Total bridges
152
Public highway bridges in Chambers County
County profile · official public datasets
Chambers County, TX
152 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.4% rated Good, 50.7% Fair, 2% Poor.
- 152
- Public bridges
- 47.4%
- Good condition
- 2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Chambers County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 180th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2%
- Poor-condition share
- 152
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Chambers County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chambers County ranks #180 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2%). Chambers County, Texas contains 152 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.4% are rated “Good,” 50.7% “Fair,” and 2% “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
47.4%
72 of 152 rated 7-9
Fair condition
50.7%
77 of 152 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2%
3 of 152 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#180 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 152 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 47.4% (72)
Fair 50.7% (77)
Poor 2% (3)
Chambers County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,165 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 388 crossings a day against 12,734 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 152 of 152 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42.8% of Chambers County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
65 of the 152 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 47.4% 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.
One structure carries 39% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
BAILEY RD over WHITES BAYOU (BARROW SL), built 1976, carries 454 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,165 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Chambers County's bridges were built
152 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
28 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
13 bridges
- 1980s 6
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
27 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
27 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
17 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 28 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Chambers County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Chambers County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1962 is 20 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County | 157 | 40.8% | 55.4% | 3.8% | 1967 |
| Callahan County | 153 | 46.4% | 53.6% | 0% | 1959 |
| Chambers County (this page) | 152 | 47.4% | 50.7% | 2% | 1982 |
| Wilbarger County | 151 | 47% | 50.3% | 2.6% | 1970 |
| Coleman County | 150 | 42% | 54.7% | 3.3% | 1951 |
| Kimble County | 149 | 53.7% | 46.3% | 0% | 1964 |
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 Chambers 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 Chambers County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (152 bridges here).
- Logan County, AR · 152 bridges
- Kosciusko County, IN · 152 bridges
- Muhlenberg County, KY · 152 bridges
- Clinton County, MO · 152 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (77)
FM 1406
FairOver: IH 10
4.9 MI E OF FM 1410, Chambers, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,190
OAK ISLAND RD
FairOver: IH 10
1.9 MI W OF FM 1406, Chambers, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 220
SH 73 WB
FairOver: IH 10
0.40 MI W of SH 124, Chambers, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,609
FM 1663
FairOver: WEST BRANCH DEVERS CANAL
3.1 MI E OF FM 1724, Chambers, TX
Built 1957 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 433
FM 1663
FairOver: WHITES BAYOU
0.5 MI E OF SH 61, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 452
FM 1663
FairOver: CROOKED BAYOU
1.1 MI E OF SH 61, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 452
FM 1663
FairOver: SWEET BAY BAYOU
0.95 MI W OF FM 1410, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 306
FM 1663
FairOver: EAST BRANCH DEVERS CANAL
0.50 MI W OF FM 1410, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 306
FM 1942
FairOver: CEDAR BAYOU
3.2 MI W OF SH 146, Chambers, TX
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,211
SH 61
FairOver: DRAW
0.45 MI N OF FM 1663, Chambers, TX
Built 1922 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,192
FM 562
FairOver: N FORK DOUBLE BAYOU
1.9 MI S OF SH 65, Chambers, TX
Built 1954 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,595
FAIRVIEW RD
FairOver: DOUBLE BAYOU
3.05 MI E OF FM 562, Chambers, TX
Built 1991 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 330
SH 61
FairOver: WHITES BAYOU
0.1 MI N OF FM 2041, Chambers, TX
Built 1959 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,805
SH 124
FairOver: BIG ELM BAYOU
0.2 MI S OF FM 1985, Chambers, TX
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,396
FM 565
FairOver: COTTON BAYOU
0.9 MI NE OF FM 3180, Chambers, TX
Built 2001 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,247
SH 146
FairOver: SMITHS GULLY
0.4 MI N OF IH 10, Chambers, TX
Built 1943 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 30,259
SH 61
FairOver: ALBRITTON GULLEY
0.5 MI S OF FM 1663, Chambers, TX
Built 1939 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,148
SH 73 EB
FairOver: SH 124
0.5 MI S OF IH 10, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,352
SH 73 WB
FairOver: SH 124
0.5 MI S OF IH 10, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,590
SH 73 EB
FairOver: Abandoned Railroad
0.3 MI E OF FM 1663, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,590
SH 73 WB
FairOver: Abandoned Railroad
0.3 MI E OF FM 1663, Chambers, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,590
FM 563
FairOver: TURTLE BAYOU
1.1 MI N OF FM 2041, Chambers, TX
Built 1963 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,557
FM 565
FairOver: HACKBERRY GULLY
0.5 MI NE OF FM 3180, Chambers, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,247
FM 1663
FairOver: BAUER DITCH 2
3.6 MI E OF FM 1410, Chambers, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 728
FM 1663
FairOver: RUSH DITCH
2.3 MI E OF FM 1410, Chambers, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 489
SH 99 EB
FairOver: CEDAR BAYOU
1.1 MI E OF SH 146, Chambers, TX
Built 1981 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10,144
SERVICE ROAD
FairOver: ONION BAYOU
RESERVOIR ROAD, Chambers, TX
Built 2005 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 1
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