Total bridges
237
Public highway bridges in Nacogdoches County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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
- 1930s 22
1930–1939
22 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s 28
1950–1959
28 bridges
- 1960s 26
1960–1969
26 bridges
- 1970s 14
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s 25
1980–1989
25 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
83 bridges
- 2000s 22
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s 7
2010–2019
7 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 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).
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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock County | 242 | 45.9% | 53.7% | 0.4% | 1988 |
| Palo Pinto County | 237 | 41.8% | 57.8% | 0.4% | 1962 |
| Nacogdoches County (this page) | 237 | 21.1% | 73.4% | 5.5% | 1978 |
| San Patricio County | 235 | 47.7% | 50.6% | 1.7% | 1978 |
| Eastland County | 234 | 40.6% | 58.1% | 1.3% | 1965 |
| Montague County | 234 | 47% | 50.4% | 2.6% | 1985 |
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).
- Hawaii County, HI · 237 bridges
- Winona County, MN · 237 bridges
- DeKalb County, MO · 237 bridges
- Boone County, NE · 237 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (174)
CR 210
FairOver: TRIB OF LA NANA BAYOU
1.5 MI E OF US 59 BUS, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1994 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 227
CR 220
FairOver: WHITE OAK BRANCH
1.4 MI E OF LP 224, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1993 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 371
CR 854 / FLOWER RD
FairOver: LITTLE LOCO CREEK
1.6 MI FROM END OF FM 698, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 2000 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 55
CR 809
FairOver: BONITA CREEK
0.4 MI WEST OF US 59, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1994 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100
SH 7
FairOver: CARRIZO CREEK
2.6 MI E OF LOOP 224, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1935 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 4,463
LP 224
FairOver: SH 21
AT JCT OF LP 224 & SH 21E, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1964 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,766
SH 103
FairOver: ANGELINA RIVER
2.2 MI W OF FM 226, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 5,015
SH 103
FairOver: DURAZNO BAYOU REL.
001.5 MI E ANGELINA RIVER, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 4,803
US 59 & LP 224 NB
FairOver: SH 7
JCT US 59 & SH 7, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1966 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 23,897
LP 224
FairOver: LA NANA CRK
4.7 MI N OF SH 7, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1975 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 15,740
CR 353
FairOver: TANDAKEE CREEK
0.15 MI SW OF FM 95, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 2000 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50
FM 95
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
9.7 MI SOUTH JCT US 59, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 376
FM 226
FairOver: ATASCOSO RELIEF
3.5 MI SOUTH OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 552
FM 226
FairOver: PUENTA SUELAS CREEK
8.20 MI S OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1987 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,607
LOOP 224
FairOver: SPRR & DRAW & PRESS RD
0.90 MI E OF US 59, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 14,747
FM 2782
FairOver: ALAZAN BAYOU
1.6 MI W OF US 59, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1994 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 806
CR 302
FairOver: MARTIN CREEK
1.8 MI NW SH21 @ MELROSE, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 55
CR 397
FairOver: BLACK BRANCH TRIBUTARY
0.6 MI. N. OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 55
CR 395
FairOver: AMALADEROS CREEK TRIB.
0.05 MI N OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 55
CR 770
FairOver: TRIB OF BAYOU LOCO
0.4 MI S OF FM 225, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
MARTINSVILLE RD
FairOver: LA NANA BAYOU
0.15 MI W OF FM 1275, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 4,360
S CHURCH ST
FairOver: BONITA CREEK
0.2 MI S OF SH 21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 216
SOUTH FREDONIA ST
FairOver: BONITA CREEK
0.7 MI S OF SH21, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 1973 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,779
CR 420
FairOver: MOSS CREEK
5.0 MI NE OF FM 226, Nacogdoches, TX
Built 2001 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 100
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