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.
All bridges (405)
MILE 9 NORTH ROAD
FairOver: IRRIGATION CANAL
0.25 MI W OF MILE 1 W RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 253
MILE 8 NORTH ROAD
FairOver: IRRIGATION CANAL
1.25 MI E OF FM 1015, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 303
MILE 1 1/2 WEST RD
FairOver: MAIN SUPPLY CANAL
0.9 MI N OF MILE 9 N RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
MILE 1-1/2 WEST RD
FairOver: IRRIGATION CANAL
0.5 MI S OF MILE 9 N ROAD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 331
CESAR CHAVEZ RD
FairOver: S MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
0.25 MI N OF WISCONSIN RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,421
CO RD 934
FairOver: DONNA EAST MAIN CANAL
0.03 MI E OF FM 1423, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1962 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 893
RIDGE ROAD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.25 MI E OF FM 907, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 871
IB & WC ROAD
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE INLET
0.20 MI S OF N LEVEE ROAD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
IB & WC ROAD
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE INLET
0.30 MI W OF SH 336, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 80
IB & WC ROAD
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE INLET
0.27 MI E OF SH 336, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
IB&WC ROAD
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE INLET
0.20 MI N OF S LEVEE ROAD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
S McCOLL RD
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE INLET
0.20 MI S OF N LEVEE ROAD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,815
CR 1412
FairOver: DONNA MAIN CANAL
0.25 MI W OF VALLEY VIEW, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
MILE 5 1/2 N RD
FairOver: WESLACO MAIN DRAIN
0.4 MI W OF MI 3 1/2 W RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
DEPOT RD
FairOver: HIDALGO W MAIN DRAIN
0.20 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,661
FREDDY GONZALEZ DR
FairOver: N MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
0.25 MI E OF FM 2061, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 16,962
MON MACK RD
FairOver: HIDALGO W MAIN DRAIN
0.60 MI N OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,275
ROGERS RD
FairOver: N MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
0.25 MI E OF FM 2061, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,186
SCHUNIOR RD
FairOver: N MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
0.25 MI E OF FM 2061, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,028
SPRAGUE RD
FairOver: N MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH
0.25 MI E OF FM 2061, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,087
MILE 5 N RD
FairOver: EDINBURG MAIN CANAL
0.25 MI W OF FM 2220, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,135
YUMA AVENUE
FairOver: 2ND STREET CANAL
0.01 MI E OF 2ND STREET, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,893
FIFTH STREET
FairOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.22 MI E OF TEXAS AVENUE, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,832
BRYAN RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.62 MI N OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,520
CIRCLE LAKE DR
FairOver: DERBY LAKE DRAIN
0.05 MI E INSPIRATION RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
GLASSCOCK ROAD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.6 MILES NORTH OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,672
HOLLAND AVENUE
FairOver: EDINBURG MAIN CANAL
0.2 MI N OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2001 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,627
MAYBERRY RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.62 MI N OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,279
OLD MILITARY ROAD
FairOver: DRAIN
0.25 MI E OF FM 1427, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 270
RIVER BEND DRIVE
FairOver: MISSION PILOT CHANNEL
0.25 MI S OF CIRCLE DR, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
SCENIC WAY
FairOver: DERBY LAKE DRAIN
0.02 MI N OF CIRCLE DR, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 30
STEWART RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.6 MI N OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,592
TAYLOR RD
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.65 MI N OF FM 495, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,692
RIO GRANDE DR
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.7 MI W OF SHARY RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,320
ABRAM ROAD
FairOver: EDINBURG MAIN CANAL
0.05 MI N OF BU 83, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,010
VETERANS BLVD I
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.90 MI S OF BUS 83, Hidalgo, TX
Built 2006 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,446
MILE 4 1/2 WEST RD
FairOver: MAIN SUPPLY CANAL
0.1 MI N OF MILE 19 N RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1948 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,800
SUGAR CANE DRIVE
FairOver: MAIN SUPPLY CANAL
.3 MI W OF MI 4-1/2 W RD, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,460
US 281 BUS
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
2.00 MI S OF SH 107, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1947 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 14,466
LOS EBANOS RD
FairOver: US 83
1.20 MI NW OF FM 1016, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1969 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 6,733
MAIN ST
FairOver: US 83
0.30 MI W OF SH 336, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1967 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 5,797
US 281
FairOver: DONNA MAIN CANAL
0.95 MI W OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1949 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 6,554
FM 88
FairOver: MAIN FLOODWAY
2.00 MI N OF US 281, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1963 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,871
FM 491
FairOver: WILLACY MAIN CANAL
0.80 MI W OF FM 2629, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1956 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 805
SH 107 WB
FairOver: DONNA DRAIN
0.90 MI E OF FM 493, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1967 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 6,513
SP 115 NB
FairOver: HACKNEY LAKE FLOODWAY
0.50 MI S OF FM 1016, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1981 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,460
FM 2061
FairOver: MISSION FLDWY PILOT CHAN
2.85 MI S OF US 83, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1962 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 19,337
US 281
FairOver: MERCEDES MAIN CANAL
0.80 MI W OF FM 491, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1935 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 5,779
SP 115 NB
FairOver: MAIN FLDWY PILOT CHANNEL
1.35 MI S OF US 83, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1957 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 8,997
SP 115 SB
FairOver: MAIN FLDWY PILOT CHANNEL
1.35 MI S OF US 83, Hidalgo, TX
Built 1968 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 9,164
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