Total bridges
22
Public highway bridges in Aransas County
County profile · official public datasets
Aransas County, TX
22 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 77.3% rated Good, 22.7% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 22
- Public bridges
- 77.3%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Aransas County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 29%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 22
- public highway bridges
- 1997
- 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.
Aransas County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Aransas County ranks #72 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Aransas County, Texas contains 22 public highway bridges. Roughly 77.3% are rated “Good,” 22.7% “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
77.3%
17 of 22 rated 7-9
Fair condition
22.7%
5 of 22 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 22 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#72 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 22 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 77.3% (17)
Fair 22.7% (5)
Poor 0% (0)
13.6% of Aransas County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
3 of the 22 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 77.3% 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 Aransas County's bridges were built
22 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s 1
1960–1969
1 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
10 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 45.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1997, 17 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Aransas County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Aransas County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1997 against a peer-group mean of 1961 is 36 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaf Smith County | 26 | 46.2% | 50% | 3.8% | 1961 |
| Dallam County | 22 | 54.5% | 45.5% | 0% | 1966 |
| Roberts County | 22 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 1952 |
| Aransas County (this page) | 22 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 0% | 1997 |
| Crane County | 19 | 31.6% | 68.4% | 0% | 1943 |
| Martin County | 19 | 68.4% | 31.6% | 0% | 1984 |
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 Aransas 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 Aransas County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (22 bridges here).
- Glascock County, GA · 22 bridges
- Scott County, KS · 22 bridges
- Wichita County, KS · 22 bridges
- Currituck County, NC · 22 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1997 here).
- Kenosha County, WI · avg 1997 · 109 bridges
- Isanti County, MN · avg 1997 · 37 bridges
- Bethel County, AK · avg 1997 · 13 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (22)
FM 1069
FairOver: DRAW
3.25 MI N OF SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,314
FM 1069
FairOver: DRAW
4.1 MI N OF SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,314
FRONT ST
FairOver: NEPTUNE HARBOR CANAL
0.8 MI SE OF PR 13, Aransas, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
BROADWAY ST
FairOver: CANAL
1.10 MI NE OF SH 35 BUS, Aransas, TX
Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,500
SH 188
FairOver: PORT BAY
3.2 MI NW OF SH 35, Aransas, TX
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,126
BU 35
GoodOver: TULE CREEK
0.75 MI S OF FM 3036, Aransas, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,240
SH 35
GoodOver: CAVASSO CREEK
5.6 MI N OF PR 13, Aransas, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,026
SH 35
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
9.7 MI N OF PR 13, Aransas, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,026
SH 35 SB
GoodOver: FM 1069
2.7 MI S OF FM 3036, Aransas, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,883
SH 35 NB
GoodOver: SH 188
INT OF US 35 & SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,162
SH 35 SB
GoodOver: SH 188
INT OF US 35 & SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,475
SH 35 NB
GoodOver: FM 1069
2.7 MI S OF FM 3036, Aransas, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,774
SH 35 NB
GoodOver: FM 2165
0.8 MI SW OF FM 3036, Aransas, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,774
SH 35 SB
GoodOver: FM 2165
0.8 MI SW OF FM 3036, Aransas, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,877
SH 35
GoodOver: Copano Bay
SH 35 at Copano BAy, Aransas, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,231
SH 188
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
6.3 MI W OF SH 35, Aransas, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,825
SH 188
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.7 MI W OF SH 35, Aransas, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,825
SH 188
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
4.3 MI W OF SH 35, Aransas, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,825
PR 13-GOOSE ISLAND
GoodOver: TIDAL CHANNEL
2.15 MI SE OF SH 35, Aransas, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
FM 136
GoodOver: Egery Flats
2.6 Mi NE of SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,320
FM 136
GoodOver: Egery Flats Relief
2.5 Mi NE of SH 188, Aransas, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,320
Bay Shore Drive
GoodOver: Key Allegro Canal
0.05 MI E OF BROADWAY ST, Aransas, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,714
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