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)
FM 2632
FairOver: JIM NED BRANCH
2.45 MI NW OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,012
SH 206
FairOver: DINNER CREEK
0.05 MI SW OF CALLAHAN CL, Brown, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,472
FM 3021
FairOver: ROUGH CREEK
0.75 MI NE OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 675
CR 357
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.05 MI E OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 150
BEAVER ST
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.05 MI NW OF FM 2524, Brown, TX
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,640
FOURTH ST
FairOver: W FK WILLIS CREEK
0.35 MI N OF WOOD AVE, Brown, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,428
US 67
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
0.55 MI NE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,522
US 377
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK RELIEF
6.15 MI NE OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,087
SH 279
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU RELIEF #2
4.05 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,297
SH 279
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU RELIEF #1
4.10 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,297
FM 586
FairOver: DRAW
4.80 MI NW OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 102
FM 586
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK TRIBUTARY
9.05 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
FM 1467
FairOver: BERRY BRANCH
1.30 MI E OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 333
FM 1467
FairOver: GAP CREEK BRANCH
3.00 MI SE OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 333
FM 2126
FairOver: DRAW
0.25 MI NE OF FM 45, Brown, TX
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,523
FM 2524
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.20 MI SW OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,082
FM 2559
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
4.10 MI N OF PR 15, Brown, TX
Built 1961 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 169
FM 3100
FairOver: DRAW
0.75 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 787
CR 103
FairOver: DRAW
0.15 MI S OF FM 2492, Brown, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
CR 146
FairOver: LOVE BRANCH
0.55 MI W OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 160
CR 147
FairOver: DRAW
2.10 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
CR 147
FairOver: DRAW
2.50 MI N OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
CR 153
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
0.30 MI E OF CR 190, Brown, TX
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
CR 191
FairOver: W FK CLEAR CREEK
0.90 MI E OF CR 155, Brown, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 189
FairOver: DRAW
0.10 MI N OF FM 1176, Brown, TX
Built 1946 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 192
FairOver: DRAW
0.50 MI N OF CR 189, Brown, TX
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 203
FairOver: DRAW
0.30 MI SE OF FM 1176, Brown, TX
Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 214
FairOver: CONNEY BRANCH
2.90 MI S OF CR 225, Brown, TX
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 225
FairOver: DRAW
0.90 MI S OF CR 232, Brown, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 226
FairOver: DRAW
0.70 MI NE OF FM 586, Brown, TX
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 228
FairOver: DRAW
2.80 MI NE OF FM 586, Brown, TX
Built 1945 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 228
FairOver: DRAW
1.60 MI N OF FM 586, Brown, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 229
FairOver: DRAW
0.50 MI SW OF FM 586, Brown, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: MARS BRANCH
7.55 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: MACKINALLY CREEK
7.30 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: DRAW
6.70 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1944 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: DRAW
6.55 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1946 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: DRAW
4.55 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 267 (ELKINS RD)
FairOver: DRAW
0.60 MI SE OF FM 2126, Brown, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 231
CR 269
FairOver: DRAW
0.55 MI S OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1944 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 292
FairOver: STEPPS CREEK
2.45 MI E OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 260
CR 321
FairOver: DRAW
0.65 MI W OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1920 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 620
FairOver: DRAW
0.10 MI SW OF FM 1467, Brown, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
CR 369
FairOver: BERRY BRANCH
0.20 MI W OF FM 3100, Brown, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 372
FairOver: GAP CREEK
2.90 MI E OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 372
FairOver: BERRY CREEK
1.80 MI E OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 405
FairOver: ELM CREEK RELIEF
0.80 MI NW OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
CR 405
FairOver: ELM CREEK
0.90 MI NW OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
CR 406
FairOver: ROUGH BRANCH
0.80 MI N OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
CR 406
FairOver: HOG CREEK RELIEF
0.60 MI S OF CR 411, Brown, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
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