Total bridges
2,617
Public highway bridges in Tarrant County
County profile · official public datasets
Tarrant County, TX
2,617 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.2% rated Good, 41.4% Fair, 0.4% Poor.
- 2,617
- Public bridges
- 58.2%
- Good condition
- 0.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Tarrant 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 39%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 2,617
- public highway bridges
- 1990
- 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.
Tarrant County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tarrant County ranks #97 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.4%). Tarrant County, Texas contains 2,617 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.2% are rated “Good,” 41.4% “Fair,” and 0.4% “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
58.2%
1,524 of 2,617 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.4%
1,083 of 2,617 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.4%
10 of 2,617 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#97 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 2,617 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 58.2% (1,524)
Fair 41.4% (1,083)
Poor 0.4% (10)
Tarrant County's Poor-condition bridges carry 167,826 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 16,783 crossings a day against 20,108 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 2,617 of 2,617 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
26.1% of Tarrant County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
684 of the 2,617 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 58.2% 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 21.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SPUR 347 EB over IH 35W SB, built 1960, carries 35,634 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 167,826 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Tarrant County's bridges were built
2,617 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 8
1920–1929
8 bridges
- 1930s 64
1930–1939
64 bridges
- 1940s 44
1940–1949
44 bridges
- 1950s 81
1950–1959
81 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
264 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
356 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
417 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
365 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
370 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
542 bridges
- 2020s 103
2020–2029
103 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 542 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1990, 10 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Tarrant County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Tarrant County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1988 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 4,029 | 50.7% | 48.7% | 0.6% | 1989 |
| Dallas County | 3,230 | 42.5% | 56.4% | 1% | 1983 |
| Tarrant County (this page) | 2,617 | 58.2% | 41.4% | 0.4% | 1990 |
| Bexar County | 2,342 | 55% | 44.7% | 0.3% | 1983 |
| Travis County | 1,544 | 63.9% | 35.9% | 0.2% | 1988 |
| Williamson County | 1,170 | 67.4% | 32.2% | 0.3% | 1995 |
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 Tarrant 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 Tarrant County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (2,617 bridges here).
- Maricopa County, AZ · 2,847 bridges
- Cook County, IL · 1,721 bridges
- Los Angeles County, CA · 3,547 bridges
- San Diego County, CA · 1,632 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1990 here).
- Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
- Guilford County, NC · avg 1990 · 736 bridges
- Adams County, CO · avg 1990 · 535 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (1,083)
ARCADIA ST
FairOver: CALLOWAY BRANCH
0.5 MI N OF SH 10, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 840
BEDFORD CT
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.2 MI W OF BROWN TR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,120
RICKEL PARK DR
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
0.1 MI WEST OF SH 10, Tarrant, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,430
BROWN TR
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.3 MI N OF HURST BLVD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,240
CULLUM ST
FairOver: LOREAN BRANCH
0.4 MI E of Precinct Line, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 639
ELM ST
FairOver: LOREAN BRANCH
0.1 MI E of Hurstview Dr, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 490
GLADE RD
FairOver: LITTLE BEAR CREEK
0.4 MI E OF PRECINCT LINE, Tarrant, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,354
HARWOOD RD
FairOver: LOREAN BRANCH
0.2 MI E OF PRECINCT LINE, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11,310
HURSTVIEW DR
FairOver: MESQUITE BRANCH
0.5 MI E of Precinct Line, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,783
LOUELLA DR
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.1 MI E OF NORWOOD DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,480
MELBOURNE RD
FairOver: CALLOWAY BRANCH
0.35 MI N OF SH 183, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,093
MELBOURNE RD
FairOver: WALKER BRANCH
300 FT N OF PIPELINE RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,847
E OAK ST
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.2 MI W OF BROWN TR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 230
PIPELINE RD
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.1 MI E OF NORWOOD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15,530
PIPELINE RD
FairOver: WALKER BRANCH
0.4 MI E OF SH 121, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 14,117
E PLAZA BLVD
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.2 MI W OF BROWN TRAIL, Tarrant, TX
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,060
PLEASANT VIEW DR
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.1 MI E OF NORWOOD DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,700
REDBUD DR
FairOver: LOREAN (MESQUITE) BR
0.4 MI E of Precinct Line, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,850
REDBUD DR
FairOver: VALLEY VIEW BRANCH
0.2 MI W OF BROWN TR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,560
REDBUD DR
FairOver: WALKER BRANCH
0.1 MI E OF Melbourne Rd, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,950
INTERNATIONAL PKWY
FairOver: TRIB OF TRIGG LAKE
0.5 MI N OF S AIRFIELD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1973 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20,000
MARLENE DRIVE
FairOver: TRIB W FRK TRINITY RIV
0.4 MI N SH183 E W PARK, Tarrant, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,570
MARLENE DRIVE
FairOver: CYCLONE BRANCH
0.4 MI NW OF SH 10, Tarrant, TX
Built 1949 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,236
EULESS MAIN ST
FairOver: LITTLE BEAR CREEK
1.9 MI N OF SH 183, Tarrant, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,369
N MAIN STREET
FairOver: BLESSING BRANCH
2.43 MI S OF GLADE ROAD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 13,955
PIPELINE RD
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
100 FT E OF DRIFTWOOD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 9,018
RENTAL CAR DR
FairOver: TRIB OF BIG BEAR CREEK
0.28 Mi. E of Intl Pkwy, Tarrant, TX
Built 1998 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
SOTOGRANDE BLVD
FairOver: TRIB TO WALKER BR.
0.35 MI N OF SH 10, Tarrant, TX
Built 1972 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,635
S AIRFIELD (SAD1)
FairOver: TRIGG LAKE
0.15 MI W OF INTL PKWY, Tarrant, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,022
WESTPARK WAY
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
0.7 MI S OF SH 183, Tarrant, TX
Built 1972 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 14,533
SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD
FairOver: HENRIETTA CREEK
3.5 MI N OF US 287, Tarrant, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 960
HARWOOD RD
FairOver: WALKER BRANCH
0.10 MI E OF SH 26, Tarrant, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 13,580
HOLIDAY LANE
FairOver: TRIB OF CALLOWAY BRANCH
.06 MI N OF MID CITIES BV, Tarrant, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,834
KIRK LANE
FairOver: LITTLE BEAR CREEK
0.80 MI E OF FM 1938, Tarrant, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 610
SMITHFIELD RD
FairOver: LITTLE BEAR CREEK
0.30 MI N OF BURSEY RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1939 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,295
SPORTS PARKWAY
FairOver: BIG BEAR CREEK
0.25 MI S OF FM1709, Tarrant, TX
Built 1998 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
JOHNSON RD.
FairOver: TRIB TO BIG BEAR CK.
2.25 MI E of US 377, Tarrant, TX
Built 1949 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,510
PATE-ORR ROAD
FairOver: TRIB. BIG BEAR CREEK
0.1 MI N. OF FM 1709, Tarrant, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,611
RUFE SNOW DR
FairOver: TRIB. TO BIG BEAR CK.
0.1 MI N OF FM 1709, Tarrant, TX
Built 1987 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,229
CHERRY LANE
FairOver: FARMERS BRANCH
100 FT N OF W SETTLMNT RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,655
DALE LANE
FairOver: TRIB. TO FARMERS BRANCH
0.1 MI S WHITE SETTLEMENT, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,710
LAS VEGAS TRAIL
FairOver: TRIB TO LAKE WORTH
0.1 MI S OF CLIFFORD ST., Tarrant, TX
Built 1966 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,848
VALLEY LANE
FairOver: TRIB TO VILLAGE CREEK
0.4 MI S OF BU 287, Tarrant, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,152
BEDFORD-EULESS RD
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
0.7 MI E OF BROWN TRAIL, Tarrant, TX
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 14,439
LAKEVIEW DRIVE
FairOver: TRIB TO SULPHUR BRCH
0.2 MI S OF SHADY VIEW, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 183
Murphy Drive
FairOver: E FORK HURRICANE CREEK
.1 Mi. N.W. of SH-121, Tarrant, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 12,132
DONNA LANE
FairOver: TR TO SULPHUR BRANCH
0.3 MI W FOREST LANE, Tarrant, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 870
RANKIN DRIVE
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
0.9 MI S SH121, Tarrant, TX
Built 1996 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 477
SHADY LANE
FairOver: SULPHUR BRANCH
0.2 MI W. SHADY GROVE RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 809
SHADY GROVE DR.
FairOver: TRIB. SULPHUR BRANCH
0.6 MI S OFF HARWOOD RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 781
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