Total bridges
419
Public highway bridges in Taylor County
County profile · official public datasets
Taylor County, TX
419 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.1% rated Good, 54.2% Fair, 0.7% Poor.
- 419
- Public bridges
- 45.1%
- Good condition
- 0.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Taylor County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 47%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 419
- public highway bridges
- 1967
- 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.
Taylor County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Taylor County ranks #116 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.7%). Taylor County, Texas contains 419 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.1% are rated “Good,” 54.2% “Fair,” and 0.7% “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
45.1%
189 of 419 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.2%
227 of 419 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.7%
3 of 419 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#116 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 419 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45.1% (189)
Fair 54.2% (227)
Poor 0.7% (3)
Taylor County's Poor-condition bridges carry 620 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 207 crossings a day against 5,399 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 419 of 419 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
70.2% of Taylor County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
294 of the 419 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 45.1% 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 84.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
E South 7th St over CEDAR CREEK, built 1955, carries 522 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 620 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Taylor County's bridges were built
419 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 38
1920–1929
38 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 22
1940–1949
22 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
120 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
96 bridges
- 1970s 14
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s 23
1980–1989
23 bridges
- 1990s 29
1990–1999
29 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
50 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 120 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1967, 13 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Taylor County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Taylor County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1967 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is 15 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith County | 427 | 47.1% | 51.5% | 1.4% | 1981 |
| Taylor County (this page) | 419 | 45.1% | 54.2% | 0.7% | 1967 |
| Hidalgo County | 405 | 47.4% | 51.6% | 1% | 1990 |
| Hill County | 405 | 41% | 58% | 1% | 1982 |
| Johnson County | 404 | 49.5% | 50.5% | 0% | 1985 |
| Wichita County | 399 | 41.4% | 57.9% | 0.8% | 1971 |
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 Taylor 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 Taylor County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (419 bridges here).
- Kay County, OK · 419 bridges
- Lewis County, WA · 419 bridges
- Santa Barbara County, CA · 418 bridges
- Lucas County, OH · 418 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1967 here).
- Los Angeles County, CA · avg 1967 · 3,547 bridges
- Allegheny County, PA · avg 1967 · 1,294 bridges
- Sonoma County, CA · avg 1967 · 609 bridges
- Merced County, CA · avg 1967 · 528 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (419)
NOODLE DOME RD
GoodOver: NOODLE CREEK
1.96 MI N OF IH 20, Taylor, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 48
CO RD 408
GoodOver: BITTER CREEK DRAW
1.0 MI E OF FM 126, Taylor, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 75
WELLS LN (CR 412)
GoodOver: MULBERRY CREEK
0.5 MI S OF CO RD 410, Taylor, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 399
NUGENT RD (CR 501)
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
0.50 MI N OF FM 600, Taylor, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 313
CO RD 640
GoodOver: MULBERRY CREEK
0.5 MI W OF CO RD 306, Taylor, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 121
E LOWDEN ST
GoodOver: RAINY CREEK
0.3 MI E OF IH 20, Taylor, TX
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,098
N 18th STREET
GoodOver: CATCLAW CREEK
1.6 MI E OF US 83, Taylor, TX
Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,269
OLD ANSON ROAD
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
0.12 MI E OF US 83, Taylor, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,433
E SOUTH 27TH ST
GoodOver: LYTLE CREEK
0.5 MI E OF FM 1750, Taylor, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,689
REBECCA LANE
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
1.60 MI W OF FM 89, Taylor, TX
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,686
IH 20 SFR
GoodOver: MULBERRY CREEK
4.15 MI E OF FM 126, Taylor, TX
Built 1958 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 400
US 83/US 84 NB
GoodOver: FM 89
2.40 MI SE OF US 277, Taylor, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 17,693
US 83/US 84 SB
GoodOver: FM 89
2.4 MI SE OF US 277, Taylor, TX
Built 2000 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 15,927
FM 89
GoodOver: ELM CREEK
0.25 MI E OF US 277, Taylor, TX
Built 1969 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 332
FM 1086
GoodOver: RED LAKE CREEK
2.15 MI W OF US 83, Taylor, TX
Built 1954 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
FM 3438
GoodOver: LITTLE ELM CREEK
1.65 MI S OF US 84, Taylor, TX
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10,139
E South 7th St
PoorOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.28 MI E OF LOOP 243, Taylor, TX
Built 1955 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 522
CR 172
PoorOver: RED BANK CREEK
.50 MI SW US84/FM604 JUNC, Taylor, TX
Built 1940 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 68
3RD STREET
PoorOver: SOUTH DIVERSION DITCH
3.0 MILES FROM MAIN GATE., Taylor, TX
Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 30
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