Total bridges
177
Public highway bridges in Waller County
County profile · official public datasets
Waller County, TX
177 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.5% rated Good, 55.4% Fair, 1.1% Poor.
- 177
- Public bridges
- 43.5%
- Good condition
- 1.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Waller County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 137th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 177
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Waller County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Waller County ranks #137 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Waller County, Texas contains 177 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.5% are rated “Good,” 55.4% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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
43.5%
77 of 177 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.4%
98 of 177 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.1%
2 of 177 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#137 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 177 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.5% (77)
Fair 55.4% (98)
Poor 1.1% (2)
Waller County's Poor-condition bridges carry 390 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 195 crossings a day against 13,063 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 175 of 177 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
28.8% of Waller County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
51 of the 177 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 43.5% 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 51.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
RILEY RD over BIRCH CREEK DRAW, built 1990, carries 200 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 390 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Waller County's bridges were built
177 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 20
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s 20
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
53 bridges
- 2000s 19
2000–2009
19 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 16
2020–2029
16 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 53 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 7 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Waller County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Waller County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 10 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper County | 179 | 44.7% | 53.1% | 2.2% | 1973 |
| Orange County | 179 | 49.7% | 48% | 2.2% | 1979 |
| Waller County (this page) | 177 | 43.5% | 55.4% | 1.1% | 1987 |
| Anderson County | 176 | 57.4% | 42.6% | 0% | 1978 |
| Atascosa County | 176 | 61.4% | 38.1% | 0.6% | 1970 |
| Shelby County | 176 | 49.4% | 46% | 4.5% | 1986 |
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 Waller 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 Waller County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (177 bridges here).
- Hale County, AL · 177 bridges
- Macon County, AL · 177 bridges
- Washington County, AL · 177 bridges
- Seminole County, FL · 177 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
- Dane County, WI · avg 1987 · 590 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (98)
WILPITZ RD
FairOver: BESSIES BAYOU
1.15 MI N OF IH 10, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 60
KICKAPOO RD
FairOver: THREEMILE CREEK
1.60 MI S OF FM 1488, Waller, TX
Built 1997 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50
WASHINGTON ST
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.30 MI W OF SH 159, Waller, TX
Built 1988 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 500
WILPITZ RD
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK DRAW
0.20 MI S OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 170
FM 1458
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
2.6 MI N OF IH 10, Waller, TX
Built 1972 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 1,451
Liendo Pkwy.
FairOver: Ponds Creek
0.3 MI N OF US 290, Waller, TX
Built 1990 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 638
PEACH RIDGE RD
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER DRAW
1.80 MI S OF IH 10, Waller, TX
Built 1946 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 170
HEBERT RD
FairOver: LIVE OAK CREEK
2.6 MI E OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1988 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 500
HAMILTON RD
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK DRAW
0.01 MI E OF ADAMS FLAT, Waller, TX
Built 2009 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 140
US 290 BUS
FairOver: MOUND CRK TRIB
2.4 MI W OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,810
US 290
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER RELIEF
4.0 MI E OF BRAZOS RI, Waller, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 18,519
US 290 WB
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
6.7 MI W OF SH 6, Waller, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,164
US 290 EB
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
6.7 MI W OF SH 6, Waller, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,797
US 290
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.60 MI E OF SH 6, Waller, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 35,669
US 290
FairOver: DRAIN D
0.55 MI W OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 40,200
FM 362
FairOver: TOWN BRANCH
0.10 MI S OF US 290, Waller, TX
Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,876
FM 1458
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
2.0 MI W OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,446
FM 359
FairOver: BELL BOTTOM CREEK
1.90 MI NW OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,404
FM 359
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.25 MI NW OF FM 529, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,592
FM 1736
FairOver: WALNUT CREEK
1.7 MI N OF US 290, Waller, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 379
FM 1736
FairOver: GLADISH CRK
3.8 MI E OF SH 6, Waller, TX
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,484
FM 529
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK
1.3 MI E OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1969 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,423
FM 3346
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER TRIBUTARY
0.04 MI E OF SH 159, Waller, TX
Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,321
FM 3346
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY
1.10 MI E OF FM 1887, Waller, TX
Built 1985 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,023
TOMPKINS RD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK DRAW
0.70 MI E OF FM 1736, Waller, TX
Built 2004 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 70
US 290 BUS
FairOver: MOUND CRK TRIB
1.0 MI W OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,360
US 290 BUS
FairOver: TOWN BR
0.01 MI E OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,750
FM 1488
FairOver: THREE MILE CREEK
2.6 MI E OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,647
HOUSE RD
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER DRAW
1.80 MI W OF FM 1489, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CLEMONS SWITCH RD
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK DRAW
0.40 MI S OF FM 1458, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
CLEMONS SWITCH RD
FairOver: BESSIES BAYOU
1.50 MI S OF FM 1458, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
NEIMAN RD
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
0.05 MI N OF FM 1458, Waller, TX
Built 1947 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 400
BOZEMAN LN
FairOver: BESSIES CREEK
0.60 MI W OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 250
SCHMIDT RD
FairOver: HARRIS CREEK S BRANCH
3.50 MI S OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
STEPAN RD
FairOver: HARRIS CREEK N BRANCH
0.30 MI E OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 60
PENICK RD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
1.05 MI N OF ROCHEN RD, Waller, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 190
MATHIS RD
FairOver: MOUND CREEK
1.3 MI N OF ROCHEN RD, Waller, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 350
PATTISON RD
FairOver: LIVE OAK CREEK
3.2 MI E OF FM 362, Waller, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 80
PENICK RD
FairOver: LIVE OAK CREEK
1.1 MI N OF HEBERT RD, Waller, TX
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
Blinka Rd
FairOver: Mound Creek
0.8 MI S OF BUS 290, Waller, TX
Built 1990 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 887
SORSBY RD
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER DRAW
0.50 MI S OF US 290, Waller, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 150
MITCHELL RD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
1.30 MI N OF FM 1488, Waller, TX
Built 1984 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
WYATT CHAPEL RD
FairOver: PONDS CREEK DRAW
0.80 MI W OF FM 1098, Waller, TX
Built 1999 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,512
WALTON RD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK DRAW
0.25 MI N OF FM 3346, Waller, TX
Built 2013 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5
CAMERON RD
FairOver: PONDS CREEK
0.20 MI SE OF FM 1098, Waller, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 530
OLD HOUSTON HWY
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.90 MI E OF COCHRAN RD, Waller, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 680
IH 10 WB FR
FairOver: HADY CREEK
1.00 MI W OF FM 1489, Waller, TX
Built 1938 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,010
SH 6 SB
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
0.9 MI S OF GRIMES C/L, Waller, TX
Built 1931 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 9,430
SH 6 NB
FairOver: DONAHOE CREEK
5.00 MI N OF US 290, Waller, TX
Built 1931 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,490
FM 529
FairOver: BRAZOS RIVER
5.5 MI W OF FM 359, Waller, TX
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,720
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