Total bridges
405
Public highway bridges in Hidalgo County
County profile · official public datasets
Hidalgo County, TX
405 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.4% rated Good, 51.6% Fair, 1% Poor.
- 405
- Public bridges
- 47.4%
- Good condition
- 1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hidalgo 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.
- 130th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1%
- Poor-condition share
- 405
- public highway bridges
- 1990
- 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.
Hidalgo County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hidalgo County ranks #130 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Hidalgo County, Texas contains 405 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.4% are rated “Good,” 51.6% “Fair,” and 1% “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
47.4%
192 of 405 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.6%
209 of 405 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1%
4 of 405 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#130 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 405 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 47.4% (192)
Fair 51.6% (209)
Poor 1% (4)
Hidalgo County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,113 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 278 crossings a day against 16,244 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 404 of 405 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
16.8% of Hidalgo County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 405 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 47.4% 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 68.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
VETERANS BLVD I over S FLOODWATER CHANNEL, built 1975, carries 764 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,113 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hidalgo County's bridges were built
405 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s 15
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s 39
1960–1969
39 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
49 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
86 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
49 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
112 bridges
- 2010s 37
2010–2019
37 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 112 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1990, 10 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Hidalgo County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Hidalgo County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 13 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith County | 427 | 47.1% | 51.5% | 1.4% | 1981 |
| Taylor County | 419 | 45.1% | 54.2% | 0.7% | 1967 |
| Hill County | 405 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 1982 |
| Hidalgo County (this page) | 405 | 47.4% | 51.6% | 1% | 1990 |
| Johnson County | 404 | 49.5% | 50.5% | 0% | 1985 |
| Wichita County | 399 | 41.4% | 57.9% | 0.8% | 1971 |
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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (405 bridges here).
- Coconino County, AZ · 405 bridges
- Pottawatomie County, OK · 408 bridges
- Marshall County, KS · 402 bridges
- Cuming County, NE · 402 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1990 here).
- Maricopa County, AZ · avg 1990 · 2,847 bridges
- Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
- Guilford County, NC · avg 1990 · 736 bridges
- Adams County, CO · avg 1990 · 535 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (192)
US 83 EB
GoodOver: SHOWERS RD
6.1 MI W OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,456
US 83 WB
GoodOver: SHOWERS RD
6.1 MI W OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,748
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 492
4.9 MI W OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,456
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 492
4.9 MI W OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,748
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 1016 & UP RR
1.00 MI W OF FM 396, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,456
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 1016 & UP RR
1.00 MI W OF FM 396, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,748
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 494 (SHARY RD)
1.50 MI W OF SP 487, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,220
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 494 (SHARY RD)
1.50 MI W OF SP 487, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,220
ABRAM ROAD
GoodOver: US 83
5.3 MI W OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,316
US 83 WBML
GoodOver: Inspiration Road
1.8 MI NW of FM 1016, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 74,000
US 83 EBML
GoodOver: Inspiration Road
1.8 MI NW OF FM 1016, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 74,000
US 83 WB
GoodOver: CESAR CHAVEZ ROAD
3.2 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105,149
US 83 EB
GoodOver: CESAR CHAVEZ ROAD
3.2 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105,149
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 907 (ALAMO RD)
3.9 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 43,450
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 907 (ALAMO RD)
3.9 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 43,450
US 83 WB
GoodOver: TOWER RD
4.65 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,990
US 83 EB
GoodOver: TOWER RD
4.65 MI E OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,990
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 1423/VAL VERDE
2.8 MI W OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40,640
US 83 WB
GoodOver: SPUR 433 (MAIN ST)
0.70 MI W OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,020
US 83 EB
GoodOver: SPUR 433 (MAIN ST)
0.70 MI W OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,020
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 493 (D SALINAS)
0.70 MI E OF SPUR 433, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,020
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 493 (D SALINAS)
0.70 MI E OF SPUR 433, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,020
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 88
3.20 MI E OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,010
PASO DEL NORTE
GoodOver: US 83
2.0 MI NW OF FM 1015, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,931
US 83 EB
GoodOver: AIRPORT DR.
1.20 MI NW OF FM 1015, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,010
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 1015 (MILE 3 WEST RD)
2.20 MI SE OF FM 88, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,010
US 83 WB
GoodOver: NORTH FLOODWAY CHANNEL
0.9 MI E OF SP31, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,710
US 83 EB
GoodOver: NORTH FLOODWAY CHANNEL
0.9 MI E OF SP31, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,710
US 83 WBFR
GoodOver: NORTH FLOODWAY CHANNEL
0.9 MI E OF SP31, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,150
US 83 WB
GoodOver: VERMONT AVE
0.50 MI W OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 EB
GoodOver: VERMONT AVE
0.50 MI W OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 EBFR
GoodOver: NORTH FLOODWAY CHANNEL
0.9 MI E OF SP31, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,969
US 83 WB
GoodOver: FM 491
2.20 MI W OF FM 1425, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 EB
GoodOver: FM 491
2.20 MI W OF FM 1425, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 WB
GoodOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.20 MI E OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 EB
GoodOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.20 MI E OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,790
US 83 WBFR
GoodOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.20 MI E OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,631
US 83 EBFR
GoodOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.20 MI E OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,312
US 281
GoodOver: SH 365 & TAs
SP 241 JCT US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,010
US 281 SB
GoodOver: UPRR (ABANDONED)
0.75 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,751
US 281 NB
GoodOver: UPRR (ABANDONED)
0.75 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,765
US 281 NB
GoodOver: FM 1925 MONTE CRISTO RD
2.50 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,946
US 281 NB
GoodOver: CHAPIN ST
1.00 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,765
RUSSELL RD
GoodOver: US 281
1.50 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,612
US 281
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.3 MI S OF FM 2812, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,517
US 281 NB
GoodOver: FM 162
2.4 MI S OF FM 490, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,946
US 281 SB
GoodOver: FM 162
2.4 MI S OF FM 490, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,571
US 281 NB
GoodOver: SH 186
7.45 MILES N OF FM 490, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,946
US 281 SB
GoodOver: SH 186
7.45 MI N OF FM 490, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,141
US 281 NB FRTG RD
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN
1.6 MI S OF FM 490, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300
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