Total bridges
714
Public highway bridges in McLennan County
County profile · official public datasets
McLennan County, TX
714 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.8% rated Good, 46.2% Fair, 2% Poor.
- 714
- Public bridges
- 51.8%
- Good condition
- 2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
McLennan County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- 178th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2%
- Poor-condition share
- 714
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- 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.
McLennan County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, McLennan County ranks #178 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2%). McLennan County, Texas contains 714 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.8% are rated “Good,” 46.2% “Fair,” and 2% “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
51.8%
370 of 714 rated 7-9
Fair condition
46.2%
330 of 714 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2%
14 of 714 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#178 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 714 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 51.8% (370)
Fair 46.2% (330)
Poor 2% (14)
McLennan County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,846 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,703 crossings a day against 23,395 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 714 of 714 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.4% of McLennan County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
360 of the 714 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 51.8% 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.
One structure carries 33.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LP 2 EB / 18TH ST over UPRR MARY AVE WACO CRK, built 1935, carries 8,074 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 23,846 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When McLennan County's bridges were built
714 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
84 bridges
- 1940s 11
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
71 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
102 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
110 bridges
- 1980s 40
1980–1989
40 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
50 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
91 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
103 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
45 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 110 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Texas average (1980).
How McLennan County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest McLennan County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1991 is 11 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bend County | 795 | 72.8% | 24.7% | 2.5% | 1998 |
| El Paso County | 783 | 54.4% | 44.8% | 0.8% | 1986 |
| McLennan County (this page) | 714 | 51.8% | 46.2% | 2% | 1980 |
| Montgomery County | 710 | 69.2% | 30.1% | 0.7% | 1998 |
| Ellis County | 691 | 53.3% | 45.2% | 1.6% | 1987 |
| Bell County | 660 | 54.7% | 45% | 0.3% | 1984 |
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 McLennan 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 McLennan County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (714 bridges here).
- Pinal County, AZ · 716 bridges
- Madison County, AL · 710 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · 721 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · 727 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Hinds County, MS · avg 1980 · 663 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (370)
SH 6 SB
GoodOver: TEHUACANA CREEK RELIEF
1.80 MI SE OF LP 340, McLennan, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,729
SH 6 SB
GoodOver: TEHUACANA CREEK RELIEF
2.6 MI SE OF LP 340, McLennan, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,730
SH 6 SB
GoodOver: SHAW CREEK
3.3 MI SE OF LP 340, McLennan, TX
Built 1971 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,729
US 84 EB
GoodOver: TEHUACANA CREEK RELIEF
0.8 MI SW OF SH 31, McLennan, TX
Built 1977 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,796
SH 6 NB/SL 340 SB
GoodOver: FM 3400
4.3 MI E OF IH 35, McLennan, TX
Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,711
SH 6 SB/SL 340 NB
GoodOver: FM 3400
4.3 MI E OF IH 35, McLennan, TX
Built 2007 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 9,711
SH 6 (LP340) NBFR
GoodOver: Cottonwood Creek
1.1 Mi E of US 77, McLennan, TX
Built 2005 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 577
FM 3400
GoodOver: Cottonwood Creek
0.6 Mi S of FM 434, McLennan, TX
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,458
FM 2643
GoodOver: Dry Creek
1.4 Mi SE of US 77, McLennan, TX
Built 1970 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 728
CANAAN CHURCH RD
GoodOver: RAINEY CRK #599
3.00 MI NW OF FM 185, McLennan, TX
Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
WOODLAWN RD
GoodOver: N COW BAYOU # 2015
3.80 MI E OF IH 35, McLennan, TX
Built 1998 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
DOSHER LN
GoodOver: TENNANT BRANCH #423
0.10 MI NW OF SH 6, McLennan, TX
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,357
ROGERS HILL RD
GoodOver: AQUILLA CRK #565
0.60 MI NW OF FM 1858, McLennan, TX
Built 1998 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 288
WHITE OAK RD
GoodOver: WHITE ROCK CRK #563
1.30 MI SW OF FM 3149, McLennan, TX
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 243
OLD MARLIN RD
GoodOver: TEHUACANA CRK #1030
0.80 MI NW OF FM 1860, McLennan, TX
Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 123
HACIENDA WESLEY
GoodOver: CASTLEMAN CREEK #1017
3.00 MI E OF FM 434, McLennan, TX
Built 2002 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
3RD ST
GoodOver: PRIMROSE CRK #41 WAC
0.50 MI NW OF FM 434, McLennan, TX
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 644
4TH ST
GoodOver: PRIMROSE CRK #42 WAC
1.05 MI SE OF LP 491, McLennan, TX
Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 389
4TH ST
GoodOver: WILSON CRK #58 WAC
0.18 MI N OF FM 1637, McLennan, TX
Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 345
SCHAEPER RD
GoodOver: CASTLEMAN CRK #2003 RBS
0.75 MI S OF FM 3148, McLennan, TX
Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
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