Total bridges
231
Public highway bridges in Comal County
County profile · official public datasets
Comal County, TX
231 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 75.8% rated Good, 24.2% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 231
- Public bridges
- 75.8%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Comal County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 231
- public highway bridges
- 1984
- 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.
Comal County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Comal County ranks #4 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Comal County, Texas contains 231 public highway bridges. Roughly 75.8% are rated “Good,” 24.2% “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
75.8%
175 of 231 rated 7-9
Fair condition
24.2%
56 of 231 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 231 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#4 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 231 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 75.8% (175)
Fair 24.2% (56)
Poor 0% (0)
40.3% of Comal County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
93 of the 231 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 75.8% 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 Comal County's bridges were built
231 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 22
1930–1939
22 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
47 bridges
- 1970s 17
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s 13
1980–1989
13 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
59 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
36 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 59 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Comal County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Comal County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Patricio County | 235 | 47.7% | 50.6% | 1.7% | 1978 |
| Eastland County | 234 | 40.6% | 58.1% | 1.3% | 1965 |
| Montague County | 234 | 47% | 50.4% | 2.6% | 1985 |
| Washington County | 232 | 38.8% | 57.8% | 3.4% | 1989 |
| Liberty County | 231 | 48.9% | 48.9% | 2.2% | 1984 |
| Comal County (this page) | 231 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 0% | 1984 |
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 Comal 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 Comal County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (231 bridges here).
- Saline County, AR · 231 bridges
- Jones County, IA · 231 bridges
- Clay County, KS · 231 bridges
- Panola County, MS · 231 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (231)
LOOP 337
FairOver: UP RR & LANDA RD
1.40 MI N OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1971 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 23,811
LOOP 337 NB
FairOver: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
0.6 MI N OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1971 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 23,811
SH 46 (LP 337) EB
FairOver: UP RR & GRUENE LOOP
2.5 MI NW OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1967 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 18,852
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
0.5 MI SW OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112,918
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: WATER HOLE CREEK
3.5 MI NE OF FM 306, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112,918
IH 35 ML & WFR
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK
3.2 MI N OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112,918
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: DRAW
2.5 MI N OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112,918
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: YORK CREEK BRANCH
0.2 MI N OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 93,000
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: WATER HOLE CREEK BRANCH
3.2 MI NE OF FM 306, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112,918
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: DRAW
8.9 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 105,026
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: DRAW
2.7 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 107,078
IH 35 ML & FR
FairOver: DRAW
0.6 MI SW OF FM 475, Comal, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 105,937
FM 482
FairOver: DRAW
0.25 MI SW OF IH 35 FRTG, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,339
FM 482
FairOver: SOLMS CREEK
0.2 MILES SW OF SOLMS RD, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,209
US 281
FairOver: HUNT CREEK
2.85 MI N OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 23,971
US 281
FairOver: LEWIS CREEK
0.75 MI S OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 32,463
FM 1101
FairOver: DRAW
1.24 MI N SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1991 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,950
FM 1101
FairOver: DRAW
4.803 MI NE SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1991 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,701
FM 2673
FairOver: TOM CREEK
8.9 MI WEST OF FM 306, Comal, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,924
OLD MCQUEENEY RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH (S TRIB)
0.60 MI S OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,934
SATTLER ROAD
FairOver: DRAW
0.73 MI SW OF FM 2673, Comal, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,390
BEAR CREEK TRAIL
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.5 MI SE OF FM 2722, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10
BEAR CREEK TRAIL
FairOver: LITTLE BEAR CREEK
0.8 MI SE OF FM 2722, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10
Kohlenberg Rd.
FairOver: Mesquite Creek
0.5 MI SE OF FM 1101, Comal, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 180
Fischer Store Rd.
FairOver: Draw
0.19 MI NE OF FM 484, Comal, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 766
Old Bastrop Road
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
0.7 MI NE of IH 35 EFR, Comal, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
LINCOLN-GARDEN ST
FairOver: COMAL RIVER
0.15 MI NE OF SH 46 BUS, Comal, TX
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,170
LANDA PARK DRIVE
FairOver: COMAL RIVER
0.02 MI N OF SH 46 BU, Comal, TX
Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,542
WALNUT AVE
FairOver: DRY COMAL CREEK
0.45 MI SE OF SH 46 BU, Comal, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15,230
IH 35 NBML
FairOver: YORK CREEK
0.1 MI N OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1957 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 63,085
IH 35 WFR
FairOver: YORK CREEK
0.1 MI S OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,757
US 281 SBML
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
3.95 MI N OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 1935 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,302
FM 306
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
12.4 MI W OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1962 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,716
FM 306
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
12.0 MI W OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1962 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,928
IH 35 EFR
FairOver: YORK CREEK
0.1 MI S OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,857
FM 306
FairOver: CORDOVA CREEK
11.6 MI W OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10,928
BUSINESS 35
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
0.2 MI SW OF SEGUIN AVE, Comal, TX
Built 1934 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,330
SH 46 (LOOP 337)
FairOver: BLIEDERS CREEK
2.9 MI NW OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1964 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 18,705
RIVER RD
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER 1ST XING
1.4 MI N OF CR 195, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 802
RIVER RD
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER 4TH XING
0.6 MI SE OF FM 2673, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 3,610
IH 35 SBML
FairOver: YORK CREEK
0.1 MI S OF FM 1102, Comal, TX
Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 66,706
IH 35 SB ML
FairOver: SCHMIDT STREET
IH 35 @ SCHMIDT STREET, Comal, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 54,997
LOOP 337
FairOver: IH 35 ML
1.3 MI SW OF FM 1044, Comal, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,100
LANDA ST (BUS 46)
FairOver: DRY COMAL CREEK
1.50 MI NW OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,310
Loop 337 WB
FairOver: Guadalupe River
2.2 MI NW of IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,900
Landa St Connector
FairOver: Draw
1.50 MI N of IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,900
FM 3009
FairOver: DRY COMAL CREEK TRIB
.55 MI NW of Guadalupe CL, Comal, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,800
COMMON STREET
FairOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
0.45 MI SW OF LP 337, Comal, TX
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,140
SH 46
FairOver: DRY COMAL CREEK
9.70 MI E OF US 281, Comal, TX
Built 1938 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 9,457
US 281 SBML
FairOver: CIBOLO CREEK
1.75 MI S OF FM 1863, Comal, TX
Built 1933 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 16,900
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