Total bridges
63
Public highway bridges in Menard County
County profile · official public datasets
Menard County, TX
63 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.7% rated Good, 33.3% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 63
- Public bridges
- 66.7%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Menard County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 18%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 63
- public highway bridges
- 1954
- 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.
Menard County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Menard County ranks #45 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Menard County, Texas contains 63 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.7% are rated “Good,” 33.3% “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
66.7%
42 of 63 rated 7-9
Fair condition
33.3%
21 of 63 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 63 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#45 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 63 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 66.7% (42)
Fair 33.3% (21)
Poor 0% (0)
92.1% of Menard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
58 of the 63 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 66.7% 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 Menard County's bridges were built
63 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
20 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
11 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1954, 26 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Menard County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Menard County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1954 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 12 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingsworth County | 65 | 47.7% | 47.7% | 4.6% | 1974 |
| Starr County | 64 | 70.3% | 26.6% | 3.1% | 1972 |
| Blanco County | 63 | 60.3% | 39.7% | 0% | 1961 |
| McMullen County | 63 | 63.5% | 33.3% | 3.2% | 1969 |
| Menard County (this page) | 63 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1954 |
| Foard County | 60 | 20% | 75% | 5% | 1954 |
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 Menard 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 Menard County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (63 bridges here).
- Highlands County, FL · 63 bridges
- Chattahoochee County, GA · 63 bridges
- Red River County, LA · 63 bridges
- Lincoln County, ME · 63 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1954 here).
- Glenn County, CA · avg 1954 · 242 bridges
- Graham County, AZ · avg 1954 · 179 bridges
- Bristol city County, VA · avg 1954 · 34 bridges
- Scott County, KS · avg 1954 · 22 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (42)
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
3.7 MI N OF US 190 E, Menard, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,004
US 83
GoodOver: VOLKMANN DRAW
2.6 MI N OF US 190 E, Menard, TX
Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,004
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
5.05 MI N OF FM 3463, Menard, TX
Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,677
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
3.7 MI N OF FM 3463, Menard, TX
Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,677
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
2.15 MI N OF FM 3463, Menard, TX
Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,677
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
3.80 MI S OF SH 29, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,455
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
3.90 MI S OF SH 29, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,455
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
4.90 MI S OF SH 29, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,455
US 83
GoodOver: SPOON DRAW
6.25 MI S OF SH 29, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,455
US 83
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
0.91 MI S OF RM 1773, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,423
US 83
GoodOver: DRAW
1.79 MI S OF RM 1773, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,423
US 83
GoodOver: MIDDLE SALINE DRAW
4.15 MI S OF RM 1773, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,423
SH 29
GoodOver: DRAW
1.50 MI E OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 673
SH 29
GoodOver: DRAW
0.41 MI E OF RM 1311, Menard, TX
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 749
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
6.50 MI E SCHLEICHER C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 642
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
2.5 MI E OF FM 864, Menard, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 642
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
13.8 MI E SCHLEICHER C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 845
US 190
GoodOver: MULLIGAN DRAW
0.40 MI E SCHLEICHER C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 448
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
4.70 MI E OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 826
RM 1674
GoodOver: DRAW
2.2 MI S OF FM 864, Menard, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
RM 1674
GoodOver: DRAW
3.9 MI S OF FM 864, Menard, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
RM 1674
GoodOver: DRAW
6.25 MI S OF FM 864, Menard, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2092
GoodOver: DRAW
0.50 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 455
RM 2291
GoodOver: DRAW
11.9 MI S OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
RM 2291
GoodOver: DRAW
13.9 MI S OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
RM 2873
GoodOver: DRAW
7.0 MI N OF US 190, Menard, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
RM 3463
GoodOver: DRAW
1.15 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
US 377
GoodOver: PEARL DRAW
2.80 MI W OF MASON C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 544
US 377
GoodOver: SAND DRAW
0.70 MI W OF MASON C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 544
SH 29
GoodOver: MCDOUGALD DRAW
0.85 MI E OF FM 2092, Menard, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 822
US 190
GoodOver: DRAW
1.30 MI E SCHLEICHER C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 478
US 190
GoodOver: BROWN HOLLOW
2.50 MI E SCHLEICHER C/L, Menard, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 478
US 83
GoodOver: S SALINE CREEK
11.9 MI S OF SH 29, Menard, TX
Built 1941 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,423
FM 2092
GoodOver: LOS MORAS CREEK
1.26 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 122
US 190
GoodOver: CELERY CREEK
0.66 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1939 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,127
US 190
GoodOver: ROCKY CREEK
4.2 MI E OF FM 864, Menard, TX
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 642
US 190
GoodOver: MAYNOR BRANCH
3.20 MI WEST OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 845
RM 864
GoodOver: SAN SABA RIVER
4.7 Miles SW of US 190, Menard, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
US 190
GoodOver: COGHLAN BRANCH
5.38 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1946 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 845
RM 3463
GoodOver: CELERY CREEK
2.00 MI W OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1971 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
US 190
GoodOver: SCALP CREEK
2.92 MI E OF US 83, Menard, TX
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 826
BOIS DARK ROAD
GoodOver: SAN SABA RIVER
0.15 MI SOUTH OF US 190, Menard, TX
Built 2016 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
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