Total bridges
344
Public highway bridges in Victoria County
County profile · official public datasets
Victoria County, TX
344 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 70.1% rated Good, 27.6% Fair, 2.3% Poor.
- 344
- Public bridges
- 70.1%
- Good condition
- 2.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Victoria County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 190th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 2.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 344
- 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.
Victoria County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Victoria County ranks #190 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.3%). Victoria County, Texas contains 344 public highway bridges. Roughly 70.1% are rated “Good,” 27.6% “Fair,” and 2.3% “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
70.1%
241 of 344 rated 7-9
Fair condition
27.6%
95 of 344 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.3%
8 of 344 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#190 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 344 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 70.1% (241)
Fair 27.6% (95)
Poor 2.3% (8)
Victoria County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,524 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 316 crossings a day against 6,660 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 344 of 344 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
44.2% of Victoria County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
152 of the 344 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 70.1% 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 49.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FM 1685 over DRAW, built 1972, carries 1,254 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,524 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Victoria County's bridges were built
344 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
45 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
68 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
49 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
40 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
41 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
41 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
32 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 68 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.8% 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 Victoria County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Victoria County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.3% Poor share is the 5th-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 | 345 | 40.6% | 58.3% | 1.2% | 1979 |
| Galveston County | 344 | 57.6% | 39.5% | 2.9% | 1987 |
| Victoria County (this page) | 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 Victoria 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 Victoria County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (344 bridges here).
- Shelby County, AL · 344 bridges
- DuPage County, IL · 344 bridges
- Kankakee County, IL · 344 bridges
- Cumberland County, ME · 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.
Good-condition bridges (241)
LP 463
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.2 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 12,798
US 77
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.55 MI SW OF US 87, Victoria, TX
Built 1998 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,700
US 77
GoodOver: DRAW
0.66 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,015
US 77
GoodOver: DRAW
2.80 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,015
US 77
GoodOver: DRAW
3.50 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,932
US 77
GoodOver: DRAW
3.90 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,932
US 77 E FRTG RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.70 MI NW OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 660
FM 444
GoodOver: DRAW
11.5 MI S OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 253
FM 444
GoodOver: DRAW
9.45 MI S OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 253
FM 1686
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.75 MI SW OF SH 185, Victoria, TX
Built 1978 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,111
REINECKE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.2 MI W OF LMV RD, Victoria, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 220
NURSERY RD
GoodOver: GARCITAS CREEK
7.2 MI N OF CASTILLO RD, Victoria, TX
Built 1997 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 90
MINATRE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
6.1 MI S OF OLD HWY RD, Victoria, TX
Built 1989 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 140
AIRLINE DR
GoodOver: WEST OUTFALL DITCH
0.30 MI E OF US 77, Victoria, TX
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 16,760
US 59 SB ENTR RAMP
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.20 MI S OF LP 463, Victoria, TX
Built 1988 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,200
US 77
GoodOver: DRAIN
9.03 MI S OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1987 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 17,624
PINE ST
GoodOver: SH 185
0.20 MI S OF US 59 BUS, Victoria, TX
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 450
FM 1686
GoodOver: MARCADO CRK
3.10 MI S OF US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 753
KOBITZ RD
GoodOver: DRAW
.6 MI W OF COLETOVILLE RD, Victoria, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
LOWER M VALLEY RD
GoodOver: DRAW
4.10 MI N OF FM 1685, Victoria, TX
Built 1976 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 290
ARNOLD RD
GoodOver: DRAW
2.30 MI SW OF FM 236, Victoria, TX
Built 1976 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
J2 RANCH RD
GoodOver: HAINES FLAT CR RELIEF
3.50 MI N OF US 77, Victoria, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
BENBOW RD
GoodOver: GARCITAS CREEK
2.40 MI S OF FM 444, Victoria, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 330
PARSONS RD
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
0.9 MI NE OF NURSERY DR, Victoria, TX
Built 1977 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,225
KEMPER CITY RD #1
GoodOver: DRAW
0.5 MI W OF JCT US 77, Victoria, TX
Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
KEMPER CITY RD #1
GoodOver: DRAW
0.25 MI W OF JCT US 77, Victoria, TX
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
PRICE RD
GoodOver: LONE TREE CREEK
0.90 MI N OF FM 2615, Victoria, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 130
HANSELMAN RD
GoodOver: LONE TREE CREEK
2.1 MI E OF ANTHONY ROAD, Victoria, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
GIN RD
GoodOver: MARCADO CREEK
0.60 MI S OF HILLER ROAD, Victoria, TX
Built 1973 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 230
MILLER RD
GoodOver: MARCADO CREEK
0.5 MI NE OF GIN ROAD, Victoria, TX
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 90
OLD HIGHWAY RD
GoodOver: CASA BLANCA CREEK
1.3 MI N OF JCT FM 1686, Victoria, TX
Built 1982 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 380
Hambleton Rd
GoodOver: Marcado Creek
2.0 M SE of US 59, Victoria, TX
Built 2014 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10
JOHNSON RD
GoodOver: ARROYO PALO ALTO
2.80 MI S OF FM 1686, Victoria, TX
Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
LANDER RD
GoodOver: CHOCOLATE BAYOU
3.2 MI SW OF JCT US 87, Victoria, TX
Built 1977 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
GUADALUPE RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.41 MI E OF SH 185, Victoria, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 600
TRAYLOR RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.3 MI NE OF JCT FM 404, Victoria, TX
Built 1981 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
BOTTOM RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.3MI SE OF SW BEN JORDAN, Victoria, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 230
BOTTOM RD
GoodOver: DRAW
1.1 MI S OF SW BEN JORDAN, Victoria, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 200
HAND RD
GoodOver: DRAW
0.4 MI N OF BOTTOM ROAD, Victoria, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
HOOD RD
GoodOver: MARCADO CREEK
0.5 MI SW OF MIDWAY ROAD, Victoria, TX
Built 1980 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 110
AIRLINE DR
GoodOver: LONE TREE CREEK RELIEF
1.05 MI SW OF LP 463, Victoria, TX
Built 2009 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11,000
BEN JORDAN ST
GoodOver: LONE TREE CREEK
0.50 MI W/JOHN STOCKBAUER, Victoria, TX
Built 1995 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,000
BEN WILSON
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.40 MI N OF US 87, Victoria, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 10,000
BLUFF ST
GoodOver: WEST OUTFALL DITCH
0.24 MI N OF STAYTON ST, Victoria, TX
Built 1965 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 200
COLONY CREEK DR
GoodOver: DRAW
.2 MI NE OF J STOCKBAUER, Victoria, TX
Built 1982 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 600
CARVER CTR ENTRNCE
GoodOver: JIM BRANCH
0.1 MI SE OF PLEASANT GRN, Victoria, TX
Built 1985 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
JUAN LINN ST
GoodOver: DRAW
0.32 MI E OF BEN WILSON, Victoria, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,340
JOHN STOCKBAUER DR
GoodOver: LONE TREE CREEK
0.20 MI SE OF MOCKINGBIRD, Victoria, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 12,000
KELLY DR
GoodOver: DRAW
0.38 MI N OF US 77, Victoria, TX
Built 1981 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,200
MALLETTE DR
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.40 MI NW OF LP 463, Victoria, TX
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,920
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