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Wilbarger County, TX

151 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47% rated Good, 50.3% Fair, 2.6% Poor.

151
Public bridges
47%
Good condition
2.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Wilbarger 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.

202nd
of 247 on Poor share
2.6%
Poor-condition share
151
public highway bridges
1970
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.

Wilbarger County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wilbarger County ranks #202 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.6%). Wilbarger County, Texas contains 151 public highway bridges. Roughly 47% are rated “Good,” 50.3% “Fair,” and 2.6% “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

151

Public highway bridges in Wilbarger County

Good condition

47%

71 of 151 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50.3%

76 of 151 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.6%

4 of 151 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#202 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 151 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
47% (71)
Fair
50.3% (76)
Poor
2.6% (4)

Wilbarger County's Poor-condition bridges carry 655 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 164 crossings a day against 2,779 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 151 of 151 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.9% of Wilbarger County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

92 of the 151 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 47% 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 58% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CR 238/SIGN CR128W over PARADISE CREEK, built 1939, carries 380 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 655 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Wilbarger County's bridges were built

151 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 10 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Wilbarger County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1965 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wilbarger County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Callahan County 153 0%
Chambers County 152 2%
Wilbarger County (this page) 151 2.6%
Coleman County 150 3.3%
Kimble County 149 0%
Frio County 146 0%

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 Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (151 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1970 here).

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

All 151 Good 71 Fair 76 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (71)

FM 925

Good

Over: Draw

3.9 MI W OF US 287, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 296

FM 925

Good

Over: Draw

2.0 Mi W of US 287, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 264

FM 1763

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

1.1 MI E OF US 183/283, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 231

FM 1763

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

1.4 MI NE OF US 287, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 255

FM 1763

Good

Over: DRAW

2.34 MI E OF US 70, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 255

FM 2072

Good

Over: Draw

1.3 MI NE OF US 283, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 389

CR 106/SIGN CR 87N

Good

Over: WANDERERS CREEK

1.00 MI S OF FM 91, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 147/SIGN CR110W

Good

Over: DRAW

3.15 MI W OF US 283, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 147/SIGN CR110E

Good

Over: DRAW

2.65 MI E OF US 283, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 182/SIGN CR 93S

Good

Over: DRAW

0.65 MI N OF FM 925, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 183/SIGN CR 93S

Good

Over: ELIZABETH CREEK

2.00 MI S OF FM 925, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 202/SIGN CR138W

Good

Over: PARADISE CREEK

1.70 MI W OF FM 2585, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 243/SIGN CR132E

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

2.35 MI E OF US 183, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 245/EAGLE ST

Good

Over: PARADISE CREEK

0.75 MI N OF CR 128 W, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70

CR 247/SUMMEROUR

Good

Over: PARADISE CREEK

2.75 MI N OF FM 433, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CR 260/SIGN CR109N

Good

Over: DRAW

0.50 MI N OF US 70, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 275/SIGN CR125N

Good

Over: ADAMS CREEK

1.50 MI N OF FM 370, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

CR 287/SIGN CR132E

Good

Over: DRAW

0.05 MI E OF FM 1763, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR324/THAXTON PENS

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.80 MI S OF FM 1811, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 339/ROCK CRK RD

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

5.00 MI S OF FM 1763, Wilbarger, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

US 287 SB

Good

Over: US 70/183

1.2 MI W OF FM 370, Wilbarger, TX

Built 1959 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 14,565

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.