public highway bridges
- 1947
- 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.
Upton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Upton County ranks #58 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Upton County, Texas contains 39 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.6% are rated “Good,” 56.4% “Fair,” and 0% “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
43.6%
17 of 39 rated 7-9
Fair condition
56.4%
22 of 39 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 39 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#58 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 39 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.6% (17)
Fair 56.4% (22)
Poor 0% (0)
100% of Upton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
39 of the 39 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 43.6% 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.
When Upton County's bridges were built
39 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
22 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
17 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 56.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1947, 33 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Upton County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Upton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1947 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is 15 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp County | 40 | 57.5% | 42.5% | 0% | 1977 |
| Upton County (this page) | 39 | 43.6% | 56.4% | 0% | 1947 |
| Kinney County | 38 | 44.7% | 55.3% | 0% | 1938 |
| Lipscomb County | 38 | 39.5% | 57.9% | 2.6% | 1966 |
| Hansford County | 36 | 36.1% | 63.9% | 0% | 1970 |
| Zapata County | 36 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 0% | 1961 |
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 Upton 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 Upton County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (39 bridges here).
- Costilla County, CO · 39 bridges
- Ouray County, CO · 39 bridges
- Edmonson County, KY · 39 bridges
- McCreary County, KY · 39 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1947 here).
- Hunterdon County, NJ · avg 1949 · 373 bridges
- Bronx County, NY · avg 1945 · 311 bridges
- New York County, NY · avg 1945 · 247 bridges
- Ciales County, PR · avg 1951 · 18 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (39)
US 67
FairOver: DRAW
1.75 MI SW of US 385, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,275
US 67
FairOver: DRAW
3.00 MI NE OF US 385, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,437
US 67
FairOver: DRAW
6.70 MI E OF FM 2463, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 811
US 67
FairOver: DRAW
3.55 MI NE OF US 385, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,437
US 67
FairOver: RANKIN DRAW
4.85 MI W OF REAGAN C/L, Upton, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,879
US 385
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.70 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,582
FM 305
FairOver: DRAW
3.10 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,515
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
0.1 MI E OF CRANE CO LN, Upton, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,383
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
3.30 MI E OF CRANE CO LN, Upton, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,383
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
3.40 MI E OF CRANE CO LN, Upton, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,383
SH 329
FairOver: CHINA DRAW
7.4 MI NW of US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,296
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
6.10 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,302
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
3.70 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,302
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
0.80 MI W OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,302
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
1.00 MI S OF FM 1492, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,914
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
1.75 MI S OF FM 1492, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,914
SH 329
FairOver: DRAW
4.35 MI S OF FM 1492, Upton, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,914
FM 305
FairOver: DRAW
3.05 MI SE OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,515
US 67
FairOver: Five Mile Creek Trib.
5.15 Mi W of SH 329, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 687
US 67
FairOver: Five Mile Creek
4.6 Mi SW of SH 329, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 687
US 67
FairOver: Rankin Draw
4.55 Mi NE of SH 329, Upton, TX
Built 1931 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,858
US 67
FairOver: Rankin Draw
1.45 Mi NE of SH 329, Upton, TX
Built 1931 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,484
US 67
GoodOver: DRAW
3.15 MI E OF FM 2463, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 811
US 67
GoodOver: DRAW
3.80 MI E OF FM 2463, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 811
US 385
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.15 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,582
US 385
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
3.7 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,582
US 385
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2.95 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,582
US 385
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2.15 MI NW OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,582
US 385
GoodOver: Drain
1.4 Mi NW of US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,789
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
2.50 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 475
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
3.20 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 475
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
5.70 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 460
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
6.50 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 460
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
6.85 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 460
SH 349
GoodOver: DRAIN
7.15 MI S OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 460
US 385
GoodOver: Drain
5.4 mi NW of US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,789
US 385
GoodOver: Drain
1.90 Mi SE of Crane C/L, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,789
FM 305
GoodOver: DRAW
1.65 MI SE OF US 67, Upton, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,269
US 67
GoodOver: Rankin Draw
0.85 Mi SW of SH 329, Upton, TX
Built 1930 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,193
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