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Nacogdoches County, TX

237 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 21.1% rated Good, 73.4% Fair, 5.5% Poor.

237
Public bridges
21.1%
Good condition
5.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Nacogdoches County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

240th
of 247 on Poor share
5.5%
Poor-condition share
237
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Nacogdoches County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Nacogdoches County ranks #240 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.5%). Nacogdoches County, Texas contains 237 public highway bridges. Roughly 21.1% are rated “Good,” 73.4% “Fair,” and 5.5% “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.

Total bridges

237

Public highway bridges in Nacogdoches County

Good condition

21.1%

50 of 237 rated 7-9

Fair condition

73.4%

174 of 237 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.5%

13 of 237 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#240 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 237 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
21.1% (50)
Fair
73.4% (174)
Poor
5.5% (13)

Nacogdoches County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,572 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 121 crossings a day against 4,416 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 237 of 237 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

39.2% of Nacogdoches County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

93 of the 237 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 21.1% 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 23.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CR 820 over MORRAL BAYOU, built 1994, carries 371 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,572 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Nacogdoches County's bridges were built

237 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 83 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 35% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Texas average (1980).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Nacogdoches County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Texas counties nearest Nacogdoches County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Nacogdoches County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lubbock County 242 0.4%
Palo Pinto County 237 0.4%
Nacogdoches County (this page) 237 5.5%
San Patricio County 235 1.7%
Eastland County 234 1.3%
Montague County 234 2.6%

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 Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (237 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1978 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

Fair-condition bridges (174)

CR 350

Fair

Over: AMALADEROS CREEK

2.4 MI W OF FM 95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 2000 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 213

CR 307

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CARRIZO BAYOU

0.7 MI N OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 2005 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 55

CR 659

Fair

Over: BLACK BAYOU

0.1 MI SW OF US 59, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 62

CR 713

Fair

Over: MORRAL BAYOU

1.0 MI S OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100

CR210(POST OAK RD)

Fair

Over: TOLIVER BRANCH

0.9 MI E OF LP 495, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 227

MLK JR BLVD

Fair

Over: BONITA CREEK

0.4 MI W OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,435

MLK JR BLVD

Fair

Over: LA NANA BAYOU

0.25 MI W OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,453

EAST COLLEGE ST

Fair

Over: BAYOU LA NANA

0.1 MI W OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,799

PARK ST

Fair

Over: BAYOU LA NANA

0.15 MI W OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1971 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,229

SOUTH PECAN ST

Fair

Over: BONITA CREEK

0.5 MI S OF SH21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 595

WEST PILLAR ST

Fair

Over: BONITA CREEK

0.1 MI W OF LP 495, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 489

PRESS RD

Fair

Over: TRIB OF LA NANA BAYOU

1.0 MI N OF FM 2863, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 246

FM 343

Fair

Over: LOCO CREEK

4.00 MI NW OF US 59, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1958 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 965

CR 175(DOBBS RD.)

Fair

Over: WANDERS CREEK

2.15 M S OF FM1087, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1993 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 55

CR 302

Fair

Over: CARRIZO BAYOU

3.2 MI E OF SH 7 @ LP224, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 55

CR 810

Fair

Over: BONITA CREEK

1.4 MI W OF US 259, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100

CR 236

Fair

Over: TRIB OF TERRAPIN CREEK

0.7 MI N OF SH 7, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1997 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 55

CR 918

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BEECH CREEK

2.2 MI SW OF US 259, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1998 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

CR 210

Fair

Over: LA NANA BAYOU

1.35 MI E OF US 59 BUS, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 227

CR 230

Fair

Over: CARRIZO BAYOU

0.2 MI E OF CR 229, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 55

CR 331

Fair

Over: MARTIN CREEK

1.8 MI S OF SH 7, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1993 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 130

CR 392

Fair

Over: BLACK BRANCH

2.8 MI E OF FM95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 2004 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

CR 350

Fair

Over: AMALADEROS CREEK

2.9 MI W OF FM95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 213

CR 350

Fair

Over: MOSS CREEK

0.75 MI E OF SH21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 229

CR 460

Fair

Over: TRIB OF DURANZO CREEK

0.1 MI E OF FM 226, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1996 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 55

CR 884

Fair

Over: TRIB OF ANGELINA RIVER

0.9 MI SE FM343 @ CR 883, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 55

CR 929

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BEECH CREEK

1.1 MI N OF SH 204, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1997 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 55

SH 21

Fair

Over: AMALADEROS CREEK

0.7 MI E OF SH 95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1954 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,579

SH 7

Fair

Over: MORRAL CREEK

4.1 MI SW OF LOOP 224, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1952 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 3,876

FM 95

Fair

Over: POLYSOT CREEK

2.25 MI S OF SH21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1959 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 959

FM 226

Fair

Over: DURAZNO CREEK

16.2 MI S OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1957 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,220

FM 1638

Fair

Over: BANITA CREEK

0.40 MI W OF BUS 59, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1956 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,553

FM 1648

Fair

Over: BEECH CREEK

04.6 MI S SACUL, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 120

US 59 & LP 224 WB

Fair

Over: US 59

JCT LOOP 224 & US 59, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1966 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 23,897

CR 915

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BEECH CREEK

1.7 MI SW OF US 259, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1993 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

CR 813

Fair

Over: BAILEY CREEK

1.4 MI N OF FM 698, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1993 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 750

CR 381

Fair

Over: POLLY BRANCH

1.7 MI E OF FM 95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

CR 289

Fair

Over: WANDERS CREEK TRIB

0.7 MI E OF FM 95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1998 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 55

CR 489

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

2.1 MI E OF FM 226, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

CR 536

Fair

Over: DORR CREEK

0.5 MI E OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100

SH 7

Fair

Over: ATTOYAC RIVER

014.7 MI EAST JCT SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1934 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,669

US 59 BUS NB

Fair

Over: T & NO RR

17.5 MI S OF RUSK CO LN, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,058

US 59 BUS SB

Fair

Over: SPRR & COX ST

0.30 MI S OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1967 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 13,839

CR 950

Fair

Over: JONES CREEK

0.5 MI E OF FM 2783, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100

CR 950

Fair

Over: BEECH CREEK

3.3 MI NE OF FM 2783, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1995 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 55

CR 173

Fair

Over: WANDERS CREEK

1.3 MI S OF FM 1087, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1997 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 55

CR 2051

Fair

Over: CARRIZO CREEK

1.4 MI NORTH OF FM 1878, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 2010 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 55

CR 817

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BAYOU LOCO

2.2 MI S OF SH 204, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 63

CR 104

Fair

Over: BANITA CREEK

0.8 MI W OF FM2864, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1992 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 400

CR 274

Fair

Over: WANDERS CREEK

0.2 MI W FM 95, Nacogdoches, TX

Built 1994 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 158
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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