Total bridges
282
Public highway bridges in Bastrop County
County profile · official public datasets
Bastrop County, TX
282 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.3% rated Good, 33.3% Fair, 0.4% Poor.
- 282
- Public bridges
- 66.3%
- Good condition
- 0.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Bastrop 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 38%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 282
- public highway bridges
- 1988
- 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.
Bastrop County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bastrop County ranks #94 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.4%). Bastrop County, Texas contains 282 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.3% are rated “Good,” 33.3% “Fair,” and 0.4% “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
66.3%
187 of 282 rated 7-9
Fair condition
33.3%
94 of 282 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.4%
1 of 282 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#94 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 282 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 66.3% (187)
Fair 33.3% (94)
Poor 0.4% (1)
Bastrop County's Poor-condition bridges carry 241 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 241 crossings a day against 5,361 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 282 of 282 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
27% of Bastrop County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
76 of the 282 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 66.3% 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.
One structure carries 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
OLD MCDADE ROAD over BIG SANDY CREEK, built 1922, carries 241 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 241 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Bastrop County's bridges were built
282 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 14
1930–1939
14 bridges
- 1940s 18
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s 18
1950–1959
18 bridges
- 1960s 18
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s 7
1970–1979
7 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
32 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
40 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
67 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
28 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 67 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1988, 8 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Bastrop County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Bastrop County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.4% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzales County | 284 | 45.4% | 51.8% | 2.8% | 1969 |
| Cooke County | 283 | 48.1% | 49.1% | 2.8% | 1983 |
| Bastrop County (this page) | 282 | 66.3% | 33.3% | 0.4% | 1988 |
| Limestone County | 280 | 32.1% | 63.9% | 3.9% | 1975 |
| Rusk County | 280 | 24.6% | 75% | 0.4% | 1975 |
| Hays County | 272 | 79% | 20.6% | 0.4% | 1996 |
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 Bastrop 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 Bastrop County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (282 bridges here).
- Daviess County, KY · 282 bridges
- Acadia County, LA · 282 bridges
- New Madrid County, MO · 282 bridges
- Forrest County, MS · 283 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1988 here).
- Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
- Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
- Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges
- Vernon County, MO · avg 1988 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (94)
COLORADO DR
FairOver: SH 71
1.4 MI W OF LOOP 230, Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 230
FM 2571
FairOver: LITTLE PINEY CREEK
1.9 MI E OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 555
SH 95
FairOver: PRICKLY PEAR CREEK
6.5 MI S OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1954 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,520
FM 535
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.5 MI E OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 1956 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,352
FM 1441
FairOver: PINEY CREEK
1.3 MI E OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1966 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,767
US 290
FairOver: UPRR & CENTRAL AVE
1.0 MI W OF FM 1704, Bastrop, TX
Built 1941 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 200
SH 21
FairOver: MAYHAW CREEK
4.3 MI E OF FM 812, Bastrop, TX
Built 1939 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 11,434
SH 71 WB
FairOver: SHIPPS LAKE
0.7 MI E OF LOOP 230, Bastrop, TX
Built 1937 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,412
FM 812
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
1.6 MI E OF FM 672, Bastrop, TX
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,265
FM 969
FairOver: COLEMAN BRANCH
2.3 MI W OF FM 1704, Bastrop, TX
Built 1955 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,856
FM 2571
FairOver: GAZLEY CREEK
0.1 MI W OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,548
FM 672
FairOver: LYTTON CREEK
1.2 MI W OF FM 812, Bastrop, TX
Built 1968 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 795
SH 21/SH 71
FairOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.9 MI W OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1958 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 44,370
BATEMAN ROAD
FairOver: UPPER ELM CREEK
1.0 MI NW OF FM 535, Bastrop, TX
Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 143
FM 20
FairOver: BEE CREEK
1.1 MI W OF FM 86, Bastrop, TX
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,607
FM 20
FairOver: LENTZ BRANCH
1.0 MI N OF FM 535, Bastrop, TX
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,827
SH 71 WB
FairOver: SH 71 SERVICE ROAD
2.5 MI W OF FM 20, Bastrop, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,732
SH 71 WB
FairOver: FM 153 / LOOP 230
2.0 MI W OF COLORADO DR, Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,985
SH 71 WB
FairOver: LP 230 & DRAINAGE DITCH
1.4 MI E OF COLORADO DR., Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,412
SH 71 EB
FairOver: LP 230 & DRAINAGE DITCH
1.4 MI E OF COLORADO DR., Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,439
LOOP 150
FairOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.4 MI E OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,093
SH 21
FairOver: FM 812
0.9 MI E OF CALDWELL C/L, Bastrop, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,249
SH 304
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.5 MI N OF FM 2571, Bastrop, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,195
COON NECK RD
FairOver: WILBARGER CREEK BRANCH
0.75 MI SE OF FM 1704, Bastrop, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 420
LOWER RED ROCK RD
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
1.9 MI SW OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 735
UPPER ELGIN RIV RD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
2.6 MI NE OF FM 969, Bastrop, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 398
OLD PIN OAK RD
FairOver: PIN OAK CREEK
3.4 MI S OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110
KINSEY RD
FairOver: LITTLE ALUM CREEK
0.7 MI SE OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
LEHMAN LANE
FairOver: LENTZ BRANCH
1.1 MI NE OF FM 535, Bastrop, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80
PATTERSON ROAD
FairOver: DRAW
5.8 MI SE OF FM 535, Bastrop, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30
COPPERAS CREEK PAS
FairOver: COPPERAS CREEK
1.9 MI S OF US 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
RISING PINES DRIVE
FairOver: ALUM CREEK
0.9 MI S SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
LOVERS LANE
FairOver: GILLS BRANCH
0.01 MI S OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,650
OLD HWY 20
FairOver: GOODWATER CREEK
1.7 MI NW OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 1922 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 20
US 290 WB
FairOver: UPRR & CENTRAL AVE
1.0 MI W OF FM 1704, Bastrop, TX
Built 1969 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 10,000
SH 71 EB
FairOver: ALUM CREEK
6.0 MI E OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1988 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,000
FM 1704
FairOver: WILBARGER CREEK
1.7 MI N OF FM 969, Bastrop, TX
Built 1980 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,285
SH 95
FairOver: GILLS BRANCH
0.4 MI N OF LOOP 150, Bastrop, TX
Built 1939 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 19,169
SH 71 WB
FairOver: HALFWAY CREEK
0.7 MI W OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 1950 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 16,436
SH 21/71 EB
FairOver: DRAW
0.4 MI E OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 1950 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 21,935
SH 95
FairOver: DRAW
0.5 MI S OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 1938 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,277
SAYERS RD
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
4.0 MI NW OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1979 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 90
KARISCH ROAD
FairOver: PIN OAK CREEK
0.15 MI N OF FM 153, Bastrop, TX
Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 104
FOREST RIDGE DR
FairOver: DRAW
0.3 MI SE OF LOWER ELGIN, Bastrop, TX
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50
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