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Parker County, TX

350 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.7% rated Good, 49.1% Fair, 1.1% Poor.

350
Public bridges
49.7%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Parker County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

140th
of 247 on Poor share
1.1%
Poor-condition share
350
public highway bridges
1985
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.

Parker County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Parker County ranks #140 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Parker County, Texas contains 350 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.7% are rated “Good,” 49.1% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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

350

Public highway bridges in Parker County

Good condition

49.7%

174 of 350 rated 7-9

Fair condition

49.1%

172 of 350 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.1%

4 of 350 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#140 of 247

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

Condition distribution

Share of 350 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
49.7% (174)
Fair
49.1% (172)
Poor
1.1% (4)

Parker County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,282 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 571 crossings a day against 5,681 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 350 of 350 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

36.9% of Parker County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

129 of the 350 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 49.7% 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.

One structure carries 50.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

IH 20 NFR over BRAZOS RIVER, built 1934, carries 1,160 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 2,282 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Parker County's bridges were built

350 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 84 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 5 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Parker County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Parker County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cameron County 355 0.6%
Parker County (this page) 350 1.1%
Navarro County 345 1.2%
Galveston County 344 2.9%
Victoria County 344 2.3%
Bowie County 331 0.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (350 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1985 here).

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

All 350 Good 174 Fair 172 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (174)

IH 20 SFR

Good

Over: BIG GRINDSTONE CR

2.2 MI E OF FM 113, Parker, TX

Built 1970 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 323

OLD AGNES - PCT 2

Good

Over: CLEAR FORK TRINITY RIVER

2.9 MI. E. OF FM 2421, Parker, TX

Built 1987 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 246

ADVANCE RD PCT 2

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.3 MI. NORTH OF FM 1885, Parker, TX

Built 1990 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 537

IH 20

Good

Over: SOUTH MARYS CREEK

0.4 MI SE OF IH 30, Parker, TX

Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 32,005

IH 20

Good

Over: TRIB OF S MARYS CREEK

1.3 MI SE OF IH 30, Parker, TX

Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 32,005

FM 51

Good

Over: HAYDON CREEK

7.2 MI S OF IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,709

IH 20 SFR

Good

Over: WINSTON CREEK

2.1 MI E OF FM-1189, Parker, TX

Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,150

IH 20 NFR

Good

Over: BRAZOS RIVER TRIB

3.8 MI W OF FM 113, Parker, TX

Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 180

IH 20

Good

Over: TRIB SANCHEZ CREEK

1.4 MI W OF FM-1884, Parker, TX

Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 35,565

FM 1885

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

4.6 MI W OF FM 113, Parker, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,745

FM 1885

Good

Over: TRIB ROCK CREEK

2.5 MI W OF FM 113, Parker, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,745

FM 113

Good

Over: NORTH RIPPY BRANCH

2.2 MI S OF FM 1885, Parker, TX

Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 960

FM 920

Good

Over: GOURDNECK CREEK

3.9 MI S OF FM 3107, Parker, TX

Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,774

FM 2552

Good

Over: HOLLAND LAKE CR

1.10 MI NW OF IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,550

FM 2552

Good

Over: S HOLLAND LAKE CR

0.83 MI NW OF IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,550

FM 730

Good

Over: TRIB OF SILVER CR

5.10 MI SW OF SH 199, Parker, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,408

FM 1884

Good

Over: TRIB OF SANCHEZ BRANCH

2.9 MI S OF IH-20, Parker, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,560

FM 2421

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

5.2 MI N OF FM-920, Parker, TX

Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,308

FM 2421

Good

Over: GOURDNECK CREEK

8.5 MI N OF FM 920, Parker, TX

Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,308

FM 3107

Good

Over: TRIB OF CLR FRK TRIN RIV

1.7 MI W OF FM 920, Parker, TX

Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 541

CLEAR LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: CLEAR LAKE CREEK

0.2 MILE SE OF IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,144

FM 1189

Good

Over: KICKAPOO CREEK

2.4 MI S OF DENNIS, Parker, TX

Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,162

FM 1189

Good

Over: TRIB TO BRAZOS RIVER

4.7 MI S OF IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,936

Bethel Rd PCT 3

Good

Over: Sanchez Creek

7.6 Mi S of IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,000

CROSS POST ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF ROCK CREEK

0.1 MI S OF PERSHING RD, Parker, TX

Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 251

Bailey Ranch Rd

Good

Over: Drainage Ditch

0.3 Mi W of FM 1187, Parker, TX

Built 2000 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,000

RANCH HOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: SQUAW CREEK

0.1 MI W of Navajo Trail, Parker, TX

Built 2012 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,055

MCDAVID SPRINGS DR

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

.1 MI S OF FM-5, Parker, TX

Built 2008 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50

SMITH RD PCT 1

Good

Over: DRY BRANCH

0.56 MI N SPRINGFIELD RD, Parker, TX

Built 1997 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

IH 20 SFR

Good

Over: PATRICK CREEK

3.7 MI E OF FM 1189, Parker, TX

Built 1969 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,654

CARTER ROAD PCT 2

Good

Over: CARTER CREEK

1.1 MI. W. OF FM 51, Parker, TX

Built 2002 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,273

FM 2552

Good

Over: BLACK WARRIOR BR

0.50 MI SE OF US 80, Parker, TX

Built 1972 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 8,937

US 180 EB

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1.9 MI E OF PR 71, Parker, TX

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,829

US 180 EB

Good

Over: GRINDSTONE CREEK

8.1 MI W OF US 80, Parker, TX

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,657

US 180 WB

Good

Over: UPRR & TOWN CREEK

0.5 MI. E. OF FM51, Parker, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,198

US 180 EB

Good

Over: UP RR & TOWN CREEK

0.5 MI E. OF FM 51, Parker, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,845

IH 20 EB

Good

Over: FM 5

IH 20 AT FM 5, Parker, TX

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 43,253

IH 20 WB

Good

Over: CLEAR FK TRINITY RIVER

1.2 MI E OF FM 5, Parker, TX

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 46,568

IH 20 EB

Good

Over: CLEAR FK TRINITY RIVER

1.2 MI E OF FM 5, Parker, TX

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 46,034

IH 20 EBFR

Good

Over: CLEAR FK TRINITY RIVER

1.2 MI E OF FM 5, Parker, TX

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,320

FM 1187

Good

Over: IH 20

1.8 MI W OF IH 30, Parker, TX

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,682

US 180 WB

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.2 MI W OF FM 730, Parker, TX

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,097

US 180 EB

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.2 MI W OF FM 730, Parker, TX

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,858

FM 5

Good

Over: CLEAR FK TRINITY RIVER

1.0 MI S OF FM1187, Parker, TX

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,751

FM 1187

Good

Over: Trib S Fk Trinity Ri

1.6 Mi S of IH 20, Parker, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,680

US 377 SB

Good

Over: SOUTH BEAR CREEK

5.1 MI S OF FM 1187 N, Parker, TX

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,775

US 377 SB

Good

Over: NORTH BEAR CREEK

3.3 MI S OF FM 1187 N, Parker, TX

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,775

SH 199 EB

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD BRANCH

1.2 MI W OF FM 1542, Parker, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,100

SH 199 EB

Good

Over: WOODY CREEK

1.7 MI SE FROM FM 51, Parker, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,160

FM 51

Good

Over: BROWDER CREEK

0.6 MI S OF SH 199, Parker, TX

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,186

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