Total bridges
263
Public highway bridges in DeWitt County
County profile · official public datasets
DeWitt County, TX
263 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.8% rated Good, 49% Fair, 1.1% Poor.
- 263
- Public bridges
- 49.8%
- Good condition
- 1.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
DeWitt 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.
- 139th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 263
- public highway bridges
- 1962
- 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.
DeWitt County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, DeWitt County ranks #139 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). DeWitt County, Texas contains 263 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.8% are rated “Good,” 49% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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
49.8%
131 of 263 rated 7-9
Fair condition
49%
129 of 263 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.1%
3 of 263 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#139 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 263 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.8% (131)
Fair 49% (129)
Poor 1.1% (3)
DeWitt County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,364 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry the same share of traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,455 crossings a day against 1,940 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 263 of 263 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
71.9% of DeWitt County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
189 of the 263 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 49.8% 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.
One structure carries 83.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 87 over GUADALUPE RIVER, built 1938, carries 3,625 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 4,364 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When DeWitt County's bridges were built
263 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 15
1920–1929
15 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
68 bridges
- 1940s 21
1940–1949
21 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
37 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
37 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s 10
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s 9
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s 18
2000–2009
18 bridges
- 2010s 21
2010–2019
21 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 68 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1962, 18 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How DeWitt County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest DeWitt County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1962 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 18 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays County | 272 | 79% | 20.6% | 0.4% | 1996 |
| Harrison County | 269 | 41.6% | 55.8% | 2.6% | 1972 |
| Wise County | 264 | 61.4% | 37.5% | 1.1% | 1989 |
| DeWitt County (this page) | 263 | 49.8% | 49% | 1.1% | 1962 |
| Lavaca County | 262 | 50% | 47.3% | 2.7% | 1973 |
| Colorado County | 252 | 48.8% | 48.8% | 2.4% | 1971 |
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 DeWitt 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 DeWitt County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (263 bridges here).
- Douglas County, CO · 263 bridges
- Bingham County, ID · 263 bridges
- Guthrie County, IA · 263 bridges
- Henry County, MO · 263 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1962 here).
- Berks County, PA · avg 1962 · 667 bridges
- Bristol County, MA · avg 1962 · 384 bridges
- Norfolk County, MA · avg 1962 · 343 bridges
- Ottawa County, KS · avg 1962 · 295 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (263)
HRABOVSKY ROAD
GoodOver: N FORK OF QUEENS CREEK
0.35 MI EAST OF FM 951, DeWitt, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
Lincke Rd
GoodOver: Draw
2.1 Mi NE of FM 108, DeWitt, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 146
BU 77A
GoodOver: BIG BRUSHY CREEK
0.70 MI SW OF SH 111, DeWitt, TX
Built 1932 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,130
US 77A
GoodOver: BIG BRUSHY CRK
0.45 MI SW OF SH 111, DeWitt, TX
Built 1933 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,381
SH 72
GoodOver: YORKTOWN COLETO CREEK
0.24 MI E OF SH 119, DeWitt, TX
Built 1929 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 9,776
KUBALA STORE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.18 MI NW OF FM 240, DeWitt, TX
Built 2018 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 159
SH 119
GoodOver: SALT CREEK RELIEF
3.45 MI S OF KARNES C/L, DeWitt, TX
Built 1959 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,619
DAGG RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.18 MI N OF SH 111, DeWitt, TX
Built 2023 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 92
DUBOSE RANCH RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.1 MI W OF FM 240, DeWitt, TX
Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 182
KUBALA STORE RD
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
1.15 MI E OF FM 108, DeWitt, TX
Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 45
US 87
PoorOver: GUADALUPE RIVER
0.30 MI NE OF US 183, DeWitt, TX
Built 1938 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 3,625
WESTHOFF-CHEAPSIDE
PoorOver: SANDIES CREEK
2.18 MI NE OF US 87, DeWitt, TX
Built 1956 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 722
MUELLER ROAD
PoorOver: DEER CREEK
1.00 MI S OF US 87, DeWitt, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 17
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