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)
CR 411
FairOver: DRAW
0.40 MI E OF CR 424, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CR 411
FairOver: E HOLLOWAY CREEK
0.20 MI E OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
CR 417
FairOver: ELM CREEK
1.40 MI NW OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 417
FairOver: HOG CREEK
3.25 MI N OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 417
FairOver: DRAW
4.05 MI N OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 417
FairOver: DRAW
2.80 MI N OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 425
FairOver: BLEDSOE BRANCH
1.20 MI S OF FM 583, Brown, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 428
FairOver: LOST CREEK
1.80 MI E OF FM 583, Brown, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 487
FairOver: DRAW
2.05 MI N OF FM 1689, Brown, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
COLEMAN AVE
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.45 MI S OF FM 3254, Brown, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,640
CORDELL ST
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.40 MI NE OF FM 3254, Brown, TX
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,660
FISK AVE
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.10 MI S OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,424
FM 2273
FairOver: ELM CREEK
0.35 MI W OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 941
SF AUSTIN DR
FairOver: S FK WILLIS CREEK
0.53 MI E OF FM 3064, Brown, TX
Built 1941 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,000
US 183
FairOver: ELM CREEK
0.7 MI N OF FM 2273, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,530
CR 201
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
3.30 MI SW of FM 1176, Brown, TX
Built 2019 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 25
FM 2524
FairOver: WILLIAMS BRANCH
0.10 MI SW OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1967 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 8,082
FM 218
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
1.15 MI E OF US 84, Brown, TX
Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 414
FM 2492
FairOver: SAND CREEK
1.75 MI E OF FM 585, Brown, TX
Built 1962 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 209
FM 2126
FairOver: BNSF RAILROAD
0.85 MI S OF FM 2525, Brown, TX
Built 1943 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,246
CR 132
FairOver: BRIAR CREEK
0.30 MI S OF FM 1850, Brown, TX
Built 1945 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50
SH 279
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
4.25 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,297
FM 1467
FairOver: GAP CREEK
2.40 MI SE OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 333
FM 2125
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU TRIBUTARY
3.55 MI N OF SH 279, Brown, TX
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 723
US 67
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU SLOUGH NO. 1
0.20 MI NE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 21,839
US 84
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.30 MI NW OF MILLS C/L, Brown, TX
Built 1931 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,093
SH 279
FairOver: HOLLOWAY CREEK
2.95 MI S OF FM 2940, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,297
FM 1176
FairOver: W FORK CLEAR CREEK
8.40 MI W OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1958 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 150
FM 2524
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK
2.25 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 1933 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 6,919
FM 1467
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
1.9 MI S OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1961 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 322
US 377
FairOver: BNSF RR & CARNEGIE ST
1.15 MI S OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,387
US 377
FairOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.00 MI N OF MCULLOCH CL, Brown, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,664
FM 2524 AUSTIN AVE
FairOver: CARNEGIE BNSF RR
0.3 MI SE OF US 377, Brown, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,126
CR 105
FairOver: JIM NED CREEK
1.60 MI N OF FM 2492, Brown, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120
CR 598
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU SLOUGH
0.15 MI SW OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CC WOODSON
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
0.05 MI SW OF FM 2525, Brown, TX
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,148
US 377
FairOver: ADAMS BRANCH
0.20 MI SW OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1950 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 14,636
FM 583
FairOver: BLEDSOE BRANCH
3.20 MI W OF US 183, Brown, TX
Built 1930 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 130
CR 406
FairOver: HOG CREEK
0.65 MI S OF CR 411, Brown, TX
Built 1938 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 50
US 67 NB
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.6 MI NE OF FM 1467 E, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,053
US 67 SB
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.6 MI NE OF FM 1467 E, Brown, TX
Built 1957 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,016
SH 279
FairOver: ROCKY CREEK
3.10 MI W OF FM 2632, Brown, TX
Built 1934 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,606
CR 189
FairOver: W FK CLEAR CREEK
3.80 MI NE OF FM 1176, Brown, TX
Built 1946 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50
PITTS LN
FairOver: BLANKET CREEK
0.05 MI SW OF US 67, Brown, TX
Built 1929 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 280
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
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