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.
All bridges (2,617)
OVERTON PARK DR. E
FairOver: TRIB CLEAR FORK TRINITY
0.2 MI E HULEN ST S IH30, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,442
RANCH VIEW RD
FairOver: TRIB CLR FRK TRINITY RIV
0.7 MI E HULEN N IH 20, Tarrant, TX
Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,327
N UNIVERSITY DR NB
FairOver: W FRK TRIN/ROCKWD PK DR
0.5 MI SW SH 199 N. IH 30, Tarrant, TX
Built 1959 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 28,190
IH 820 SBFR
FairOver: CALLOWAY BRANCH
0.5 MI N OF SH 10, Tarrant, TX
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,446
IH20WBML/IH35WSBML
FairOver: IH35W; IH20; SYCAMORE CK
IH-20 & IH-35, Tarrant, TX
Built 1990 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 16,240
5TH ST RAMP
FairOver: 6TH STREET RAMP
0.4 MI W OF IH 35W, Tarrant, TX
Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 25,132
SH 121 NB
FairOver: HICKORY DRIVE
SH 121 OVER HICKORY DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 42,965
CTP TO UNIV CONN
FairOver: CLR FK TR OLD UNIV
0.7 MI E OF MONTGOMERY ST, Tarrant, TX
Built 1930 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13,120
SPUR 303
FairOver: RUSH CREEK RELIEF
6.6 MI W OF SH-360, Tarrant, TX
Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,638
SPUR 303 EBL
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
2.9 MI W OF SH-360, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 14,736
SPUR 303 WBL
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
2.9 MI W OF SH-360, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13,373
IH 20 EB FR
FairOver: VILLAGE CREEK
0.5 MI E OF IH 820, Tarrant, TX
Built 1973 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,300
W LONG AVE WB
FairOver: MARINE CREEK
0.7 MI W OF SPUR 496, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15,440
W LONG AVE EB
FairOver: MARINE CREEK
0.7 MI W SPR 496 N SH 183, Tarrant, TX
Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 15,440
TRENTMAN ST
FairOver: TRIB LAKE ARLINGTON
0.6 MI N SPR 496 W IH 820, Tarrant, TX
Built 1956 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 847
SH 180
FairOver: Rush Creek
3.1 Mi E of IH 820, Tarrant, TX
Built 1947 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 18,591
I20 WB N COLLECTOR
FairOver: IH820 NBL
0.7 MI NW OF US 377, Tarrant, TX
Built 1986 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,630
I20 CONNECTION L
FairOver: IH 20 and IH 820
0.8 MI NW OF US 377, Tarrant, TX
Built 1986 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,230
HARMON RD
FairOver: US 81/US 287
1.1 MI NW OF IH 35W, Tarrant, TX
Built 1970 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,069
US 287 SB
FairOver: Vaughn Blvd / Berry St
0.25 Mi NW of Bishop St, Tarrant, TX
Built 1968 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 30,850
WOODLAND PARK BLVD
FairOver: RUSH CREEK
0.2 MI W OF PARK SPRINGS, Tarrant, TX
Built 1962 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,622
W ROSEDALE ST WB
FairOver: CTT/RR/LOCAL RDS/TRINITY
ROSEDALE WB, Tarrant, TX
Built 1981 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 38,150
FM 1187
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
2.1 MILES SOUTH OF US 377, Tarrant, TX
Built 1962 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 8,498
US 287 NB
FairOver: IH 820 SB
0.20 MI N OF MARTIN ST, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,099
IH 20 EB
FairOver: BU 287
0.75 MI E OF ANGLIN DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 154,832
CHERRY LANE
FairOver: IH 30
0.4 MI W OF SPUR 341, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 11,016
SPUR 303
FairOver: RUSH CREEK
6.5 MI W OF SH-360, Tarrant, TX
Built 1958 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 19,361
E. MADDOX AVE
FairOver: SYCAMORE CREEK
0.2 MI E OF US 287, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,844
MCCART STREET SB
FairOver: TRIB TO SYCAMORE CK
2.0 MI S IH 20 W FM 731, Tarrant, TX
Built 1971 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 34,280
RANDOL MILL RD.
FairOver: VILLAGE CREEK
0.1 MI E OF MEADOWBRK BLV, Tarrant, TX
Built 1990 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 21,840
E SEMINARY DR EB
FairOver: SYCAMORE CREEK
0.86 MI E IH 35 N IH 20, Tarrant, TX
Built 1962 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 16,435
IH 35W SB ML
FairOver: HENRIETTA CREEK
0.2 MI N KELLER-HASLET RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1967 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 33,872
SH 180
FairOver: Village Crk West Relief
1.0 Mi E of IH 820, Tarrant, TX
Built 1947 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 11,098
SH 183 EB
FairOver: CROSSLANDS ROAD
0.4 MI W OF BRYANT IRVIN, Tarrant, TX
Built 1959 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 19,323
SH 183 WB
FairOver: CROSSLANDS ROAD
0.4 MI W OF BRYANT IRVIN, Tarrant, TX
Built 1959 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 16,977
IH 820 SB
FairOver: SH 121
3.1 MI N OF IH 30, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 51,476
IH 20 WB
FairOver: BU 287
0.75 MI E OF ANGLIN DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 154,832
US 377
FairOver: DUTCH BRANCH
0.1 MILE SW OF RM 2871, Tarrant, TX
Built 1926 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 26,606
US 377(E. BELKNAP)
FairOver: TRINITY RIVER
US377 OVER TRINITY RIVER, Tarrant, TX
Built 1932 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,204
SPUR 347 EB
FairOver: BNSF RR
0.381 MI E OF COURTHOUSE, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 12,342
SPUR 347 WB
FairOver: BNSF RR
0.381 MI E OF COURTHOUSE, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 11,277
SH121 SB TO I35NB
FairOver: WTHFRD/SP347 TO US377 EB
500 FT E OF 287/377 INTER, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 86,311
SH 183
FairOver: MARINE CREEK
0.4 MI W OF BUS. 287, Tarrant, TX
Built 1943 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 18,421
SH 183(RAMP X)
FairOver: SPUR 341 RAMP
0.2 MI W OF SH 183, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 13,250
US 287 SB
FairOver: CAREY STREET
0.40 MI E OF VILLAGE RD, Tarrant, TX
Built 1965 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 31,924
US 287 NB
FairOver: Mitchell Blvd
0.7 Mi NW of Berry St, Tarrant, TX
Built 1966 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 30,850
FM 730
FairOver: Briar Branch
0.5 Mi N of FM 2257, Tarrant, TX
Built 1963 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 10,737
IH 30 WB
FairOver: US 287 CONN
0.5 MI E OF IH 35W, Tarrant, TX
Built 1957 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 63,182
IH 30 EB
FairOver: US 287 CONN
0.8 MI E OF IH 35W, Tarrant, TX
Built 1957 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 51,904
S ONYX DR
FairOver: BIG FOSSIL CR
0.10 MI E OF WENDELL DR, Tarrant, TX
Built 1961 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 1,577
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