Total bridges
371
Public highway bridges in Fayette County
County profile · official public datasets
Fayette County, TX
371 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.7% rated Good, 52.3% Fair, 3% Poor.
- 371
- Public bridges
- 44.7%
- Good condition
- 3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fayette 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.
- 212th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 3%
- Poor-condition share
- 371
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Fayette County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fayette County ranks #212 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3%). Fayette County, Texas contains 371 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.7% are rated “Good,” 52.3% “Fair,” and 3% “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
44.7%
166 of 371 rated 7-9
Fair condition
52.3%
194 of 371 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3%
11 of 371 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#212 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 371 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.7% (166)
Fair 52.3% (194)
Poor 3% (11)
Fayette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,298 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 573 crossings a day against 2,580 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 371 of 371 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
49.3% of Fayette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
183 of the 371 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 44.7% 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 83.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 159 over Rocky Creek, built 1958, carries 5,240 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 6,298 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fayette County's bridges were built
371 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 24
1920–1929
24 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
28 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
38 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
68 bridges
- 1970s 17
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
69 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
41 bridges
- 2000s 24
2000–2009
24 bridges
- 2010s 22
2010–2019
22 bridges
- 2020s 26
2020–2029
26 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 5 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Fayette County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Fayette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is 10 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb County | 383 | 49.6% | 48.8% | 1.6% | 1977 |
| Wharton County | 372 | 52.2% | 44.4% | 3.5% | 1983 |
| Fayette County (this page) | 371 | 44.7% | 52.3% | 3% | 1975 |
| Brazos County | 370 | 62.4% | 37.6% | 0% | 1989 |
| Cameron County | 355 | 62% | 37.5% | 0.6% | 1992 |
| Parker County | 350 | 49.7% | 49.1% | 1.1% | 1985 |
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 Fayette 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 Fayette County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (371 bridges here).
- Lee County, IL · 371 bridges
- Genesee County, MI · 371 bridges
- Carroll County, MO · 371 bridges
- Clinton County, IA · 372 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (166)
FM 2672
GoodOver: DRAW
0.85 MI S OF FM 956, Fayette, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 284
FM 1457
GoodOver: Jenny Creek
2.59 MI E OF SH 237, Fayette, TX
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 726
FM 1457
GoodOver: Jacks Creek
0.10 MI E OF FM 2714, Fayette, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 502
FM 2145
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
5.10 MI N OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 789
FM 2145
GoodOver: Bear Creek
5.90 MI N OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 789
FM 2237
GoodOver: PIN OAK CREEK RELIEF
0.75 MI SE OF FM 154, Fayette, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 348
FM 2238
GoodOver: Hackberry Branch
3.68 MI S of JCT FM 956, Fayette, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 262
FM 2436
GoodOver: Creamer Creek
0.45 MI SE OF FM 609, Fayette, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,606
FM 2503
GoodOver: Dutys Creek
1.75 MI NE OF SH 71, Fayette, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 694
FM 2503
GoodOver: Bull Creek
4.20 MI NE OF SH 71, Fayette, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 393
FM 954
GoodOver: CUMMINS CREEK RELIEF
4.28 MI E OF SH 237, Fayette, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 394
FM 2762
GoodOver: Pin Oak Creek
7.45 MI NW OF IH 10, Fayette, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2762
GoodOver: Draw
6.80 MI NW OF IH 10, Fayette, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2714
GoodOver: Draw
0.30 MI E OF FM 1457, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 282
FM 3171
GoodOver: DRAW
1.40 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 262
FM 3171
GoodOver: Draw
1.94 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 262
FM 3171
GoodOver: East Navidad River
2.12 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 3171
GoodOver: Draw
4.35 MI S OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
SH 159
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
0.20 MI SW OF SH 71, Fayette, TX
Built 1923 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,724
ANDERS-DANIELS RD
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.8 MI SE OF FM 2145, Fayette, TX
Built 2008 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
FAREK-LOTH RD
GoodOver: COLD CREEK
2.30 MI E OF FM 609, Fayette, TX
Built 2020 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 29
MAYNARD HALLMARK
GoodOver: PEACH CREEK
1.41 MI W OF FM 1115, Fayette, TX
Built 2006 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
EAST AVENUE
GoodOver: DRAW
0.50 MI N OF US 90, Fayette, TX
Built 2015 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000
FM 1291
GoodOver: Clear Creek
4.75 MI NW of SH 159, Fayette, TX
Built 1962 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 575
FM 954
GoodOver: JONES CREEK
1.80 MI NW OF SH 159, Fayette, TX
Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 401
FM 2762
GoodOver: WEST ROCKY CREEK
2.70 MI NW OF IH 10, Fayette, TX
Built 1963 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 327
SH 95
GoodOver: IH 10
0.4 MI W OF FM 609, Fayette, TX
Built 1969 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,970
LADEWIG LANE
GoodOver: ROCKY CREEK
0.37 MI N OF IH 10 NFR, Fayette, TX
Built 2005 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 25
US 77
GoodOver: Jordan Creek
3.15 MI N OF SH 71, Fayette, TX
Built 1933 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,452
GEBERT RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.9 MI S of FM 609, Fayette, TX
Built 2015 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 50
ANCHOR RANCH LP
GoodOver: BUCKNERS CREEK
0.4 MI S OF SH 95, Fayette, TX
Built 2004 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 40
US 77
GoodOver: Williams Creek
0.20 MI S OF FM 2436, Fayette, TX
Built 1925 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,630
FM 2237
GoodOver: Pin Oak Creek
0.85 MI SE OF FM 154, Fayette, TX
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 348
US 90
GoodOver: MIDDLE CREEK RELIEF
1.25 MI E OF FM 1579, Fayette, TX
Built 1935 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,808
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
2.50 MI NW OF FM 955, Fayette, TX
Built 1950 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 6,302
KRENEK RD
GoodOver: PETTYS CREEK
0.30 MI SW OF SH 71, Fayette, TX
Built 2018 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 70
US 90
GoodOver: East Navidad River
0.7 Mi E of IH 10, Fayette, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,331
FM 155
GoodOver: Williams Creek
3.10 MI N OF FM 1965, Fayette, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,183
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: ROBINSON CREEK
3.65 MI SE OF BASTROP C/L, Fayette, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,835
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
2.45 MI SE OF BASTROP C/L, Fayette, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,842
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
2.45 MI SE OF BASTROP C/L, Fayette, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,835
BU 71E
GoodOver: COLORADO RIVER
0.70 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,241
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: Rocky Creek
2.50 MI E OF SH 159, Fayette, TX
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,650
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: Baylor Creek
5.30 MI SE OF SH 159, Fayette, TX
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,302
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
2.50 MI NW OF FM 955, Fayette, TX
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,316
SH 71 EB
GoodOver: Pettys Creek
0.55 MI SE OF FM 955, Fayette, TX
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,369
SH 71 WB
GoodOver: Pettys Creek
0.55 MI SE OF FM 955, Fayette, TX
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,430
Von Minden Rd
GoodOver: SH 71
0.30 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
SH 71 SFR
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
1.10 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400
SH 71 NFR
GoodOver: Cedar Creek
1.10 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,020
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