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)
SWEETWATER BLVD WB
FairOver: BULLHEAD SLOUGH
0.25 MI SW OF AUSTIN PKWY, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,490
SWEETWATER BLVD SB
FairOver: ALCORN BAYOU
0.75 MI SE OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,230
SWEETWATER BLVD NB
FairOver: ALCORN BAYOU
0.75 MI SE OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,230
WILLIAMS TRACE SB
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK
0.30 MI S OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,980
WILLIAMS TRACE NB
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK
0.30 MI S OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,280
PENDLETON DRIVE
FairOver: ALCORN BAYOU TRIBUTARY
1.2 MI E OF ELKIN RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1998 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 500
CROW VALLEY DR
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.3MI N OF GLENN LAKES LN, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 710
INDEPENDENCE RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.10 MI W OF FONDREN, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 17,980
LAKE SHORE VILLAGE
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.54 MI N OF SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2008 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,800
LEXINGTON BLVD
FairOver: HCFCD DITCH
0.50 MI S OF INDEPENDENCE, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,980
PLANTATION LAKE DR
FairOver: LAKE OLYMPIA
0.10 MI N OF LAKE OLYMPIA, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000
PLEASANT RD
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
1.9 MI S OF FM 1236, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1999 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 160
SH 36
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.90 MI S OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1932 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 13,799
FM 1093
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
2.60 MI SW OF FM 1489, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1965 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,078
BULS RD
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.10 MI W OF ENGEL RD, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1996 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 80
ENGEL RD
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.70 MI S OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 70
FM 521
FairOver: IRRIGATION CANAL
0.70 MI S OF SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1949 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 18,804
FM 521
FairOver: AMERICAN WATER CANAL
2.70 MI S OF FM 2234, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1949 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 13,170
KEMPNER ST
FairOver: OYSTER CREEK
0.05 MI W OF MAIN ST, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1970 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,550
US 90A WB
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
0.60 MI NE OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,960
US 90A EB
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
0.60 MI NE OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,960
IH 69/US 59 SB FR
FairOver: BEASLEY BRANCH
0.30 MI E OF SH 36, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,640
IH 69 / US 59
FairOver: KIRKWOOD DR
1.5 MI NE OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 183,561
IH69/US59 SB On-Rp
FairOver: IH 69 SB Airport Off-Rp
1.5 Mi NE of US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
IH69/US59 SB On-Rp
FairOver: SP 41 & IH 69 SB Exit
2.0 Mi NE of SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,001
IH 69 NB Off-Rp
FairOver: SP 41 & IH 69 NB On Rp
2.0 Mi NE of SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,001
IH 69 / US 59
FairOver: US 90A & UP RR
2.65 MI NE OF SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 183,561
US 59 NBML
FairOver: Brooks Branch
0.40 MI NE OF FM 2919, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,841
US 59 SBML
FairOver: Brooks Branch
0.40 MI NE OF FM 2919, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,186
FM 521
FairOver: FORT BEND COUNTY DITCH A
1.15 MI S OF FM 2234, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,170
FM 723
FairOver: Brazos River
0.60 MI N of US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,890
SH 6
FairOver: FM 521;UPRR & McKeeverRd
4.0 Mi NW of SH 288, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40,858
FM 359
FairOver: JONES CREEK
0.70 MI NW OF FM 723, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,944
FM 442
FairOver: Cedar Creek
1.30 MI NE OF WHARTON C/L, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1951 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,876
SH 6
FairOver: US 90A & UP RAILROAD
1.9 MI NW OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,279
FM 1994
FairOver: Big Creek
1.650 MI S OF FM 762, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,293
FM 2218
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.30 MI NE OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,959
FM 2234
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
0.20 MI E OF FM 521, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,557
SH 99 NB
FairOver: Fry Rd
0.95 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,574
SH 99 SB
FairOver: Fry Rd
0.95 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,250
SH 99 SB
FairOver: Little Prong Buffalo Byu
1.55 MI N of FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,250
SH 99 NB
FairOver: Willow Fork Buffalo Byu
1.65 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,574
SH 99 NB
FairOver: Westheimer Pkwy
2.30 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 57,757
SH 99 NB
FairOver: Cinco Ranch Blvd
3.00 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 57,757
SH 99 SB
FairOver: Cinco Ranch Blvd
3.00 MI N OF FM 1093, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,000
SH 99 NB FRTG RD
FairOver: Bullhead Slough
0.40 MI N OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,786
SH 99 SB FRTG RD
FairOver: Bullhead Slough
0.4 MI N OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,187
SH 99
FairOver: OWENS RD
1.70 MI N OF US 90A, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44,973
SH 99
FairOver: Oyster Creek
5.85 MI N OF US 59, Fort Bend, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44,973
BISSONNET RD EB
FairOver: KEEGANS BAYOU
0.1 MI W OF SH 6, Fort Bend, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,231
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