Total bridges
795
Public highway bridges in Fort Bend County
County profile · official public datasets
Fort Bend County, TX
795 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 72.8% rated Good, 24.7% Fair, 2.5% Poor.
- 795
- Public bridges
- 72.8%
- Good condition
- 2.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fort Bend County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 195th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 795
- public highway bridges
- 1998
- 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.
Fort Bend County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fort Bend County ranks #195 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.5%). Fort Bend County, Texas contains 795 public highway bridges. Roughly 72.8% are rated “Good,” 24.7% “Fair,” and 2.5% “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
72.8%
579 of 795 rated 7-9
Fair condition
24.7%
196 of 795 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.5%
20 of 795 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#195 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 795 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 72.8% (579)
Fair 24.7% (196)
Poor 2.5% (20)
Fort Bend County's Poor-condition bridges carry 22,338 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,117 crossings a day against 11,731 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 794 of 795 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
11.2% of Fort Bend County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
89 of the 795 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 72.8% 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 84.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 99 over BRAZOS RIVER, built 1994, carries 18,892 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 20-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 22,338 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fort Bend County's bridges were built
795 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 14
1930–1939
14 bridges
- 1940s 11
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s 24
1960–1969
24 bridges
- 1970s 43
1970–1979
43 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
108 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
156 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
194 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
197 bridges
- 2020s 36
2020–2029
36 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 197 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1998, 18 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Fort Bend County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Fort Bend County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1998 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 11 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend County (this page) | 795 | 72.8% | 24.7% | 2.5% | 1998 |
| El Paso County | 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 Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (795 bridges here).
- Lancaster County, PA · 801 bridges
- Baltimore County, MD · 783 bridges
- Hamilton County, OH · 783 bridges
- Johnson County, KS · 781 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1998 here).
- Orange County, FL · avg 1998 · 885 bridges
- Pipestone County, MN · avg 1998 · 185 bridges
- Hyde County, NC · avg 1998 · 75 bridges
- Hertford County, NC · avg 1998 · 58 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (196)
COMANCHE BLVD
FairOver: BIG CREEK BRANCH
0.16 MI W OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1990 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 1,000
STANLEY KUCHERKA
FairOver: SEABOURNE CREEK BRANCH
0.28 MI E OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2000 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 400
DEBORAH ST
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER AUTH CANAL
0.10 MI SW OF STAFFORDSHR, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1987 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 410
SHADY OAKS LANE
FairOver: COON CREEK
0.4 MI SE COTTONWOOD SCH, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2003 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 30
GUBBELS RD
FairOver: RABBS BAYOU
1.40 MI W OF THOMPSON RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1990 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 140
MAREK RD
FairOver: GUY CREEK
0.35 MI SE OF VRLLA RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1996 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 304
PECAN HILL RD
FairOver: BROOKSHIRE CREEK
0.20 MI W OF CHIPPENDALE, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 50
EVERGREEN RD
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER AUTH CANAL
0.35 MI W OF FM 521, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2000 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 390
G DUTY RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.30 MI S OF FM 1462, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1986 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 60
CHURCH ST
FairOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.20 MI N OF COLONY RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1988 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 380
W FIRST ST
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.40 MI NW OF FM 1236, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1988 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 20
FM 1489
FairOver: Brazos River
2.50 MI N OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1967 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 2,903
HAND RD
FairOver: BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.40 MI NW OF FM 2977, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1988 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 90
BAREK RD
FairOver: MOUND CREEK
2.55 MI SW OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 130
MAREK RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.85 MI SE OF VRLLA RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2002 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 53
REEH RD
FairOver: FAIRCHILDS CREEK TRIB
1.15 MI SE OF KUNZ RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1989 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 123
KENTUCKY RD
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER AUTH CANAL
0.05 MI S OF EVERGREEN, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1997 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50
KLAUKE RD
FairOver: SEABOURNE CREEK
0.10 MI W OF BAMORE RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1990 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 1,580
WEST ST
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.1 MI NW OF NEEDVILLE RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1995 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 50
Berdett Rd
FairOver: Gapps Bayou
0.60 MI S of FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1990 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,000
GRUNWALD RD
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
0.35 MI SW OF FM 1875, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1978 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 774
US 90A
FairOver: Coon Creek
0.48 MI E OF SPUR 10, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,460
IH 69 / US 59
FairOver: Storm Sewer Lateral
0.60 MI SW OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 183,561
LP 529
FairOver: Seabourne Creek
1.30 MI NE OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,504
LP 529
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
1.35 MI NE OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1929 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,504
SH 36
FairOver: SEABOURNE CREEK
0.55 MI S OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20,924
SH 36
FairOver: SEABOURNE CREEK
2.75 MI S OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 9,296
SH 36
FairOver: Goose Pond Creek
3.45 MI S OF FM 361, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,767
FM 1952
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.30 MI NW OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 548
FM 1952
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
3.05 MI N OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 614
FM 1462
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
2.80 MI NE OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1981 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,300
FM 1489
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
0.02 MI S OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1989 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,482
FM 2234
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
0.60 MI W OF FM 521, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,601
FM 2977
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
1.00 MI NE OF FM 361, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,091
SH 99
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
3.60 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 98,757
SAWMILL RD
FairOver: WATERS LAKE BAYOU TRIB
3.75 MI E OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2018 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10
FM 521
FairOver: IRRIGATION CANAL
3.9 MI S OF SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1949 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,789
SH 36
FairOver: BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.40 MI N OF FM 361, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 13,833
SH 36
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
1.75 MI SE OF FM 1994, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1932 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,060
FM 2759
FairOver: Rabbs Bayou
3.30 MI E OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,147
FM 2759
FairOver: DRY BAYOU
4.50 MI E OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,147
FM 2919
FairOver: SAN BERNARD RIVER
3.85 MI NW OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 655
OLD RICHMOND RD
FairOver: RED GULLY
0.55 MI E OF FM 1464, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 890
WINNER FOSTER RD
FairOver: JONES CREEK
1.30 MI W OF FM 359, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 330
BOIS D ARC LN
FairOver: JONES CREEK
4.20 MI W OF FM 359, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
THOMPSON LAKE DR
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK
.5 MI SW OF SIENNA POINT, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
SCANLAN TRACE E
FairOver: BRANCH OF OYSTER CREEK
0.8 MI SE OF SIENNA PKWY, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,809
DEER CROSSING
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK BRANCH
0.05 MI NE OF WATERS LAKE, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 500
ROYAL LAKES BLVD
FairOver: GAPPS BAYOU
0.70 MI S OF FM 2759, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2001 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
KINGS FOREST LANE
FairOver: GAPPS BAYOU
0.10MI S OF ROYAL CREST, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2001 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
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