Total bridges
345
Public highway bridges in Navarro County
County profile · official public datasets
Navarro County, TX
345 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.6% rated Good, 58.3% Fair, 1.2% Poor.
- 345
- Public bridges
- 40.6%
- Good condition
- 1.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Navarro County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 142nd
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 345
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- 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.
Navarro County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Navarro County ranks #142 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.2%). Navarro County, Texas contains 345 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.6% are rated “Good,” 58.3% “Fair,” and 1.2% “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
40.6%
140 of 345 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.3%
201 of 345 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.2%
4 of 345 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#142 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 345 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 40.6% (140)
Fair 58.3% (201)
Poor 1.2% (4)
Navarro County's Poor-condition bridges carry 310 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 78 crossings a day against 4,633 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 345 of 345 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
47% of Navarro County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
162 of the 345 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 40.6% 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 32.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR NE 0070 over Chambers Creek, built 2014, carries 100 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 310 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Navarro County's bridges were built
345 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
29 bridges
- 1940s 14
1940–1949
14 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
43 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
57 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
33 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
44 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
46 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
44 bridges
- 2020s 14
2020–2029
14 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 57 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Navarro County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Navarro County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | 355 | 62% | 37.5% | 0.6% | 1992 |
| Parker County | 350 | 49.7% | 49.1% | 1.1% | 1985 |
| Navarro County (this page) | 345 | 40.6% | 58.3% | 1.2% | 1979 |
| Galveston County | 344 | 57.6% | 39.5% | 2.9% | 1987 |
| Victoria County | 344 | 70.1% | 27.6% | 2.3% | 1979 |
| Bowie County | 331 | 46.5% | 52.9% | 0.6% | 1975 |
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 Navarro 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 Navarro County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (345 bridges here).
- Macon County, IL · 346 bridges
- Dubuque County, IA · 346 bridges
- Shelby County, AL · 344 bridges
- DuPage County, IL · 344 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (345)
CR NW 1330
FairOver: Mill Creek
1.00 MI N OF FM 2930, Navarro, TX
Built 1989 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 100
NW CR 4430
FairOver: Trib Mill Creek
1.9 Mi NW of FM 55, Navarro, TX
Built 2000 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 20
CR SW 3060
FairOver: MELTON BRANCH
1.10 MI S OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 1996 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100
WEST ROANE RD
FairOver: IH 45
1.25 MI N OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,248
SH 14
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.4 MI N OF C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 1930 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,216
SH 31 EB
FairOver: CHAMBERS CREEK
4.30 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,784
SH 31 EB
FairOver: CHAMBERS CRK REL
4.90 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,784
IH45 WFR
FairOver: MESQUITE CREEK
3.45 MI N OF FM 246, Navarro, TX
Built 1929 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100
FM 739
FairOver: GRAPE CREEK
0.5 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1956 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,313
FM 642
FairOver: BOARD CREEK
4.40 MI S OF FM 709, Navarro, TX
Built 1954 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 281
FM 744
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK RELIEF
1.60 MI E OF FM 1946, Navarro, TX
Built 1955 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 247
FM 2452
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.48 MI NW OF FM 709, Navarro, TX
Built 1959 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 355
IH45 EFR
FairOver: LITTLE PIN OAK CREEK
0.7 MI SE OF FM 1394, Navarro, TX
Built 1968 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100
FM 744
FairOver: RUSH CREEK
0.50 MI SW OF FM 1126, Navarro, TX
Built 1955 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 716
SH 31 EB
FairOver: CHAMBERS CRK REL
4.60 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,784
FM 1126
FairOver: CUMMINGS CREEK
1.95 MI W OF IH 45, Navarro, TX
Built 1962 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,305
FM 55
FairOver: MILL CREEK
1.05 MI NW OF FM 2930, Navarro, TX
Built 1962 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,244
IH 45 NBFR
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
0.25 MI N OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,120
BUS 45
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
3.20 MI S OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,913
IH 45 SB ML
FairOver: 15TH ST
2.85 MI S OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,338
IH 45 NB ML
FairOver: 15TH ST O PASS
2.85 MI S OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,555
IH 45
FairOver: US 287
JCT OF US287, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,817
IH45 NB ML
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
1.30 MI N OF SH 14, Navarro, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,267
US 287
FairOver: BNSF RR
0.3 MI E OF FM 739, Navarro, TX
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,500
US 287
FairOver: RICHLAND/CHAMBERS RES
4.20 MI SE OF FM 637, Navarro, TX
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,198
SH 31 WB
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK RELIEF
6.10 MI NE OF HILL C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,081
SH 31 WB
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
6.40 MI NE OF HILL C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,081
SH 31 WB
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK RELIEF
6.60 MI NE OF HILL C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,081
SH 31 EB
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK RELIEF
6.10 MI NE OF HILL C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,842
FM 55
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
2.05 MI NW OF FM 709, Navarro, TX
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 287
FM 709
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
0.50 MI SW OF FM 2452, Navarro, TX
Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,065
SH 31 EB
FairOver: POST OAK CR
1.90 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,784
IH45 WFR
FairOver: LONG BRANCH CREEK
1.0 MI S OF SH 14, Navarro, TX
Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
IH45 WFR
FairOver: LITTLE PIN OAK CRK
0.7 MI SE OF FM 1394, Navarro, TX
Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 103
FM 3041
FairOver: CHAMBERS CREEK
2.20 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,248
CR NW 1260
FairOver: BNSF Railroad
0.05 MI W OF CR NW 1250, Navarro, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
CR NW 1250
FairOver: CHAMBERS CREEK TRIB
2.10 MI N OF FM 1126, Navarro, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 108
CR NE 2160
FairOver: BIG RUSH CREEK
1.6 MI NE OF CR NE 2120, Navarro, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR SE 4030
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.30 MI E OF FM 3096, Navarro, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41
CR SE 4270
FairOver: ALLIGATOR CREEK
0.6 MI NE OF US 287, Navarro, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR SW 2340
FairOver: LITTLE PIN OAK CRK
0.85 MI SE OF SH 14, Navarro, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 144
CR NE 3270
FairOver: GRAYS CREEK
3.10 MI E OF FM 1129, Navarro, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
COMMERCE STREET
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
0.2 MI. N. OF 1ST. AVE., Navarro, TX
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 877
N BUNERT ST
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
0.30 MI SE OF ROANE RD, Navarro, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 173
SH 14
FairOver: PIN OAK CREEK
4.3 MI N OF C/L, Navarro, TX
Built 1930 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 4,900
SH 31 WB
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
1.90 MI E OF IH45, Navarro, TX
Built 1933 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 7,826
FM 744
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
1.00 MI W OF FM 55, Navarro, TX
Built 1957 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 655
CR SW 2390
FairOver: Little Pin Oak Creek
0.3 MI SE OF SH 14, Navarro, TX
Built 1991 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100
CR SW 1090
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.5 MI E OF FM 2452, Navarro, TX
Built 1993 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 100
CR NW 3150
FairOver: TREADWELL BRANCH
1.45 MI N OF SH 31, Navarro, TX
Built 1995 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 41
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