Total bridges
163
Public highway bridges in Walker County
County profile · official public datasets
Walker County, TX
163 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46% rated Good, 53.4% Fair, 0.6% Poor.
- 163
- Public bridges
- 46%
- Good condition
- 0.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Walker County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 44%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 163
- public highway bridges
- 1984
- 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.
Walker County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Walker County ranks #109 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.6%). Walker County, Texas contains 163 public highway bridges. Roughly 46% are rated “Good,” 53.4% “Fair,” and 0.6% “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
46%
75 of 163 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.4%
87 of 163 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.6%
1 of 163 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#109 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 163 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46% (75)
Fair 53.4% (87)
Poor 0.6% (1)
Walker County's Poor-condition bridges carry 70 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 70 crossings a day against 9,981 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 163 of 163 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.7% of Walker County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 163 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 46% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
HIGHLAND DR over HARMON CREEK, built 1940, carries 70 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 70 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Walker County's bridges were built
163 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
20 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s 9
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
26 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
14 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 32 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Walker County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Walker County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 12 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestone County | 167 | 38.3% | 60.5% | 1.2% | 1978 |
| Nolan County | 166 | 43.4% | 54.2% | 2.4% | 1964 |
| Red River County | 163 | 44.2% | 55.8% | 0% | 1975 |
| Walker County (this page) | 163 | 46% | 53.4% | 0.6% | 1984 |
| Crockett County | 160 | 56.9% | 42.5% | 0.6% | 1965 |
| Leon County | 160 | 40.6% | 55.6% | 3.8% | 1976 |
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 Walker 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 Walker County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (163 bridges here).
- Mercer County, IL · 163 bridges
- Jennings County, IN · 163 bridges
- Wayne County, IA · 163 bridges
- Jackson County, LA · 163 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (87)
HIGHLAND ST
FairOver: IH 45
1.05 MI SE OF SH 30, Walker, TX
Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,886
FM 1374
FairOver: IH 45
1.87 MI S OF SH 30, Walker, TX
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,354
FM 1375
FairOver: LAKE CONROE
6.7 MI W OF IH 45, Walker, TX
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,319
FM 1791
FairOver: MCGARY CREEK BRANCH
0.1 MI SW OF IH 45, Walker, TX
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,723
FM 3478
FairOver: TRINITY RIVER
5.5 MI N OF FM 980, Walker, TX
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 713
FIRE SKY RD
FairOver: MAPLE BRANCH
2.13 MI N OF FM 1374, Walker, TX
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
UTLEY RD
FairOver: SMALL CREEK
1.0 MI E OF FM 405, Walker, TX
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60
DORRELL RD
FairOver: WINTERS BAYOU
0.34 MI NE OF FM 2296, Walker, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
FOUR NOTCH RD
FairOver: BOSWELL CREEK
1.15 MI E OF FM 1375, Walker, TX
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70
OBANNON RD
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
0.7 MI E OF SH 19, Walker, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110
SH 19 NB
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
1.65 MI SW OF FM 980, Walker, TX
Built 1930 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 5,803
FM 1696
FairOver: BEDIAS CREEK
8.8 MI W OF FM 2550, Walker, TX
Built 1985 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 718
IH 45 SB
FairOver: SOUTH BEDIAS CREEK
1.9 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 16,254
IH 45 NB
FairOver: SH 75
1.75 MI NW OF SH 30, Walker, TX
Built 1959 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 18,810
IH 45 SB
FairOver: SH 75
1.75 MI NW OF SH 30, Walker, TX
Built 1959 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 16,365
STERLING CHAPEL RD
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
2.0 MI E OF SH 19, Walker, TX
Built 1999 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 190
CEMETERY RD
FairOver: GOURD CREEK
1.0 MI N OF FM 1375, Walker, TX
Built 2000 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 90
HARDY BOTTOM RD
FairOver: WINTERS BAYOU
3.6 MI SE OF FM 1375, Walker, TX
Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 60
OAKBEND DR
FairOver: ROCKY CREEK
0.2 MI NW OF SH 19, Walker, TX
Built 2006 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 80
IH 45 NB
FairOver: SOUTH BEDIAS CREEK
1.9 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 16,254
HOSTETTER RD
FairOver: HOSTETTER CREEK
2.6 MI W OF IH 45, Walker, TX
Built 2004 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 90
OLD DANVILLE RD
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
0.1 MI SW OF IH 45 WFR, Walker, TX
Built 2007 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 100
SH 19 SB
FairOver: HARMON CREEK
4.25 MI NE OF FM 2821, Walker, TX
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,767
SH 19 SB
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
1.65 MI SW OF FM 980, Walker, TX
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,847
IH 45 SB
FairOver: S BEDIAS CRK RELIEF NO 2
1.5 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 16,254
IH 45 NB
FairOver: S BEDIAS CRK RELIEF NO 2
1.5 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 18,682
IH 45 SB
FairOver: S BEDIAS CRK RELIEF NO 1
1.65 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 18,682
IH 45 NB
FairOver: S BEDIAS CRK RELIEF NO 1
1.65 MI SE OF FM 2989, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 18,682
IH 45 SB
FairOver: NELSON CREEK
1.5 MI NW OF FM 1696, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 16,254
IH 45 NB
FairOver: NELSON CREEK
1.5 MI NW OF FM 1696, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 16,254
IH 45 SB
FairOver: FM 1696
1.45 MI N OF SH 75, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 17,386
IH 45 NB
FairOver: FM 1696
1.45 MI N OF SH 75, Walker, TX
Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 17,386
FM 1791
FairOver: SAN JACINTO RIVER RELIEF
3.55 MI NE OF FM 3179, Walker, TX
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,213
FM 1696
FairOver: S BEDIAS CREEK RELIEF
8.7 MI W OF FM 2550, Walker, TX
Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 718
FM 980
FairOver: WEST CAROLINA CREEK
1.25 MI E OF FM 3454, Walker, TX
Built 1972 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,133
FM 3478
FairOver: NELSON CREEK
3.0 MI N OF FM 980, Walker, TX
Built 1988 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,862
OAKHURST RD
FairOver: EAST SAN JACINTO RIVER
1.8 MI E OF FM 405, Walker, TX
Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
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