Total bridges
710
Public highway bridges in Montgomery County
County profile · official public datasets
Montgomery County, TX
710 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.2% rated Good, 30.1% Fair, 0.7% Poor.
- 710
- Public bridges
- 69.2%
- Good condition
- 0.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Montgomery County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 46%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 710
- public highway bridges
- 1998
- 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.
Montgomery County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Montgomery County ranks #114 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.7%). Montgomery County, Texas contains 710 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.2% are rated “Good,” 30.1% “Fair,” and 0.7% “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
69.2%
491 of 710 rated 7-9
Fair condition
30.1%
214 of 710 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.7%
5 of 710 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#114 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 710 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 69.2% (491)
Fair 30.1% (214)
Poor 0.7% (5)
Montgomery County's Poor-condition bridges carry 910 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 182 crossings a day against 14,619 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 710 of 710 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
12.1% of Montgomery County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
86 of the 710 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 69.2% 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 44% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
EDGEWATER DR over WINDCREST LAKE, built 2000, carries 400 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 910 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Montgomery County's bridges were built
710 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 8
1920–1929
8 bridges
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 16
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s 17
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s 50
1970–1979
50 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
87 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
114 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
146 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
143 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
112 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 146 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1998, 18 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Montgomery County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Montgomery County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1998 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 11 years newer.
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 | 714 | 51.8% | 46.2% | 2% | 1980 |
| Montgomery County (this page) | 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (710 bridges here).
- Madison County, AL · 710 bridges
- Pinal County, AZ · 716 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · 721 bridges
- Douglas County, OR · 699 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1998 here).
- Orange County, FL · avg 1998 · 885 bridges
- Pipestone County, MN · avg 1998 · 185 bridges
- Hyde County, NC · avg 1998 · 75 bridges
- Hertford County, NC · avg 1998 · 58 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (710)
SH 242 EB
FairOver: SAN JACINTO RI W REL
3.00 MI E OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,830
SH 242 EB
FairOver: W FK SAN JACINTO RI
3.60 MI E OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,830
SH 249 NB FR
FairOver: Mill Creek Trib. 4
0.20 MI SE OF FM 1488, Montgomery, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,700
HEREFORD WAY
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
0.15 MI NE OF LONGHORN D, Montgomery, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
LONGHORN DR
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
0.1 MI N OF OAKRIDGE DR, Montgomery, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
POST OAK RUN
FairOver: SULFUR BRANCH
1.3 MI W OF HIGH MEADOW, Montgomery, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400
BUENA WAY
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.35 MI NW OF RAYFORD RD, Montgomery, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
WOODLANDS PKWY EB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.3 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,181
WOODLANDS PKWY
FairOver: PANTHER BRANCH
1.0 MI W OF GROGANS MILL, Montgomery, TX
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,574
WOODLANDS PKWY WB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.3 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,280
SAWDUST RD WB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.4 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,134
GROGANS MILL RD SB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.8 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,000
GROGANS MILL RD NB
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.8 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,000
SIX PINES NB
FairOver: WOODLANDS WATERWAY
0.3 MI N OF WOODLANDS PWY, Montgomery, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200
SIX PINES SB
FairOver: WOODLANDS WATERWAY
0.3 MI N OF WOODLANDS PWY, Montgomery, TX
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200
KUYKENDAHL RD SB
FairOver: BEAR BRANCH
0.9 MI SW OF RESEARCH FRT, Montgomery, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,934
WALNUT CREEK RD
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
0.06 MI W OF STAGECOACH, Montgomery, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,430
VETERANS RD
FairOver: ARNOLD BRANCH
0.1 MI E OF SAWMILL RD, Montgomery, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400
COCHRANS CROSSING
FairOver: BEAR BRANCH
1.1 MI N OF WOODLANDS PK, Montgomery, TX
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
BOARS HEAD RD
FairOver: LAKE CREEK TRIBUTARY 2
0.8 MI W OF HONEA EGYPT, Montgomery, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
Woodsons Rsrv Pkwy
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
1.4 Mi SE of SH 99, Montgomery, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250
NATURE CREEK RD
FairOver: DRAW
0.3 MI W OF HIGHLAND LP R, Montgomery, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
PEACH CREEK LN
FairOver: PEACH CREEK
0.08 MI W OF NATURE CENT, Montgomery, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
ROCK CREEK DR
FairOver: SAN JACINTO TRIBUTARY
0.1 MI N OF N PARK DR, Montgomery, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
CREIGHTON RD
FairOver: LITTLE CANEY CREEK
0.26 MI W OF FM 1314, Montgomery, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000
FOSTER RD
FairOver: STEWARTS CREEK
1.40 MI E OF SH 75, Montgomery, TX
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,250
FOSTER RD
FairOver: VAL WOOD BRANCH
0.6 MI W OF FM 1314, Montgomery, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500
Grand Village WB
FairOver: Crescent Creek
0.4 Mi W of IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,500
LONGMIRE ROAD
FairOver: LIVE OAK CREEK
0.1 MI SE OF FM 336, Montgomery, TX
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,000
LONE STAR PKWY
FairOver: STEWART CREEK
0.1 MI NORTH OF SH 105, Montgomery, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200
LONE STAR PKWY
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.50 MI W OF FM 149, Montgomery, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400
FM 2090
FairOver: PEACH CREEK
0.2 MI W OF US 59, Montgomery, TX
Built 1965 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 7,803
EXXON RD
FairOver: CRYSTAL CREEK DRAW
0.8 MI W OF FM 3083, Montgomery, TX
Built 1982 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 110
SH 105
FairOver: EAST FORK CRYSTAL CREEK
2.50 MI E OF LP 336, Montgomery, TX
Built 1936 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 17,325
LP 336 EB
FairOver: UPRR
0.60 MI E OF SH 75, Montgomery, TX
Built 1970 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 11,154
LP 336 WB
FairOver: UPRR
0.60 MI E OF SH 75, Montgomery, TX
Built 1970 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,962
FM 1097
FairOver: LK CONROE/W FK SN JAC RI
6.00 MI W OF IH 45, Montgomery, TX
Built 1972 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 11,245
SH 105
FairOver: JAYHAWKER CREEK
8.95 MI E OF FM 1484, Montgomery, TX
Built 1943 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 9,861
LP 336
FairOver: STEWARTS CREEK
1.55 MI E OF SH 75, Montgomery, TX
Built 1970 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,368
OLD HWY 105
FairOver: EGYPT CREEK
0.45 MI N OF FM 2854, Montgomery, TX
Built 1985 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 200
OLD HWY 105
FairOver: PEACH CREEK DRAW
5.20 MI SE OF FM 105, Montgomery, TX
Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 150
RESEARCH FOREST EB
FairOver: BEAR BRANCH
0.4 MI NW OF GOSLING RD, Montgomery, TX
Built 1989 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 10,000
DRIVERS DR
FairOver: GULLY BRANCH
0.25 MI SW OF FM 2090, Montgomery, TX
Built 1989 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50
OLD HWY 105
FairOver: PEACH CREEK DRAW
5.35 MI SE OF FM 105, Montgomery, TX
Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 150
SH 75
FairOver: STEWARTS CREEK
0.45 MI S OF FM 830, Montgomery, TX
Built 1926 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,006
LAKE WOODLANDS EB
FairOver: IH 45
4.1 MI N OF HARRIS C/L, Montgomery, TX
Built 1988 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 211
LAKE WOODLANDS WB
FairOver: IH 45
4.1 MI N OF HARRIS C/L, Montgomery, TX
Built 1988 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 211
LP 336
FairOver: FM 2854 and BNSF RR
1.1MI S OF SH105, Montgomery, TX
Built 1989 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 11,926
FM 149
FairOver: MILL CREEK
1.05 MI N OF FM 1774, Montgomery, TX
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 12,576
FM 149
FairOver: LAKE CREEK
7.50 MI S OF SH 105, Montgomery, TX
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 7,132
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