Total bridges
399
Public highway bridges in Wichita County
County profile · official public datasets
Wichita County, TX
399 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.4% rated Good, 57.9% Fair, 0.8% Poor.
- 399
- Public bridges
- 41.4%
- Good condition
- 0.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wichita 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 49%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 399
- public highway bridges
- 1971
- 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.
Wichita County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wichita County ranks #120 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.8%). Wichita County, Texas contains 399 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.4% are rated “Good,” 57.9% “Fair,” and 0.8% “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
41.4%
165 of 399 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.9%
231 of 399 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.8%
3 of 399 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#120 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 399 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.4% (165)
Fair 57.9% (231)
Poor 0.8% (3)
Wichita County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,024 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 675 crossings a day against 9,099 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 399 of 399 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
65.7% of Wichita County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
262 of the 399 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 41.4% 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 59.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BUS 287 (LOOP 477) over DRAW, built 1919, carries 1,200 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,024 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wichita County's bridges were built
399 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 20
1920–1929
20 bridges
- 1930s 33
1930–1939
33 bridges
- 1940s 15
1940–1949
15 bridges
- 1950s 21
1950–1959
21 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
143 bridges
- 1970s 46
1970–1979
46 bridges
- 1980s 14
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s 26
1990–1999
26 bridges
- 2000s 56
2000–2009
56 bridges
- 2010s 18
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 143 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 9 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Wichita County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Wichita County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 9 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor County | 419 | 45.1% | 54.2% | 0.7% | 1967 |
| Hidalgo County | 405 | 47.4% | 51.6% | 1% | 1990 |
| Hill County | 405 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 1982 |
| Johnson County | 404 | 49.5% | 50.5% | 0% | 1985 |
| Wichita County (this page) | 399 | 41.4% | 57.9% | 0.8% | 1971 |
| Webb County | 383 | 49.6% | 48.8% | 1.6% | 1977 |
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 Wichita 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 Wichita County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (399 bridges here).
- Bradford County, PA · 399 bridges
- Crawford County, PA · 399 bridges
- Muskogee County, OK · 398 bridges
- Sumner County, TN · 398 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1971 here).
- Wayne County, MI · avg 1971 · 1,026 bridges
- Baltimore County, MD · avg 1971 · 783 bridges
- Washington County, PA · avg 1971 · 655 bridges
- Linn County, OR · avg 1971 · 566 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (165)
IH 44 WFR/OLDBACON
GoodOver: TRIB OF GILBERT CREEK
0.95 MI S OF FM 3429, Wichita, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900
FM 2380
GoodOver: HOLLIDAY CREEK
0.85 MI S OF FM 369, Wichita, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,525
SH 240
GoodOver: CHINA CREEK
0.75 MI E OF SH 25, Wichita, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 798
FM 1180
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
3.2 MI W OF SH 25, Wichita, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FM 171
GoodOver: PLUM CREEK
0.68 MI NE OF SH 240, Wichita, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,973
FM 171
GoodOver: BEAR CREEK
2.6 MI NE OF FM 890, Wichita, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 479
FM 369
GoodOver: POND CREEK
0.68 MI N OF FM 367, Wichita, TX
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,270
SW PKWY / FM369
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL
0.1 MI W OF RHEA RD, Wichita, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,659
FM 368
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
0.15 N OF FM 1206, Wichita, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,042
FM 368
GoodOver: DRAW
0.5 MI N OF US 287, Wichita, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 922
FM 368
GoodOver: DRAW
0.60 MI S OF FM 2345, Wichita, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 193
FM 368
GoodOver: GILBERT CREEK
1.05 MI S OF FM 2345, Wichita, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 193
FM 1814
GoodOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.30 MI S OF FM 367, Wichita, TX
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 188
FM 2326
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
1.2 MI W OF SH 25, Wichita, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 138
CR 109 / Roller Rd
GoodOver: Gilbert Creek
0.75 MI E OF FM 369, Wichita, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
CR126/BOHNER ROAD
GoodOver: WILDHORSE CREEK
0.9 MI E OF CO RD 132, Wichita, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 143/ CO LINE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.18 MI N OF SH 240, Wichita, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
OLD LAKE RD
GoodOver: CHINA CREEK
0.35 MI S OF SH 240, Wichita, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
OLD LAKE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.03 MI N OF SH 240, Wichita, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
ENTERPRISE RD
GoodOver: CHINA CREEK
2.55 MI N OF SH 240, Wichita, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR187/OLD ELECTRA
GoodOver: BUFFALO CREEK
2.40 MI N OF FM 367, Wichita, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150
CR191/HACKER ROAD
GoodOver: ANTELOPE CREEK
1.0 MI N OF SH 258, Wichita, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR228/HORSESHOE LK
GoodOver: WEST FORK POND CR
0.6 MI S OF SPUR 370, Wichita, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180
CR339/DOVE LANE
GoodOver: DRAW
0.1 MI S OF FM 1740, Wichita, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 152
CR 345/RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
4.10 MI SW OF FM 1740, Wichita, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 692
CR364/HOLMAN ROAD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.45 MI. N OF GRESHAM RD., Wichita, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 171
DEER CREEK RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.24 MI N OF RATHGEBER, Wichita, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200
BURNETT ST
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
0.15 MI SE OF BROOK ST, Wichita, TX
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,339
CYPRESS AVE
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.20 MI S OF FM 369, Wichita, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,952
HOLLIDAY RD
GoodOver: HOLLIDAY CREEK
0.30 MI N OF SPUR 473, Wichita, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,295
KEMP BLVD
GoodOver: MC GRATH CREEK
0.10 MI N OF FM 369, Wichita, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,901
KEMP BLVD NB
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.18 MI N OF FM 369, Wichita, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,901
MAPLEWOOD ST NB
GoodOver: MC GRATH CREEK
0.60 MI N OF SW PKWY, Wichita, TX
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,890
MAPLEWOOD ST SB
GoodOver: MC GRATH CREEK
0.30 MI N OF SW PKWY, Wichita, TX
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,550
Maplewood Ave.
GoodOver: Drain
0.1 mi. E of McNiel Ave., Wichita, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
RIDGEWAY DRIVE
GoodOver: N IRRIGATION CANAL
0.6 MI N OF B 287J, Wichita, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,150
WEEKS PARK LN
GoodOver: MC GRATH CREEK
0.10 MI S OF MIDWESTERN, Wichita, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,751
Brewster St.
GoodOver: Draw
0.2 mi. N of Hatton Rd., Wichita, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
IH 44 SB
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
1.0 MI S OF B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX
Built 2001 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 34,390
IH 44 NB
GoodOver: SP 325 SB CONN H
1.22 MI N OF BUS 287, Wichita, TX
Built 1964 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 22,832
US 287 SB
GoodOver: BELL RD
1.00 MI E OF FM 368, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 11,490
IH 44 NB
GoodOver: WICHITA RIVER
1.0 MI S B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX
Built 2001 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 34,268
SH 79 SB
GoodOver: MKT RAILROAD
0.2 MI S OF BUS 287/SH240, Wichita, TX
Built 1972 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,110
SH 79 NB
GoodOver: MKT RAILROAD
0.2 MI S OF BUS 287/SH240, Wichita, TX
Built 1972 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,121
CR 147/ FLIPPIN RD
GoodOver: CHINA CREEK
0.42 MI N OF I/C @ PAYTON, Wichita, TX
Built 1989 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
US 287 NB
GoodOver: CITY VIEW DRIVE
1.2 MI W OF LOOP 11, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,810
US 287 SB
GoodOver: CITY VIEW DRIVE
1.2 MI W OF LOOP 11, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,810
US 287 NB
GoodOver: BU 287
1.00 MI W OF FM 368, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8,320
US 287 NB
GoodOver: FM 368
1.0 MI E OF BUS 287, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,030
US 287 SB
GoodOver: FM 368
1.0 MI E OF BUS 287, Wichita, TX
Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,030
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