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.
Good-condition bridges (187)
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: SL 150 (TAHITIAN DRIVE)
4.1 MI E OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,200
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: SH 21 & SH 95
2.70 MI E OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,784
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: SH 21 & SH 95
2.70 MI E OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,723
SH 71 WB RAMP
GoodOver: UPRR;GIllSBR;MLK COLLEGE
0.5 MI W OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,390
SH21; SH71 WBFR
GoodOver: GILLS BRANCH
0.36 S of SH 150, Bastrop, TX
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,132
SH 21; SH 71 EBRMP
GoodOver: UPRR
0.36 MI E of SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,500
SH21; SH 71 EBFR
GoodOver: UPRR
0.36 MI E of SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,000
SH21/ SH 71 WBML
GoodOver: UPRR
0.32 MI W OF Hwy 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,932
SH 21; SH 71 EBML
GoodOver: UPRR; COLLEGE ST; MLK DR
0.32 MI W OF Hwy 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27,547
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: SHIPPS LAKE
0.7 MI E OF LOOP 230, Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,439
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: UP RR
0.4 MI E OF LOOP 230, Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,439
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: UP RR
0.4 MI E OF LOOP 230, Bastrop, TX
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,412
SH 95/LP 230
GoodOver: COLORADO RIVER
1.4 MI SOUTH OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,926
SH 95
GoodOver: PINEY CREEK
2.1 MI N OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,728
SH 95
GoodOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
5.2 MI S OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,317
SH 95
GoodOver: WILLOW CREEK
3.9 MI S OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,767
FM 535
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK
3.6 MI W OF FM 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 741
FM 535
GoodOver: PINEY CREEK
0.7 MI NW OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 741
FM 153
GoodOver: PIN OAK CREEK
1.8 MI E OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,241
FM 535
GoodOver: WALNUT CREEK
6.3 MI E OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 880
FM 535
GoodOver: DRAW
1.6 MI E OF TRAVIS C/L, Bastrop, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,391
FM 535
GoodOver: DRAW
2.2 MI E OF TRAVIS C/L, Bastrop, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,391
FM 535
GoodOver: DRAW
3.5 MI E OF TRAVIS C/L, Bastrop, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,391
FM 696
GoodOver: DRAW
2.8 MI N OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,689
FM 696
GoodOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
1.2 MI N OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,803
FM 812
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.3 MI SE OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,110
FM 2571
GoodOver: REEDS CREEK
3.7 MI E OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,001
LOWER ELGIN RD
GoodOver: WILBARGER CREEK
2.3 MI NE OF FM 969, Bastrop, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 459
COON NECK RD
GoodOver: WILBARGER CREEK BRANCH
0.7 MI SE OF FM 1704, Bastrop, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 420
La Cascada Pass
GoodOver: Big Sandy Crk Trib
0.3 Mi W of CR 356, Bastrop, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250
MOUNT OLIVE RD
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.5 MI W OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90
RACCOON ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE SANDY CREEK TRIB
0.17 MI S OF CR 90, Bastrop, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
LOWER RED ROCK RD
GoodOver: WALNUT CREEK
3.9 MI S OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 124
UPPER ELGIN RIV RD
GoodOver: WILBARGER CREEK
4.8 MI N OF FM 969, Bastrop, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 525
STOCKDALE RANCH RD
GoodOver: WEST YEGUA CREEK
0.4 MI N OF PAINT CRK RD, Bastrop, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
GOTIER TRACE
GoodOver: ALUM CREEK
2.6 MI N OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
Gotier Trace Rd
GoodOver: W Fork Gravelly Creek
1.8 Mi NE of Antioch Rd, Bastrop, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
FRERICH RD
GoodOver: PIN OAK CREEK
1.3 MI W OF FM 2014, Bastrop, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120
CR 162
GoodOver: PAINT CREEK
6.2 MI E OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200
LINCOLN LAKE RD
GoodOver: BLUFF CREEK
0.65 MI N OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70
CR 168 (LEE CO RD)
GoodOver: DRAW
4.2 MI NW OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
SAYERS ROAD
GoodOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
0.8 MI S OF SH 95, Bastrop, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180
BOWIE DR
GoodOver: ALUM CREEK
0.11 MI NW OF CR 139, Bastrop, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
ALUM CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: ALUM CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.4 MI N OF SH 71, Bastrop, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150
CR 194 (Hector Rd)
GoodOver: Gravelly Creek
1.1 MI E OF FM 2104, Bastrop, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
CR 196(ST DELIGHT)
GoodOver: PIN OAK CREEK
4.4 MI S OF US 290, Bastrop, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60
WATTERSON RD
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
1.1 MI S OF SH 304, Bastrop, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 777
WILSON ROAD
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
0.65 MI SW OF FM 812, Bastrop, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60
WATTS LN
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.1 MI S OF SH 21, Bastrop, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,950
PETTYTOWN RD
GoodOver: UPPER ELM CREEK
3.6 MI SE OF SANDHILLS RD, Bastrop, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
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