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.
Good-condition bridges (79)
CR 411
GoodOver: LOST CREEK
0.85 MI W OF CR 425, Brown, TX
Built 1989 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
US 84
GoodOver: DELAWARE CREEK
1.25 MI SE OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,139
US 84
GoodOver: DRAW
0.45 MI NW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,409
US 67
GoodOver: DELAWARE CREEK RELIEF
1.75 MI NE OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,869
US 67
GoodOver: DRAIN
1.20 MI SW OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,901
US 67
GoodOver: DRAW
0.7 MI NE OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,807
US 67
GoodOver: DRAW
5.5 MI SW OF FM 1467 W, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,310
US 183
GoodOver: DRAW
0.1 MI SE OF FM 583, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,314
US 183
GoodOver: DRAW
0.55 MI S OF FM 583, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,314
US 183
GoodOver: DRAW
1.2 MI S OF FM 583, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,314
US 183
GoodOver: DRAW
0.2 MI S OF FM 1689, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,634
US 377
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY
7.85 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,170
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
2.05 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,685
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
1.50 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,685
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
0.55 MI N OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,685
SH 279
GoodOver: ROCKY CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.80 MI W OF FM 2632, Brown, TX
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,606
SH 279
GoodOver: PANTHER CREEK
9.10 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,297
FM 1850
GoodOver: BRIAR CREEK
0.05 MI E OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 351
FM 586
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.50 MI NW OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 301
FM 586
GoodOver: DRAW
0.25 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 202
FM 1467
GoodOver: DRAW
1.15 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 322
FM 1467
GoodOver: DRAW
2.75 MI S OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 227
FM 2940
GoodOver: RED RIVER TRIBUTARY
0.50 MI E OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 123
FM 2940
GoodOver: RED RIVER
3.00 MI NE OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 123
FM 3100
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
4.55 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 137
FM 3100
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
6.35 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 137
FM 3100
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
7.65 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 137
FM 3100
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
7.85 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 137
CR 105
GoodOver: BRIAR CREEK
3.15 MI N OF FM 2492, Brown, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 120
CR 105
GoodOver: PANTHER CREEK
0.75 MI NE OF FM 1850, Brown, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
CR 171
GoodOver: Draw
1.80 MI N OF FM 586, Brown, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
CR 291
GoodOver: DRY BLANKET CREEK
0.60 MI W OF FM 590, Brown, TX
Built 1995 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
CR 321
GoodOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.20 MI E OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1989 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
CR 354
GoodOver: SALT CREEK
0.50 MI E OF FM 3100, Brown, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 70
CORDELL ST
GoodOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.90 MI NE OF FM 2524, Brown, TX
Built 1995 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 620
FOURTH ST
GoodOver: S FK WILLIS CREEK
0.10 MI N OF WOOD AVE, Brown, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,521
LONGHORN DR
GoodOver: DELAWARE CREEK
0.20 MI W OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 260
SH 279
GoodOver: EAST HOLLOWAY CREEK
1.80 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,250
FM 2273
GoodOver: DRAW
0.40 MI E OF FM 2559, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 390
CR 132
GoodOver: DRAW
0.15 MI E OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 146
GoodOver: DRAW
0.45 MI W OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 160
CR 225
GoodOver: DRAW
2.30 MI NE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
FM 2273
GoodOver: ROUGH BRANCH
2.20 MI SE OF FM 2559, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 390
FM 586
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK BRANCH
1.05 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 202
FM 586
GoodOver: INDIAN CREEK
6.95 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 780
FM 2125
GoodOver: PECAN BAYOU TRIBUTARY
2.25 MI N OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 723
CR 294
GoodOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.55 MI E OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1983 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
US 84
GoodOver: STEPPES CREEK
3.85 MI SE OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,409
FM 2376
GoodOver: Willis Creek
0.8 miles North of FM 45, Brown, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000
FM 585
GoodOver: JIM NED CREEK
3.50 MI S OF FM 1850, Brown, TX
Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120
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