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Bexar County, TX

2,342 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55% rated Good, 44.7% Fair, 0.3% Poor.

2,342
Public bridges
55%
Good condition
0.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Bexar County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.

Top 37%
lowest Poor share in state
0.3%
Poor-condition share
2,342
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Bexar County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bexar County ranks #91 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.3%). Bexar County, Texas contains 2,342 public highway bridges. Roughly 55% are rated “Good,” 44.7% “Fair,” and 0.3% “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

2,342

Public highway bridges in Bexar County

Good condition

55%

1,288 of 2,342 rated 7-9

Fair condition

44.7%

1,048 of 2,342 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0.3%

6 of 2,342 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#91 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 2,342 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
55% (1,288)
Fair
44.7% (1,048)
Poor
0.3% (6)

Bexar County's Poor-condition bridges carry 44,847 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 7,475 crossings a day against 24,169 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 2,342 of 2,342 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.8% of Bexar County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

814 of the 2,342 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 55% 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 63.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

IH 410 SB over Spur 117 (S WW White Rd), built 1966, carries 28,666 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 44,847 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Bexar County's bridges were built

2,342 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 463 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Texas average (1980).

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Bexar County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1991 is 8 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Bexar County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Dallas County 3,230 1%
Tarrant County 2,617 0.4%
Bexar County (this page) 2,342 0.3%
Travis County 1,544 0.2%
Williamson County 1,170 0.3%
Collin County 1,127 0.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (2,342 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1983 here).

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

All 2,342 Good 1,288 Fair 1,048 Poor 6

All bridges (2,342)

SH 151 ML

Good

Over: LP 1604 ML

@ SH 151 / LP 1604 INT, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 68,857

SH 151 WB

Good

Over: LP 1604 SBFR

0.07 MI W OF LP 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,000

SH 151 EB

Good

Over: LP 1604 SBFR

0.07 MI W OF LP 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,000

SH 211

Good

Over: PROTRANCA CREEK

0.800 MI NW of FM 1957, Bexar, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,800

BABCOCK RD

Good

Over: DRAW

2.15 MI SE OF SCENIC LP, Bexar, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,490

Old Fredericksburg

Good

Over: Drain A

0.15 MI E OF IH 10, Bexar, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,510

BULVERDE RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.7 MI E OF US 281, Bexar, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,753

ELMENDORF LAVERNIA

Good

Over: CALAVERAS CREEK

0.70 MI W OF STUART RD, Bexar, TX

Built 1926 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 394

Evans Rd.

Good

Over: Tributary #3

2.4 MI E of Bulverde Rd, Bexar, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,396

PEARSALL ROAD

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

1.5 MI N. OF I-35, Bexar, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,623

SHEPHERD RD

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

1.1 MI N OF IH 35, Bexar, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,476

SHEPHERD RD

Good

Over: BLACK HILL BRANCH

0.4 MI N OF IH 35, Bexar, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,882

Masterson Rd.

Good

Over: Big Sous Creek

1.4 MI S OF US 90, Bexar, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

NEW WORLD DR

Good

Over: MARTINEZ CREEK

0.05 MI S OF MONTGOMERY, Bexar, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,973

BOERNE STAGE RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.6 MI W OF IH 10, Bexar, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,665

Elm Forrest

Good

Over: Medio Creek Tributary

0.03 MI SW OF TALLEY RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,490

ELLISON DR

Good

Over: MEDIO CREEK

1.10 MI E OF ASH FIELD DR, Bexar, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,231

TRIANA PARKWAY

Good

Over: LOS REYES CREEK

150 EAST OF SH 16, Bexar, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

Ranch View East

Good

Over: Culebra Crk. / Leon Crk.

0.75 Mi. SW. of FM 471, Bexar, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,000

Ranch Bend

Good

Over: Culebra Trib. F/Leon Crk

0.5 MI. SW. of FM 471, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

GROSS LANE

Good

Over: MEDINA RIVER

0.2 MI S OF MECHLER RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 671

W MILITARY DR EB

Good

Over: MEDIO CREEK

1.55 MI W OF LOOP 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,997

SMITH RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.28 MI W OF HWY 16, Bexar, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 700

SMITH RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.27 MI W OF HWY 16, Bexar, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,438

S KELLER RD

Good

Over: POLECAT CREEK

0.4MI S OF MACDONALACOSTE, Bexar, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

S KELLER RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.55MI S OF MACDONA-LACOS, Bexar, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400

WISDOM RD

Good

Over: POLECAT CREEK

0.01MI S OF MACDONA-LACOS, Bexar, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 911

MACDONA-LACOSTE RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.40 MI E OF FM 2790, Bexar, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,077

Alamo Ranch Pkwy.

Good

Over: Westwood Loop

0.3 MI W OF SL 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,100

TRAINER HALE ROAD

Good

Over: WOMAN HOLLERING CREEK

0.4 Miles NE FM 1518, Bexar, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 410

CANYON GOLF RD

Good

Over: DRAW

0.80 MI N OF OVERLOOK PKW, Bexar, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

OVERLOOK PKWY

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

1.05 MI W OF US 281, Bexar, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,000

FOSSIL RIDGE

Good

Over: DRAW

0.50 MI NW OF EVANS RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

MILL PARK

Good

Over: DRAW

0.01 MI NE OF GALM RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

STEVENS PKWY

Good

Over: DRAW

0.50 MI N OF FM 1957, Bexar, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 532

DUSTY CANYON

Good

Over: ELM WATERHOLE CREEK

0.25 MI S OF EVANS RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,753

TPC PARKWAY

Good

Over: ELM WATERHOLE CREEK BR

0.10 MI E OF BULVERDE RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000

TRINITY PARK

Good

Over: ELM WATERHOLE CREEK

0.01 MI NE OF BULVERDE RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

BULVERDE GREEN

Good

Over: DRAW

0.6MI S OF WILDERNESS OAK, Bexar, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

BULVERDE OAK

Good

Over: ELM WATERHOLE CREEK

0.10 MI E OF BULVERDE RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

WILD PINE

Good

Over: DRAW

0.01 MI W OF LONE STAR PK, Bexar, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

NB CONN TO AIRPORT

Good

Over: AIRPORT BLVD

US 281 AT IH 410, Bexar, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,000

AMIRES PLACE

Good

Over: ZARZAMORA CREEK

0.20 MI W OF 36TH ST, Bexar, TX

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 731

APPLEWHITE RD

Good

Over: LEON CREEK

1.1 MI N OF WATSON RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,409

APPLEWHITE RD

Good

Over: MEDINA RIVER

1.85 MI N OF LOOP 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,467

BABCOCK RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.7 MI S OF HAUSMAN RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,830

BABCOCK RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.0 MI S OF HAUSMAN RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,450

BABCOCK RD

Good

Over: LEON CREEK

0.8 MI S OF HAUSMAN RD, Bexar, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,546

Babcock Rd.

Good

Over: Maverick Crk Crossing1

2.8 MI. North of Loop 160, Bexar, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,182

Babcock Rd.

Good

Over: Maverick Crk Crossing3

2.4 MI North of Loop 1604, Bexar, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,182

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