Total bridges
223
Public highway bridges in Brown County
County profile · official public datasets
Brown County, TX
223 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.4% rated Good, 64.6% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 223
- Public bridges
- 35.4%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Brown County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 223
- public highway bridges
- 1955
- 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.
Brown County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Brown County ranks #5 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Brown County, Texas contains 223 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.4% are rated “Good,” 64.6% “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
35.4%
79 of 223 rated 7-9
Fair condition
64.6%
144 of 223 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 223 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#5 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 223 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 35.4% (79)
Fair 64.6% (144)
Poor 0% (0)
78% of Brown County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
174 of the 223 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 35.4% 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 Brown County's bridges were built
223 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
84 bridges
- 1940s 30
1940–1949
30 bridges
- 1950s 29
1950–1959
29 bridges
- 1960s 23
1960–1969
23 bridges
- 1970s 9
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s 12
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 84 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 37.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1955, 25 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Brown County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Brown County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1955 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 25 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | 232 | 38.8% | 57.8% | 3.4% | 1989 |
| Comal County | 231 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 0% | 1984 |
| Liberty County | 231 | 48.9% | 48.9% | 2.2% | 1984 |
| Brown County (this page) | 223 | 35.4% | 64.6% | 0% | 1955 |
| Live Oak County | 217 | 50.2% | 47.9% | 1.8% | 1967 |
| Henderson County | 216 | 43.1% | 56.5% | 0.5% | 1978 |
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 Brown 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 Brown County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (223 bridges here).
- Woodford County, IL · 223 bridges
- Ford County, KS · 223 bridges
- Hardin County, KY · 223 bridges
- Stanton County, NE · 223 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1955 here).
- Beadle County, SD · avg 1955 · 152 bridges
- Boone County, IA · avg 1955 · 135 bridges
- Bath County, VA · avg 1955 · 73 bridges
- Hamilton County, KS · avg 1955 · 68 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (223)
MORRIS SHEPPARD DR
FairOver: S FK WILLIS CREEK
0.5 MI E OF FM 3064, Brown, TX
Built 1950 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 5,000
COVERED BRIDGE LN
FairOver: DRAW
0.2 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 2001 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 50
CR 306
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
1.00 MI E OF FM 590, Brown, TX
Built 1936 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 50
MILAM DR
FairOver: S FK WILLIS CREEK
0.8 MI E OF BURNETT DR, Brown, TX
Built 1950 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 5,000
CR 114
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.95 MI W OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1936 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 100
CR 105
FairOver: DRAW
0.30 MI NE OF FM 1850, Brown, TX
Built 1936 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 50
FM 45
FairOver: SOUTH WILLIS CREEK
1.30 MI E OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,867
CR 261
FairOver: BEE BRANCH
0.50 MI S OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1943 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 180
US 67 / 84
FairOver: E FORK SAND CREEK
0.80 MI E OF COLEMAN C/L, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,020
US 67 / 84
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
2.70 MI E OF FM 1849, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,193
US 67 / 84
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
2.85 MI E OF FM 1849, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,193
US 67 / 84
FairOver: WILLIAMS BRANCH
0.65 MI W OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,175
US 67
FairOver: STEPPES CREEK
4.05 MI SW OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,901
US 67
FairOver: DRAIN
2.75 MI SW OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,901
US 67
FairOver: DRAIN
1.25 MI SW OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,901
US 67
FairOver: DELAWARE CRK
1.65 MI NE OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,869
US 67 SB
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.20 MI SW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,926
US 183
FairOver: DRAW
4.30 MI SE OF EASTLAND CL, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,972
US 183
FairOver: DRAW
0.5 MI S OF FM 1689, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,634
US 183
FairOver: HOG CREEK
1.7 MI S OF FM 1689, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,530
US 183
FairOver: DRAW
0.05 MI S OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,077
US 183
FairOver: RED HOLE CREEK
3.75 MI SW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,481
US 183
FairOver: SALT CREEK
4.90 MI SW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,481
US 183
FairOver: DRAW
6.50 MI SW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,481
US 183
FairOver: DRAW
7.0 MI S OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,481
US 377
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK
3.55 MI S OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,266
US 377
FairOver: DRAW
5.40 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,685
US 377
FairOver: DRAW
2.20 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,685
US 377
FairOver: DRAW
6.95 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,170
FM 3064
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK
1.85 MI NE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,580
SH 279
FairOver: JIM NED BRANCH
1.10 MI W OF FM 2632, Brown, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,606
SH 279
FairOver: DRY CREEK
3.20 MI N OF FM 3021, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,335
SH 279
FairOver: LAKE BROWNWOOD
1.20 MI NE OF FM 3021, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,335
SH 279
FairOver: DRAW
0.50 MI S OF CALLAHAN CL, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,608
SH 279
FairOver: DRAW
5.15 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,297
SH 279
FairOver: DRAW
6.35 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,297
FM 583
FairOver: DRAW
6.10 MI NW OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 130
FM 583
FairOver: DRAW
3.60 MI W OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 130
FM 583
FairOver: DRAW
0.15 MI N OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 583
FairOver: DRAW
1.05 MI S OF EASTLAND CL, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 583
FairOver: W FORK HOG CREEK
6.60 MI NW OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 128
FM 585
FairOver: SAND CREEK
3.10 MI NW OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 189
FM 585
FairOver: SAND CREEK BRANCH
4.80 MI NW OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 189
FM 585
FairOver: BRIAR CREEK
0.80 MI N OF FM 1850, Brown, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 103
FM 1467
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
3.25 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 241
FM 1176
FairOver: W FORK CLEAR CREEK TRIB
9.20 MI W OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 150
FM 2492
FairOver: SAND CREEK RELIEF
1.80 MI E OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 209
FM 2273
FairOver: HOG CREEK
0.50 MI E OF FM 2559, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 390
FM 2525
FairOver: DELAWARE CREEK
2.85 MI SE OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,315
FM 2559
FairOver: DRAW
0.70 MI N OF PR 15, Brown, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 169
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