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Guadalupe County, TX

296 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.8% rated Good, 41.2% Fair, 0% Poor.

296
Public bridges
58.8%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Guadalupe County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 1%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
296
public highway bridges
1977
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.

Guadalupe County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Guadalupe County ranks #3 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Guadalupe County, Texas contains 296 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.8% are rated “Good,” 41.2% “Fair,” and 0% “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

296

Public highway bridges in Guadalupe County

Good condition

58.8%

174 of 296 rated 7-9

Fair condition

41.2%

122 of 296 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 296 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#3 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 296 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
58.8% (174)
Fair
41.2% (122)
Poor
0% (0)

53.7% of Guadalupe County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

159 of the 296 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 58.8% 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.

When Guadalupe County's bridges were built

296 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 71 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Texas average (1980).

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

How Guadalupe County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Texas counties nearest Guadalupe County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 5 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Guadalupe County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Falls County 308 2.3%
Fannin County 307 5.5%
Lamar County 307 2.9%
Guadalupe County (this page) 296 0%
Gonzales County 284 2.8%
Cooke County 283 2.8%

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 Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (296 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1977 here).

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

All 296 Good 174 Fair 122 Poor 0

Good-condition bridges (174)

Altwein Rd.

Good

Over: Long Creek

0, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

ALTWEIN LN

Good

Over: DRAW

Altwein Rd., Guadalupe, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t

ZION HILL ROAD

Good

Over: CANTAU CREEK

2.9 MI East of SH 123, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 871

GANDER SLOUGH RD

Good

Over: DRAW

2.10 MI SW OF CALDWELL CO, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 190

CORDOVA RD

Good

Over: LITTLE MILL CREEK

1.00 MI E OF SH 46, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,421

GLENEWINKEL RD

Good

Over: GERONIMO CREEK

1.00 MI E OF SH 123, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

DIETZ ROAD

Good

Over: EAST DIETZ CREEK

0.1 MI N. OF FM 3009, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,150

CAMPBELL STREET

Good

Over: WALNUT BRANCH

0.25 MI N OF US 90A, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,460

VAUGHAN ST

Good

Over: WALNUT BRANCH

0.4 MI N OF US 90A, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,950

E WALNUT ST

Good

Over: GERONIMO CREEK

0.60 MI E OF SH 123, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,540

CREST OAK DRIVE

Good

Over: EAST DIETZ CREEK

0.01 MI NE OF FM 3009, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

SCHERTZ PARKWAY

Good

Over: WEST DIETZ CREEK

1.1 MI NW OF FM78, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,990

IH 10 EB

Good

Over: WALNUT BRANCH

0.60 MI E OF SH 46, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1967 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 16,832

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: WALNUT BRANCH

0.60 MI E OF SH 46, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1967 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 24,513

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH CREEK

5.0 MI E OF US 90, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1969 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 13,240

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: GUADALUPE R/REILEY RD

0.65 MI E OF FM 725, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 22,860

IH 10 EB

Good

Over: GUADALUPE R/REILEY RD

0.65 MI E OF FM 725, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 21,191

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: GERONIMO CREEK

0.60 MI E OF SH 123, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,946

Stillmeadow Rd.

Good

Over: Cottonwood Creek

1.9 mi. S. of FM 467, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2020 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 50

IH 10 WB

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

2.0 MI E OF FM 2438, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1969 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 13,240

IH 10 EB

Good

Over: NASH CREEK

2.0 MI E OF FM 2438, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1969 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 13,240

FM 3009

Good

Over: Dietz Creek

0.1 MI N OF FM 78, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1995 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 16,754

SCHUMANN RD

Good

Over: YOUNGS CREEK

0.50 MI SW OF FM 78, Guadalupe, TX

Built 1981 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 150

Old Seguin Luling

Good

Over: Mill Creek

00, Guadalupe, TX

Built 2019 Load: 40.8 t

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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.