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Burleson County, TX

122 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 50% rated Good, 46.7% Fair, 3.3% Poor.

122
Public bridges
50%
Good condition
3.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Burleson County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

217th
of 247 on Poor share
3.3%
Poor-condition share
122
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Burleson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Burleson County ranks #217 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.3%). Burleson County, Texas contains 122 public highway bridges. Roughly 50% are rated “Good,” 46.7% “Fair,” and 3.3% “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.

Total bridges

122

Public highway bridges in Burleson County

Good condition

50%

61 of 122 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.7%

57 of 122 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.3%

4 of 122 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#217 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 122 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
50% (61)
Fair
46.7% (57)
Poor
3.3% (4)

Burleson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 520 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 130 crossings a day against 2,256 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 122 of 122 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.4% of Burleson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

70 of the 122 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 50% 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.

One structure carries 48.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CR 310 over DAVIDSON CREEK, built 1940, carries 250 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 520 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Burleson County's bridges were built

122 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1974, 6 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Burleson County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Texas counties nearest Burleson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.3% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Burleson County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Willacy County 124 0%
Maverick County 122 0.8%
Burleson County (this page) 122 3.3%
Duval County 121 0.8%
Madison County 121 3.3%
Wood County 120 1.7%

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 Burleson 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 Burleson County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (122 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1974 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 122 Good 61 Fair 57 Poor 4

All bridges (122)

CR 138

Good

Over: EAST YEGUA CREEK

1.6 MI W OF FM 111, Burleson, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 324

Good

Over: PORTER BRANCH

2.0 MI SW OF FM 908, Burleson, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90

CR 319

Good

Over: PORTER BRANCH

1.4 MI W OF FM 908, Burleson, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140

CR 272

Good

Over: SMALL CREEK

0.5 MI NE OF FM 2155, Burleson, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 56

CR 333

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

6.0 MI SW OF FM 2000, Burleson, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

CR 377

Good

Over: DAVIDSON CREEK

1.2 MI N OF SH 36, Burleson, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 240

CR 440

Good

Over: OLD RIVER

1.5 MI NE OF FM 50, Burleson, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CR 201

Good

Over: DAVIDSON CREEK RELIEF

3.47 MI E OF SH 36, Burleson, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

CR 423

Good

Over: DAVIDSON CREEK

3.4 MI E OF SH 36, Burleson, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

CR 126

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.9 MI S OF FM 975, Burleson, TX

Built 2002 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100

SH 36

Good

Over: YEGUA CREEK

AT THE WASHINGTON C/L, Burleson, TX

Built 1971 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 10,420

CR 264

Good

Over: BUTLER BAYOU

1.8 MI NE OF FM 50, Burleson, TX

Built 1995 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 180

FM 50

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

5.0 MI SE OF FM 60, Burleson, TX

Built 1974 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,026

FM 50

Good

Over: KOUNTZ BAYOU

3.5 MI S OF FM 1361, Burleson, TX

Built 1974 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,919

FM 696

Good

Over: HOOKERS CREEK

3.3 MI NW OF SH 21, Burleson, TX

Built 1987 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 494

FM 696

Good

Over: EAST YEGUA CREEK

5.6 MI W OF SH 21, Burleson, TX

Built 1967 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 593

FM 50

Good

Over: OLD RIVER

1.8 MI N OF FM 1361, Burleson, TX

Built 1974 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,026

CR 319

Good

Over: PORTER BRANCH

0.9 MI W OF FM 908, Burleson, TX

Built 2006 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 100

CR 146

Poor

Over: BIRCH CREEK

0.7 MI W OF FM 60, Burleson, TX

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

CR 310

Poor

Over: DAVIDSON CREEK

1.42 MI W OF FM 1363, Burleson, TX

Built 1940 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 250

CR 244

Poor

Over: DEEP CREEK

3.7 MI NE OF FM 3058, Burleson, TX

Built 1950 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 100

MALLARD RD

Poor

Over: BERRY CREEK

2.55 MI W OF FM 3058, Burleson, TX

Built 1928 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 70

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.