Total bridges
370
Public highway bridges in Brazos County
County profile · official public datasets
Brazos County, TX
370 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 62.4% rated Good, 37.6% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 370
- Public bridges
- 62.4%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Brazos County pairs a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 1%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 370
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Brazos County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brazos County ranks #2 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Brazos County, Texas contains 370 public highway bridges. Roughly 62.4% are rated “Good,” 37.6% “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
62.4%
231 of 370 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37.6%
139 of 370 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 370 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#2 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 370 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 62.4% (231)
Fair 37.6% (139)
Poor 0% (0)
31.6% of Brazos County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
117 of the 370 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 62.4% 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 Brazos County's bridges were built
370 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 16
1930–1939
16 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 18
1950–1959
18 bridges
- 1960s 41
1960–1969
41 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
51 bridges
- 1980s 20
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
53 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
106 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
43 bridges
- 2020s 21
2020–2029
21 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 106 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 9 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Brazos County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Brazos County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 7 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb County | 383 | 49.6% | 48.8% | 1.6% | 1977 |
| Wharton County | 372 | 52.2% | 44.4% | 3.5% | 1983 |
| Fayette County | 371 | 44.7% | 52.3% | 3% | 1975 |
| Brazos County (this page) | 370 | 62.4% | 37.6% | 0% | 1989 |
| Cameron County | 355 | 62% | 37.5% | 0.6% | 1992 |
| Parker County | 350 | 49.7% | 49.1% | 1.1% | 1985 |
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 Brazos 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 Brazos County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (370 bridges here).
- Collier County, FL · 370 bridges
- Lee County, IL · 371 bridges
- Genesee County, MI · 371 bridges
- Carroll County, MO · 371 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1989 here).
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Dubuque County, IA · avg 1989 · 346 bridges
- Vernon County, LA · avg 1989 · 341 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (231)
BECK ST
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD BRANCH
0.5 MI E OF FM 2818, Brazos, TX
Built 2007 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 200
US 190 EFR
GoodOver: THOMPSON BRANCH
0.55 MI SE OF FM 2818, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
US 190
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.55 MI SE OF FM 974, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 31,014
US 190 EFR
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.6 MI SE OF FM 974, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,780
SH 6 WFR
GoodOver: SEWER CREEK
0.8 MI SE OF FM 158, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,760
FM 1179
GoodOver: SEWER CREEK
0.1 MI SW OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 21,083
SH 6 EFR
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.05 MI N OF SH 30, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,420
SH 21
GoodOver: BRAZOS RIVER RELIEF
0.35 MI W OF FM 50, Brazos, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 16,154
US 190 WB
GoodOver: SAND CREEK RELIEF
2.95 MI SW OF FM 974, Brazos, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,138
OSR
GoodOver: SNAKE BRANCH
5.25 MI NE OF FM 46, Brazos, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 303
OSR
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK RELIEF
1.9 MI NE OF FM 46, Brazos, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 856
FM 974
GoodOver: WICKSON CREEK
5.45 MI N OF US 190, Brazos, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 538
FM 2154
GoodOver: PEACH CREEK
5.0 MI S OF FM 2818, Brazos, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,203
FM 159
GoodOver: BIG CREEK
5.62 MI S OF FM 2154, Brazos, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 419
FM 159
GoodOver: BIG CREEK
7.03 MI S OF FM 2154, Brazos, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 472
SH 40 WB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
1.8 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 WB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK RELIEF NO 2
1.3 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 WB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK RELIEF NO 1
0.6 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 EB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
1.8 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 EB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK RELIEF NO 2
1.3 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 EB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK RELIEF NO 1
0.7 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
SH 40 EB
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK RELIEF NO 1
0.5 MI W OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
FM 50
GoodOver: MOORINGS SLOUGH
0.45 MI N OF FM 1687, Brazos, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 930
FM 1179
GoodOver: BURTON CREEK
0.3 MI NE OF BS 6, Brazos, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25,469
FM 1179
GoodOver: BURTON CREEK BRANCH
0.1 MI SW OF BS 6, Brazos, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 23,220
FM 1179
GoodOver: SMALL CREEK
0.6 MI NE OF SH 47, Brazos, TX
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,246
FM 2818
GoodOver: BEE CREEK
0.9 MI SW OF BS 6, Brazos, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30,963
SH 30
GoodOver: DRAW
0.47 MI NE OF SH 6, Brazos, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,771
FM 2818 SB
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD BRANCH
0.7 MI SE OF SH 21, Brazos, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,968
FM 2818
GoodOver: THOMPSON BRANCH
2.15 MI NW OF SH 21, Brazos, TX
Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,229
FM 2818 NB
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD BRANCH
0.7 MI SE OF SH 21, Brazos, TX
Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,968
SH 47 NB
GoodOver: TRIB OF THOMPSON CREEK
0.4 MI NW OF FM 1688, Brazos, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,372
SH 47 SB
GoodOver: TRIB OF THOMPSON CREEK
0.3 MI NW OF FM 1688, Brazos, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,372
SH 47
GoodOver: TRIB OF THOMPSON CREEK
0.4 MI NW OF FM 1688, Brazos, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,744
MACEY RD
GoodOver: MCDONALD CREEK
1.6 MI S OF OSR, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 629
MACEY RD
GoodOver: LITTLE CEDAR CR RELIEF
2.45 MI S OF OSR, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 629
MACEY RD
GoodOver: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK
2.5 MI S OF OSR, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 629
HARDY WEEDON RD
GoodOver: BRUSHY CREEK RELIEF
1.25 MI NE OF SH 30, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,150
HARDY WEEDON RD
GoodOver: BRUSHY CREEK
1.20 MI NE OF SH 30, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,150
MUMFORD RD
GoodOver: STILL CREEK
0.50 MI NW OF SH 21, Brazos, TX
Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 130
BRITTEN RD
GoodOver: THOMPSON CREEK TRIB
1.30 MI SW OF FM 1687, Brazos, TX
Built 1991 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 114
TECHNOLOGY LP
GoodOver: RESEARCH PARK LAKE
0.11 MI SW OF FM 60, Brazos, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 200
JOHN KIMBROUGH BLV
GoodOver: WHITE CREEK
0.46 MI SE OF FM 60, Brazos, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,500
BARBARA BUSH DR
GoodOver: WHITE CREEK
0.31 MI NW OF FM 2347, Brazos, TX
Built 2009 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 500
E VILLA MARIA RD
GoodOver: BRIAR CREEK
1.10 MI N OF FM 1179, Brazos, TX
Built 1973 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,000
COPPERFIELD DR
GoodOver: HUDSON CREEK
0.25 MI NE OF FM 158, Brazos, TX
Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000
S TRADITIONS DR
GoodOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.5 MI S OF FM 1179, Brazos, TX
Built 2004 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 500
AUSTINS COLONY PKW
GoodOver: CARTERS CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.65 MI NW OF FM 158, Brazos, TX
Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,000
GEORGE BUSH DR
GoodOver: WOLF PEN CREEK
0.1 MI SE OF HARVEY RD, Brazos, TX
Built 2002 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,000
VICTORIA AVE
GoodOver: LICK CREEK BRANCH
0.2 MI SE OF GRAHAM RD, Brazos, TX
Built 2002 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 500
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