Total bridges
17
Public highway bridges in Kenedy County
County profile · official public datasets
Kenedy County, TX
17 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 82.4% rated Good, 17.6% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 17
- Public bridges
- 82.4%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Kenedy County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 32%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 17
- public highway bridges
- 1969
- 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.
Kenedy County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Kenedy County ranks #79 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Kenedy County, Texas contains 17 public highway bridges. Roughly 82.4% are rated “Good,” 17.6% “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.
Good condition
82.4%
14 of 17 rated 7-9
Fair condition
17.6%
3 of 17 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 17 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#79 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 17 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 82.4% (14)
Fair 17.6% (3)
Poor 0% (0)
41.2% of Kenedy County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
7 of the 17 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 82.4% 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.
When Kenedy County's bridges were built
17 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1950s 1
1950–1959
1 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
7 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 7 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 41.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 11 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Kenedy County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Kenedy County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1963 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane County | 19 | 31.6% | 68.4% | 0% | 1943 |
| Martin County | 19 | 68.4% | 31.6% | 0% | 1984 |
| Briscoe County | 18 | 50% | 50% | 0% | 1964 |
| Hartley County | 17 | 47.1% | 52.9% | 0% | 1967 |
| Kenedy County (this page) | 17 | 82.4% | 17.6% | 0% | 1969 |
| Crosby County | 15 | 40% | 60% | 0% | 1957 |
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 Kenedy 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 Kenedy County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (17 bridges here).
- Lake County, CO · 17 bridges
- Morton County, KS · 17 bridges
- Big Stone County, MN · 17 bridges
- Golden Valley County, MT · 17 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1969 here).
- Cook County, IL · avg 1969 · 1,721 bridges
- Fresno County, CA · avg 1969 · 916 bridges
- Cuyahoga County, OH · avg 1969 · 871 bridges
- Ventura County, CA · avg 1969 · 501 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (17)
US 77 NB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
19.10 MI N OF WILLACY C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,418
US 77 NB
FairOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
16.4 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1982 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,418
US 77 SB
FairOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
16.4 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1939 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,892
US 77
GoodOver: DRAIN
4.20 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1981 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,780
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
19.2 MI N OF WILLACY C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,892
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAIN & STOCK PASS
5.40 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1952 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,390
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
13.5 MI N OF WILLACY C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,892
US 77 NB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
12.3 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1977 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,418
US 77 NB
GoodOver: DRAIN & STOCK PASS
5.40 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1981 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,390
US 77 NB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
19.1 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1982 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,418
US 77 SB
GoodOver: LA PARRA AVENUE
5.65 MI S OF SH 285, Kenedy, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,050
US 77 NB
GoodOver: LA PARRA AVENUE
5.65 MI S OF SH 285, Kenedy, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,050
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
12.3 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1939 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,892
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
19.1 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1939 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,892
US 77 SB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
23.8 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1939 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,892
US 77 NB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
23.8 MI S OF KLEBERG C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,418
US 77 NB
GoodOver: DRAW & STOCK PASS
13.5 MI N OF WILLACY C/L, Kenedy, TX
Built 1988 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,418
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