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)
N. Solms Rd.
GoodOver: Dry Comal Creek
0.74 MI N of IH35, Comal, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180
RIVER CHASE DR
GoodOver: ISAAC CREEK
1.0 MI W OF FM 306, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
RIVER WAY
GoodOver: DRAW
.3 miles east of US 281, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
W. COUNTY LINE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.1 MI SW OF COUNTY LINE, Comal, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100
GRUENE ROAD
GoodOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
0.60 MI SW OF FM 306, Comal, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200
LANDA PARK DRIVE
GoodOver: COMAL RIVER
0.45 MI NW OF SH 46 BU, Comal, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800
Live Oak Ave.
GoodOver: Dry Comal Creek
0.73 MI NW of W Sn Ant St, Comal, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,552
SAN ANTONIO STREET
GoodOver: COMAL RIVER
0.25 MI NE OF SH 46 BUS, Comal, TX
Built 1923 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,654
Lookout Road
GoodOver: Cibolo Creek
0.8 MI N of IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
KEENELAND DR
GoodOver: POST OAK CREEK
0.2 MI E OF BATTLE INTENS, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,100
BATTLE INTENSE
GoodOver: CIBOLO CREEK
0.5 MI S OF KEENELAND, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,603
LOOP 337 NB
GoodOver: SH 46
3.0 MI N OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1971 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 16,570
SOLMS ROAD
GoodOver: IH 35
4.5 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,070
FM 482
GoodOver: IH 35
0.4 MI N OF GUADALUPE C/L, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,460
FM 306
GoodOver: CORDOVA CREEK
11.3 MI W OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 10,928
IH 35 SB ML
GoodOver: SCHWAB ROAD
3.4 MI N OF GUADALUPE C/L, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 58,940
IH 35 NB ML
GoodOver: SCHWAB RD
3.4 MI N OF GUADALUPE C/L, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 61,780
IH 35 SB ML
GoodOver: ENGEL ROAD
5.5 MI N OF GUADALUPE C/L, Comal, TX
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 58,940
SH 46
GoodOver: DRAW
5.1 MI E OF SUN VALLEY DR, Comal, TX
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 9,396
IH 35 NBFR
GoodOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.4 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,940
IH 35 NBML
GoodOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.4 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 66,444
IH 35 SBFR
GoodOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.3 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,940
IH 35 SBML
GoodOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.4 MI SW OF FM 725, Comal, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 54,997
FM 1863
GoodOver: LEWIS CREEK
2.95 MI E US 281, Comal, TX
Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,229
FM 306
GoodOver: SUCHE CREEK
2.9 MI W. of FM 484, Comal, TX
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,822
FM 306
GoodOver: REBECCA CREEK (W BRANCH)
1.5 MI east of US 281, Comal, TX
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,170
FM 3009
GoodOver: W FORK DRY COMAL CREEK
0.04 MI N OF FM 1863, Comal, TX
Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,616
Johnson Rd.
GoodOver: Draw
0.72 MI SE OF McCARTNEY, Comal, TX
Built 2002 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 180
Mountain Breeze
GoodOver: Draw
0.1 MI NW OF SPRING VIEW, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 43
Watson Lane East
GoodOver: Water Hole Creek
1.24 SE OF IH 35, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,067
Smithson Valley Dr
GoodOver: Draw
0.70 SW OF SH 46, Comal, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,180
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