Total bridges
513
Public highway bridges in Grayson County
County profile · official public datasets
Grayson County, TX
513 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.5% rated Good, 57.7% Fair, 1.8% Poor.
- 513
- Public bridges
- 40.5%
- Good condition
- 1.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Grayson 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.
- 169th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 513
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Grayson County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Grayson County ranks #169 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Grayson County, Texas contains 513 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.5% are rated “Good,” 57.7% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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.
Good condition
40.5%
208 of 513 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.7%
296 of 513 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.8%
9 of 513 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#169 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 513 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 40.5% (208)
Fair 57.7% (296)
Poor 1.8% (9)
Grayson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,450 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 272 crossings a day against 6,092 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 513 of 513 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
26.7% of Grayson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
137 of the 513 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 40.5% 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 42% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
0 B GRONER RD over CHOCTAW CREEK, built 1982, carries 1,030 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,450 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Grayson County's bridges were built
513 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 31
1930–1939
31 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s 23
1950–1959
23 bridges
- 1960s 42
1960–1969
42 bridges
- 1970s 46
1970–1979
46 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
117 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
118 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
78 bridges
- 2010s 27
2010–2019
27 bridges
- 2020s 21
2020–2029
21 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 118 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 5 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Grayson County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Grayson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 9 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nueces County | 528 | 55.5% | 43.8% | 0.8% | 1985 |
| Grayson County (this page) | 513 | 40.5% | 57.7% | 1.8% | 1985 |
| Pecos County | 470 | 62.8% | 36.8% | 0.4% | 1962 |
| Jefferson County | 457 | 48.4% | 50.1% | 1.5% | 1977 |
| Hunt County | 456 | 51.8% | 47.6% | 0.7% | 1981 |
| Kaufman County | 452 | 46.5% | 52.4% | 1.1% | 1976 |
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 Grayson 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 Grayson County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (513 bridges here).
- Queens County, NY · 514 bridges
- Montgomery County, MD · 515 bridges
- Douglas County, NE · 509 bridges
- Oakland County, MI · 508 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Darke County, OH · avg 1985 · 463 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (208)
SH 56
GoodOver: DRAIN
1.5 MI E OF US 377, Grayson, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,067
US 82
GoodOver: DRAW
0.5 MI E OF FM 901, Grayson, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,932
US 82
GoodOver: BRANCH HARRIS CRK
3.3 MI W OF FM 1417, Grayson, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 24,327
US 82
GoodOver: DRAW
0.3 MI E OF FM 1417, Grayson, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 28,048
US 69
GoodOver: DUCK CREEK
0.5 MI N OF FM 84, Grayson, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,812
WASHINGTON ST
GoodOver: POST OAK CRK TRIB
2.1 MI S OF US 82, Grayson, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,968
US 75
GoodOver: DRAW
1.7 MI N OF FM 121, Grayson, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 40,131
SP 503 N FR
GoodOver: WATERLOO CREEK
0.2 MI W OF SH 91, Grayson, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,904
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
0.2 MI S OF SH 56, Grayson, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,910
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
3.5 MI S OF SH 56, Grayson, TX
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,253
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
0.65 MI S OF FM 121, Grayson, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,253
SH 289
GoodOver: DRAW
1.8 MI S OF FM 121, Grayson, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 9,307
SH 289
GoodOver: DRAW
0.7 MI N OF FM 406, Grayson, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,163
FM 697
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
1.0 MI E OF FM 2729, Grayson, TX
Built 1991 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 328
FM 84
GoodOver: SHAWNEE CRK
1.7 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,508
FM 84
GoodOver: LITTLE SHAWNEE CRK
0.8 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,508
FM 902
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
0.9 MI W OF FM 901, Grayson, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,105
FM 902
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.3 MI W OF FM 901, Grayson, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,105
FM 902
GoodOver: HOG CREEK
0.2 MI E OF FM 901, Grayson, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,106
FM 691
GoodOver: HONEY RUN CREEK
0.8 MI W OF SH 91, Grayson, TX
Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,287
FM 120
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.5 MI E OF FM 996, Grayson, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,727
FM 1897
GoodOver: CORNELIASON CREEK
0.2 MI N OF US 69, Grayson, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,914
SH 11
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
7.7 MI S OF SH 56, Grayson, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,296
REEVES RD
GoodOver: LITTLE MINERAL CREEK
0.85 MI E OF FM 120, Grayson, TX
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 140
CATHEY DR
GoodOver: LOY CREEK
0.10 MI E OF FM 131, Grayson, TX
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 60
SH 56
GoodOver: CHOCTAW CRK REL #1
5.75 MI W OF US 69, Grayson, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,311
US 75
GoodOver: SHAWNEE CREEK
0.1 MI NE OF RANDALL RD, Grayson, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 39,734
US 75
GoodOver: DRAIN
2.1 MI S OF RED RIVER, Grayson, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 39,488
FM 697
GoodOver: KING CREEK
0.85 MI E OF FM 2729, Grayson, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 328
FM 697
GoodOver: BOIS DARC CRK
1.2 MI W OF US 69, Grayson, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 328
US 69
GoodOver: IRON ORE CRK RELIEF
3.85 MI SE OF SP 503, Grayson, TX
Built 1934 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,585
HALL CEMETERY RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.80 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 200
COUNTY LINE RD
GoodOver: HURRICANE CREEK TRIB
0.30 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 1987 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 80
HOWELL RD
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
1.05 MI S OF BUCK CK DR, Grayson, TX
Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
BUCK CREEK DR
GoodOver: DRAW
1.50 MI W OF HOWELL RD, Grayson, TX
Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 150
SOUTHMAYD RD
GoodOver: DEAVER CREEK
1.60 MI N OF SH 56, Grayson, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 370
SHEPPARD RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.0 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 2004 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
LUELLA RD
GoodOver: CHOCTAW CREEK
1.30 MI S OF FM 1417, Grayson, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 270
CENTENNIAL ST
GoodOver: DRAW
0.15 MI E OF S MONTGOMERY, Grayson, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 540
N WOODS ST
GoodOver: POST OAK CREEK
0.10 MI N OF SH 56 WB, Grayson, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,080
FM 902
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
0.4 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 1955 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,252
FM 121
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
1.40 MI W OF SH 289, Grayson, TX
Built 1954 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,483
FM 697
GoodOver: CHOCTAW CREEK RELIEF
3.6 MI E OF SH 11, Grayson, TX
Built 1949 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 895
NORTHRIDGE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.30 MI N OF US 75 EFR, Grayson, TX
Built 1999 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 110
FM 1417
GoodOver: SL&SF RR
4.0 MI S OF US 82, Grayson, TX
Built 1963 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 12,470
FM 2729
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
1.1 MI N OF SH 11, Grayson, TX
Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 580
CO LINE RD
GoodOver: US 75
1.6 MI S OF FM 121, Grayson, TX
Built 1968 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
FM 902
GoodOver: CASE CREEK
6.7 MI E OF US 377, Grayson, TX
Built 1956 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 754
FM 1417
GoodOver: SH 56
1.8 MI. W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,250
SH 289
GoodOver: SH 56
4.9 MI W OF US 75, Grayson, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,505
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