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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.

Total bridges

783

Public highway bridges in El Paso County

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

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.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for El Paso County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Fort Bend County 795 2.5%
El Paso County (this page) 783 0.8%
McLennan County 714 2%
Montgomery County 710 0.7%
Ellis County 691 1.6%
Bell County 660 0.3%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1986 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 783 Good 426 Fair 351 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (426)

COUNTRY CLUB RD

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE RIVER

1.55 MI W OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,000

DAVIS DR

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.31 MI NE OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,909

DURANGO ST

Good

Over: UPRR

0.10 MI N OF SAN ANTONIO, El Paso, TX

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500

EL PASO DR

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.5 MI E OF FM 1505, El Paso, TX

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,210

ESCOBAR DR.

Good

Over: BLUFF CHANNEL

1.18 MI. E OF FM 659, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 271

EUCALYPTUS ST

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.01 MI S OF SAN ANTONIO, El Paso, TX

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,440

GRAMA ST

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.10 MI N OF US 62, El Paso, TX

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 280

LAZY WILLOW DR

Good

Over: NEMEXAS DRAINAGE DITCH

0.25 MI SE OF SUNSET DR, El Paso, TX

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,100

LEE TREVINO DR

Good

Over: MESA DRAIN

0.01 MI N OF FM 76, El Paso, TX

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,565

LIBERTY ST

Good

Over: PLAYA DRAIN

0.05 MI S OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 800

PENDELL RD

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.01 MI S OF EL PASO DR, El Paso, TX

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 810

S RAYNOR ST

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.20 MI S OF ALAMEDA ST, El Paso, TX

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,050

RESLER DR

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

2.18 MI S OF LOOP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,400

RESLER DR

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

1.86 MI S OF LOOP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,400

RESLER DR NB

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

1.21 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,400

RESLER DR SB

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

1.22 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,400

N SANTA FE ST

Good

Over: UNION PACIFIC RR

0.2 MI S OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 1952 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,710

SCHUSTER AVE

Good

Over: PED. TUNNEL NO. 1

0.20 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,500

SCHUSTER AVE

Good

Over: PED. TUNNEL NO. 2

0.20 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,500

SCHUSTER AVE

Good

Over: PED. TUNNEL NO. 3

0.20 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,500

DELTA DR

Good

Over: UP RR

0.40 MI E OF S COTTON ST, El Paso, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,579

SUNLAND PARK (WB)

Good

Over: BUENA VISTA CHANNEL

0.70 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,145

SUNLAND PARK (EB)

Good

Over: BUENA VISTA CHANNEL

0.70 MI E OF IH 10, El Paso, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,145

TURNSTONE DR

Good

Over: MONTOYA DRAINAGE DITCH

0.05 MI S OF RIVERBEND, El Paso, TX

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,100

VALDESPINO ST

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

AT INT VALDESPINO/ROSEWAY, El Paso, TX

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,400

YARBROUGH DR SB

Good

Over: UP RAILROAD

0.10 MI NE OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,980

YARBROUGH DR NB

Good

Over: UP RAILROAD

0.10 MI NE OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,970

YARBROUGH DR

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.15 MI SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,070

S YARBROUGH DR

Good

Over: PLAYA DRAIN

0.8 MI NE OF SL 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,950

ESTATE ROAD

Good

Over: SALITRAL LATERAL

0.2 MI S OF FM 76, El Paso, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 101

BUFORD RD.

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

0.02 MI W of SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,980

BERRINGER STREET

Good

Over: DRAIN

.27 Mi. N. Of SH 178, El Paso, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,895

BERRINGER STREET

Good

Over: DRAIN

.5 Mi. N. OF SH 178, El Paso, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,895

WILTON CONNERS WAY

Good

Over: FRANKLIN CANAL

.1 MI. SW OF SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: DRAIN

3.5 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 28,040

IH 10 EB

Good

Over: DRAIN

3.5 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 28,040

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: DRAIN

4.0 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 28,040

IH 10 EB

Good

Over: DRAIN

4.0 MI S OF NM ST LINE, El Paso, TX

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 28,040

IH 10

Good

Over: SUMAC DR

4.9 MI E OF US 62, El Paso, TX

Built 1960 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 119,322

NORTHWESTERN DR

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.15 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 1989 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 440

IRON MEDICS DR

Good

Over: LOOP 375

IRON MEDICS OVERPASS, El Paso, TX

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 200

LOOP 375 NB

Good

Over: SH 20 ALAMEDA AVE

JCT SH 20/L375, El Paso, TX

Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 21,530

LOOP 375 SB

Good

Over: SH 20/ALAMEDA AVE

JCT SH20/L375, El Paso, TX

Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 21,530

LP 375

Good

Over: US 62 (MONTANA AVE)

JCT. OF US 62 & LP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 20,720

FM 76

Good

Over: MESA DRAIN

2.6 MI NE OF JCT SH 20, El Paso, TX

Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 17,841

SPUR 601 EB

Good

Over: RAMPS B D E AIRPORT RD

1.90 MI E OF US 54, El Paso, TX

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50

SPUR 601 WB

Good

Over: RAMPS B D E AIRPORT RD

1.90 MI E OF US 54, El Paso, TX

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 31,300

LP 375 EB

Good

Over: IH 10

6.30 MI S OF NM S/L, El Paso, TX

Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 15,785

IH 10 EBFR

Good

Over: N ARROYO

6.47 MI S OF NM S/L, El Paso, TX

Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,678

IH 10 EBFR/RAMP S

Good

Over: S ARROYO

0.20 MI S OF LP 375, El Paso, TX

Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,187

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