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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.

Total bridges

371

Public highway bridges in Fayette County

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

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.

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fayette County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Webb County 383 1.6%
Wharton County 372 3.5%
Fayette County (this page) 371 3%
Brazos County 370 0%
Cameron County 355 0.6%
Parker County 350 1.1%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1975 here).

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

All 371 Good 166 Fair 194 Poor 11

Good-condition bridges (166)

SH 71

Good

Over: BU 71E

2.75 MI SE OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,614

SH 71 WB

Good

Over: UP RR & High Hill Creek

1.50 MI SE OF SH 159, Fayette, TX

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,650

US 77

Good

Over: Colorado River

0.70 MI S OF BU 71E, Fayette, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,807

FM 154

Good

Over: Jack Young Creek

3.90 MI NE OF FM 2237, Fayette, TX

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 451

FM 154

Good

Over: Buckners Creek

2.65 MI NE OF FM 2237, Fayette, TX

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 451

FM 154

Good

Over: TRIB OF PIN OAK CREEK

3.20 MI N OF SH 95, Fayette, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 750

SH 159

Good

Over: CUMMINS CREEK RELIEF

4.15 MI NE OF FM 1291, Fayette, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,277

SH 159

Good

Over: CUMMINS CREEK

4.30 MI NE OF FM 1291, Fayette, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,277

FM 153

Good

Over: Bear Creek

1.30 MI NW OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,073

FM 153

Good

Over: Rabbs Creek

1.70 MI NW OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,073

FM 957

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

3.45 MI S OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 514

FM 1457

Good

Over: DRAW

0.55 MI NE OF SH 237, Fayette, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 726

FM 1457

Good

Over: Rocky Creek

1.20 MI NE OF SH 237, Fayette, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 726

FM 1579

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.25 MI E OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 351

FM 1579

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK RELIEF

1.33 MI E OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 351

FM 615

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.30 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 231

SCHOENST RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.38 MI NE OF ROUNDTOP RD, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44

COUNTRY CLUB DR

Good

Over: BUCKNERS CREEK

0.15 MI S OF SH 71 BUS, Fayette, TX

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,639

WHISTLEVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.15 MI S OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

MUELLER RD

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

1.4 MI SW OF FM 2981, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21

HALSTEDT RD

Good

Over: WERTZNER CREEK

1.20 MI NE OF SH 71, Fayette, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15

RACE TRACK RD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.90 MI NE OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 73

HAW CREEK RD

Good

Over: CUMMINS CREEK

1.26 MI SW OF FM 954, Fayette, TX

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

OWL CREEK RD

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

2.0 MI SE of US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 501

JEDDO RD (CR 208)

Good

Over: PEACH CREEK

2.15 MI W OF SH 95, Fayette, TX

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 220

SWISS ALP HALL RD

Good

Over: EAST NAVIDAD RIVER

0.90 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

ROSS PRAIRIE CH RD

Good

Over: ALLEN CREEK

0.15 MI SE OF SH 159, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 290

SCHULZE RD

Good

Over: WEST NAVIDAD RIVER

2.0 MI SE OF GEBERT RD, Fayette, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

SEYDLER RD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

3.5 MI SE OF FM 155, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44

DUBINA-WEIMAR RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.65 MI E OF FM 1383, Fayette, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

ANDERS BOTTOM RD

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

1.10 MI S OF FM 155, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 62

HERMIS RD

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

0.50 MI W OF FM 957, Fayette, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

E RADHOST SCHOOL

Good

Over: CRISSWELL CREEK

1.37 MI N OF FM 1383, Fayette, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 159

HERZIK RD (CR 477)

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

0.35 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 130

MAZUREK RD

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

0.40 MI N OF HERZIK RD, Fayette, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14

HOLUB RD

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

1.60 MI E OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109

S KNEZEK RD

Good

Over: MULBERRY CREEK

0.37 MI E OF FM 1295, Fayette, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44

REK HILL RD

Good

Over: POOL BRANCH

1.4 MI S OF SH 159, Fayette, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

SCHUMACHER RD

Good

Over: ELLINGER BRANCH

0.4 MI NW OF FM 2503, Fayette, TX

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 190

BRANECKY RD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.52 MI S OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170

FIVEMILE CREEK RD

Good

Over: BIG FIVEMILE CREEK

0.70 MI S OF SH 95, Fayette, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

PINEY CREEK RD

Good

Over: PINEY CREEK

0.95 MI N OF FM 153, Fayette, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 56

OLD WAELDER RD

Good

Over: BIG FIVEMILE CREEK

2.85 MI W OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24

TEINERT RD

Good

Over: RABBS CREEK

1.25 MI NE OF OWL CRK RD, Fayette, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

E TOBIAS RD

Good

Over: DRAW

1.1 MI N OF SH 71, Fayette, TX

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

WARDA BLACKTOP RD

Good

Over: PIN OAK BRANCH

1.35 MI NW OF FM 1482, Fayette, TX

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 350

HAUPTSTRASSE ST

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

0.2 MI S OF US 290, Fayette, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 610

KALLUS STREET

Good

Over: DRAW

0.45 MI W OF US 77, Fayette, TX

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

WOLTERS AVENUE

Good

Over: DRAW

0.30 MI S OF US 90, Fayette, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

KRISCHKE RD

Good

Over: DRAW

2.3 MI W of FM 2672, Fayette, TX

Built 2013 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 50

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.