Total bridges
783
Public highway bridges in El Paso County
County profile · official public datasets
El Paso County, TX
783 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 54.4% rated Good, 44.8% Fair, 0.8% Poor.
- 783
- Public bridges
- 54.4%
- Good condition
- 0.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
El Paso County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 50%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 783
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
El Paso County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, El Paso County ranks #124 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.8%). El Paso County, Texas contains 783 public highway bridges. Roughly 54.4% are rated “Good,” 44.8% “Fair,” and 0.8% “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
54.4%
426 of 783 rated 7-9
Fair condition
44.8%
351 of 783 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.8%
6 of 783 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#124 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 783 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 54.4% (426)
Fair 44.8% (351)
Poor 0.8% (6)
El Paso County's Poor-condition bridges carry 37,097 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,183 crossings a day against 15,845 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 783 of 783 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
39.1% of El Paso County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
306 of the 783 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 54.4% 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 62.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 85 EB over RIO GRANDE RIVER, built 1957, carries 23,118 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 37,097 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When El Paso County's bridges were built
783 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 17
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
68 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
121 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
126 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
75 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
79 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
76 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
158 bridges
- 2020s 44
2020–2029
44 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 158 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 6 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How El Paso County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest El Paso County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1989 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend County | 795 | 72.8% | 24.7% | 2.5% | 1998 |
| El Paso County (this page) | 783 | 54.4% | 44.8% | 0.8% | 1986 |
| McLennan County | 714 | 51.8% | 46.2% | 2% | 1980 |
| Montgomery County | 710 | 69.2% | 30.1% | 0.7% | 1998 |
| Ellis County | 691 | 53.3% | 45.2% | 1.6% | 1987 |
| Bell County | 660 | 54.7% | 45% | 0.3% | 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 El Paso 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 El Paso County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (783 bridges here).
- Baltimore County, MD · 783 bridges
- Hamilton County, OH · 783 bridges
- Johnson County, KS · 781 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · 775 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1986 here).
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
- Canadian County, OK · avg 1986 · 493 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (426)
SH 20
GoodOver: DRAIN
5.5 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 27,697
SH 20(Alameda Ave)
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
2.3 MI W OF FM 258, El Paso, TX
Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 16,434
SH 20(Alameda Ave)
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.4 MI E OF FM 258, El Paso, TX
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11,084
US 54
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.10 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 59,552
US 54
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.80 MI N OF LP 375, El Paso, TX
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40,944
IH 10 EBFR
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
4 MI E OF LP 375, El Paso, TX
Built 2013 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000
CUADRILLA RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.40 MI SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 190
CAMINO DE LA ROSA
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.60 MI W OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,676
HERRING RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.70 MI NE OF FM 258, El Paso, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 750
HOLE IN THE WALL
GoodOver: RIVERSIDE CANAL
0.95 MI S OF FM 258, El Paso, TX
Built 1998 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
ALABAMA ST SB
GoodOver: DRAW
0.35 MI S OF ZION LN, El Paso, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 9,810
ALCAN ST
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL NO. 2
0.01 MI N OF DONALD ST, El Paso, TX
Built 2011 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000
ALTURA ST
GoodOver: GOVERNMENT HILLS DRAIN
0.05 MI E OF PERSHING DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,369
ALZA DRIVE
GoodOver: BLUFF CHANNEL
0.1 MI SW OF IH 10, El Paso, TX
Built 2002 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 271
S ASCARATE ST
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.10 MI S OF ALAMEDA ST, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,620
CLIFTON AVENUE
GoodOver: GOVT. HILLS DRAIN
0.01 MI W OF HOUSTON ST, El Paso, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 271
DIANA DR
GoodOver: FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL
0.20 MI E OF US 54, El Paso, TX
Built 1971 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 9,000
DURRILL RD
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.40 MI S OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 710
ELVIN WAY
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.20 MI W OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,220
HASTINGS DR
GoodOver: GOVERNMENT HILLS DRAIN
0.05 MI E OF PERSHING DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 305
HOLMSLEY TRAIL DR
GoodOver: MESA DRAIN
0.15 MI N OF FM 76, El Paso, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 483
KENWORTHY ST
GoodOver: DRAW
0.70 MI N OF DIANA DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,500
KNIGHTS DR
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.25 MI W OF RIVERSIDE DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,680
LA JOLLA DR
GoodOver: MESA DRAIN
0.15 MI E OF EMERSON ST, El Paso, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 751
LE BARON RD
GoodOver: MESA DRAIN
0.30 MI NE OF FM 76, El Paso, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,791
LOVE RD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.20 MI W OF CHARL ANN ST, El Paso, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 250
J.C. MACHUCA RD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.05 MI N OF SUNLAND PARK, El Paso, TX
Built 1971 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 950
MACKINAW ST
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL NO 2
0.25 MI S OF SALEM DR, El Paso, TX
Built 2011 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,480
MESA HILLS DR.
GoodOver: BUENA VISTA DIV CHAN
0.25 MI E OF CROMO DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,715
MURPHY ST
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL NO 1
0.40 MI N OF SALEM DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1977 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,160
NEVAREZ RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.02 MI SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,266
OXFORD AVENUE
GoodOver: GOVT. HILLS DRAIN
0.1 MI E OF PERSHING RD, El Paso, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,245
PAN AMERICAN DR
GoodOver: RIVERSIDE CANAL
1.50 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX
Built 1995 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,341
RAILROAD DR
GoodOver: FLOOD CONTROL DRAIN
0.06 MI SW OF DIANA DR, El Paso, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40,080
RESLER DR
GoodOver: THORN CANYON ARROYO
1.70 MI N OF MESA RD, El Paso, TX
Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,000
N RESLER DR
GoodOver: ARROYO
2.50 MI N OF MESA RD, El Paso, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,000
RUSHING RD
GoodOver: DRAINAGE CHANNEL NO. 2
0.01 MI N OF DONALD ST, El Paso, TX
Built 2011 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,500
SOUTHSIDE ROAD
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.9 MI S OF LOOP 375, El Paso, TX
Built 2017 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 150
SPARROW DR
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.05 MI NW OF GEORGE ORR, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,410
WHITTIER DR
GoodOver: PLAYA DRAIN
0.50 MI W OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,470
MOON RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.02 MI SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000
PLACE RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL
0.02 MI SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,180
VINEYARD RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN FEEDER
0.20 MI NE OF FM 258, El Paso, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 550
BLUFF CREEK ST
GoodOver: DRAW
0.10 MI N OF LP 375 WBFR, El Paso, TX
Built 2015 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
FM 258
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CANAL FEEDER
5.1 MI E OF SH 20, El Paso, TX
Built 1953 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 16,433
IH 10 WB
GoodOver: DRAIN
3.0 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX
Built 1959 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 24,420
IH 10 WB
GoodOver: DRAIN
8.7 MI E OF FM 793, El Paso, TX
Built 1961 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 12,584
IH 10 WB
GoodOver: DRAIN
4.2 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX
Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 28,040
IH 10 EB ON-RP
GoodOver: UP RR YARD
S OF COTTON AVE & IH10 EB, El Paso, TX
Built 2002 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 18,440
IH 10 EB
GoodOver: DRAIN
10.2 MI E OF JCT FM 793, El Paso, TX
Built 1961 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,384
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