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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.

Total bridges

399

Public highway bridges in Wichita County

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

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.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wichita County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Taylor County 419 0.7%
Hidalgo County 405 1%
Hill County 405 1%
Johnson County 404 0%
Wichita County (this page) 399 0.8%
Webb County 383 1.6%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1971 here).

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

All 399 Good 165 Fair 231 Poor 3

All bridges (399)

ENTERPRISE RD

Good

Over: CHINA CREEK

2.55 MI N OF SH 240, Wichita, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR187/OLD ELECTRA

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

2.40 MI N OF FM 367, Wichita, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

CR191/HACKER ROAD

Good

Over: ANTELOPE CREEK

1.0 MI N OF SH 258, Wichita, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR228/HORSESHOE LK

Good

Over: WEST FORK POND CR

0.6 MI S OF SPUR 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

CR339/DOVE LANE

Good

Over: DRAW

0.1 MI S OF FM 1740, Wichita, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 152

CR 345/RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: WICHITA RIVER

4.10 MI SW OF FM 1740, Wichita, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 692

CR364/HOLMAN ROAD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.45 MI. N OF GRESHAM RD., Wichita, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 171

DEER CREEK RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.24 MI N OF RATHGEBER, Wichita, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

BURNETT ST

Good

Over: WICHITA RIVER

0.15 MI SE OF BROOK ST, Wichita, TX

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,339

CYPRESS AVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.20 MI S OF FM 369, Wichita, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,952

HOLLIDAY RD

Good

Over: HOLLIDAY CREEK

0.30 MI N OF SPUR 473, Wichita, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,295

KEMP BLVD

Good

Over: MC GRATH CREEK

0.10 MI N OF FM 369, Wichita, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,901

KEMP BLVD NB

Good

Over: DRAIN

0.18 MI N OF FM 369, Wichita, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,901

MAPLEWOOD ST NB

Good

Over: MC GRATH CREEK

0.60 MI N OF SW PKWY, Wichita, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,890

MAPLEWOOD ST SB

Good

Over: MC GRATH CREEK

0.30 MI N OF SW PKWY, Wichita, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,550

Maplewood Ave.

Good

Over: Drain

0.1 mi. E of McNiel Ave., Wichita, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

RIDGEWAY DRIVE

Good

Over: N IRRIGATION CANAL

0.6 MI N OF B 287J, Wichita, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,150

WEEKS PARK LN

Good

Over: MC GRATH CREEK

0.10 MI S OF MIDWESTERN, Wichita, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,751

Brewster St.

Good

Over: Draw

0.2 mi. N of Hatton Rd., Wichita, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: WICHITA RIVER

1.0 MI S OF B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 34,390

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: 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

Good

Over: BELL RD

1.00 MI E OF FM 368, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 11,490

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: WICHITA RIVER

1.0 MI S B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 34,268

SH 79 SB

Good

Over: MKT RAILROAD

0.2 MI S OF BUS 287/SH240, Wichita, TX

Built 1972 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,110

SH 79 NB

Good

Over: 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

Good

Over: CHINA CREEK

0.42 MI N OF I/C @ PAYTON, Wichita, TX

Built 1989 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

US 287 NB

Good

Over: CITY VIEW DRIVE

1.2 MI W OF LOOP 11, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,810

US 287 SB

Good

Over: CITY VIEW DRIVE

1.2 MI W OF LOOP 11, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,810

US 287 NB

Good

Over: BU 287

1.00 MI W OF FM 368, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8,320

US 287 NB

Good

Over: FM 368

1.0 MI E OF BUS 287, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,030

US 287 SB

Good

Over: FM 368

1.0 MI E OF BUS 287, Wichita, TX

Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,030

IH 44 SB EX RAMP

Good

Over: 7TH STREET

0.8 MI N OF US 82, Wichita, TX

Built 1958 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,758

IH 44 NB EXIT RAMP

Good

Over: 7TH ST & BROAD ST

0.8 MI N OF US 82, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,200

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: 6TH STREET

1.3 MI S B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,268

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: 5TH STREET

1.28 MI S BU 287J (LP370), Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,268

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: MAURINE STREET

0.7 MI N OF B287J/LP370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 32,329

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: MAURINE STREET

0.7 MI N OF B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 33,334

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: 6TH STREET

1.3 MI S B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,390

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: 5TH STREET

1.28 MI S B287J/LP 370, Wichita, TX

Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,390

US 82 WB/US 277 SB

Good

Over: FAIRWAY BLVD

4.2 MI W OF US 287, Wichita, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 14,190

US 82 EB/US 277 NB

Good

Over: FAIRWAY BLVD

4.2 MI W OF US 287, Wichita, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 14,190

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: BACON SWITCH RD

1.05 MI N OF FM 3492, Wichita, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 11,208

IH 44 SB

Good

Over: SH 240/LOOP 267 WB

1.65 MI N OF FM 3429, Wichita, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,929

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: SH 240/LOOP 267 WB

1.65 MI NORTH OF FM 3429, Wichita, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,964

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: SH 240/LOOP 267 EB

1.55 MI NORTH OF FM 3429, Wichita, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,277

IH 44 NB

Good

Over: GILBERT CREEK

1.0 MI S OF SH 240, Wichita, TX

Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,277

BUS 287 (LOOP 477)

Poor

Over: DRAW

5.4 MI E OF SH 25, Wichita, TX

Built 1919 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,200

CR107/OLD STATE RD

Poor

Over: CALLFIELD IRRIGATION CNL

1.5 MI NE ARCHER CO LN, Wichita, TX

Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 250

SH 25

Poor

Over: WICHITA RIVER

0.8 MI N OF SH 258, Wichita, TX

Built 1939 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 574

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