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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.

Total bridges

231

Public highway bridges in Comal County

Good condition

75.8%

175 of 231 rated 7-9

Fair condition

24.2%

56 of 231 rated 5-6

Poor condition

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.

1900s

1
1920s

3
1930s

22
1940s

4
1950s

7
1960s

47
1970s

17
1980s

13
1990s

13
2000s

59
2010s

36
2020s

9

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Comal County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
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 231 Good 175 Fair 56 Poor 0

All bridges (231)

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Comal County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

40.3% of Comal County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (231)

Acacia Parkway

Firethorn Path

Incrociato

Prancing Deer Dr.

W. Ammann Rd.

George Oaks

Long Ridge

Johnson Way

Bridlegate Dr.

Indigo Run

Derby Way

Rustling Ridge

Thomas

Rodeo Dr.

Mystic Shores Blvd

Long Meadow

Greenfield

Mexican Hat Dr.

Mexican Hat Dr.

Shady Hollow

DOPPENSCHMIDT RD

GARDENIA DR

MARIGOLD WAY

MESQUITE AVE

S WALNUT AVE

SH 46 (LP 337) EB

SH 46 (LOOP 337)

RM 2722

RM 2722

RIVER RD

FM 306

COUNTY ROAD

RIVER RD

RIVER RD

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