Total bridges
124
Public highway bridges in Willacy County
County profile · official public datasets
Willacy County, TX
124 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.6% rated Good, 48.4% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 124
- Public bridges
- 51.6%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Willacy County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 9%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 124
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Willacy County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Willacy County ranks #21 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Willacy County, Texas contains 124 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.6% are rated “Good,” 48.4% “Fair,” and 0% “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
51.6%
64 of 124 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48.4%
60 of 124 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 124 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#21 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 124 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 51.6% (64)
Fair 48.4% (60)
Poor 0% (0)
9.7% of Willacy County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
12 of the 124 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 51.6% 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.
When Willacy County's bridges were built
124 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s 5
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
30 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
38 bridges
- 1990s 1
1990–1999
1 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
28 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 9 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Willacy County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Willacy County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1970 is 19 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad County | 126 | 57.1% | 41.3% | 1.6% | 1976 |
| Archer County | 125 | 48% | 51.2% | 0.8% | 1968 |
| Willacy County (this page) | 124 | 51.6% | 48.4% | 0% | 1989 |
| Burleson County | 122 | 50% | 46.7% | 3.3% | 1974 |
| Maverick County | 122 | 57.4% | 41.8% | 0.8% | 1975 |
| Duval County | 121 | 46.3% | 52.9% | 0.8% | 1955 |
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 Willacy 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 Willacy County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (124 bridges here).
- Bannock County, ID · 124 bridges
- Breathitt County, KY · 124 bridges
- Caldwell County, LA · 124 bridges
- St. Mary County, LA · 124 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1989 here).
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Dubuque County, IA · avg 1989 · 346 bridges
- Vernon County, LA · avg 1989 · 341 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (64)
FM 2629
GoodOver: N FLOODWAY PILOT CHANNEL
1.4 MI W OF FM 507, Willacy, TX
Built 1970 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 100
US 77 BUS
GoodOver: WILLACY CO DRAIN
0.80 MI N OF FM 1921, Willacy, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,200
US 77
GoodOver: WILLACY CO DRAIN
1.50 MI S OF FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,088
FM 1018
GoodOver: N FLOODWAY LATERAL
0.15 MI W OF FM 1420, Willacy, TX
Built 1989 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 221
FM 2099
GoodOver: N MAIN DRAIN
1.80 MI S OF JCT FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 161
S GOMEZ (CR 200 S)
GoodOver: HIDAL DD#1 MAIN CHANNEL
0.25 MI S OF JCT FM 491, Willacy, TX
Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
MESQUITE (CR 1600)
GoodOver: HIDAL DD#1 MAIN CHANNEL
0.95 MI W OF JCT US 77, Willacy, TX
Built 1983 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
US 77 SB FR
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN
0.75 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1969 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,551
US 77 NB FR
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN
0.75 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1969 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,548
US 77 BUS
GoodOver: WEST MAIN DRAIN
0.01 MI N OF FM 1761, Willacy, TX
Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 606
US 77 SB FR
GoodOver: EAST MAIN DRAIN
2.6 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100
US 77 NB FR
GoodOver: EAST MAIN DRAIN
2.6 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100
US 77 SB
GoodOver: SH 186
INTERSECTS SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: FM 490
2.19 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 NB
GoodOver: FM 498
5.8 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: FM 498
5.8 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 SB
GoodOver: SPUR 112
5.2 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: FM 3168
1.0 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 NB
GoodOver: SPUR 413
1.0 MI S OF FM 1018, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: SPUR 413
1.0 MI S OF FM 1018, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: FM 1018
1.0 MI N OF SP 413, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: FM 1018
1.0 MI N OF SP 413, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: US 77 BUS
3.1 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: US 77 BUS
3.1 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: EAST MAIN DRAIN
2.6 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: EAST MAIN DRAIN
2.6 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: FM 1762
1.5 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: FM 1762
1.5 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN
0.75 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE DRAIN
0.75 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
US 77 NB
GoodOver: SH 186
INTERSECTS SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 NB
GoodOver: SPUR 56
1.15 MI S OF FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,088
US 77 SB
GoodOver: SPUR 56
1.15 MI S OF FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,385
LILY ROAD
GoodOver: US 77
1.50 MI N OF FM 1018, Willacy, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250
US 77NBML
GoodOver: WILDLIFE CROSSING
5.3 mi N of FM 1762, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,350
US 77SBML
GoodOver: WILDLIFE CROSSING
5.3 mi N of FM 1762, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,350
US-77 NBML
GoodOver: Yturria County Rd
0.9 MI S of Willacy C. li, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,800
US-77 SBML
GoodOver: Yturria County Rd
0.9 MI S of Willacy C. li, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,800
US 77NBML
GoodOver: THOMAS RANCH RD
8.1 MI N OF TX-186, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,330
US 77 SBML
GoodOver: THOMAS RANCH RD
8.1 MI N OF TX-186, Willacy, TX
Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,330
SH 186
GoodOver: WEST MAIN DRAIN
0.5 MI E OF FM 1015, Willacy, TX
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800
FM 88
GoodOver: NORTH HARGILL DRAIN
0.4 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 681
FM 507
GoodOver: N FLOODWAY PILOT CHANNEL
2.0 MI S OF FM 1018, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 627
FM 1015
GoodOver: NORTH HARGILL DRAIN
0.5 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,099
FM 1761
GoodOver: OLD WEST MAIN DRAIN
1.4 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 658
FM 1761
GoodOver: OLD WEST MAIN DRAIN
0.1 MI W OF US 77 BUS, Willacy, TX
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 616
FM 2209
GoodOver: EAST MAIN DRAIN
2.1 MI N OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 750
FM 1425
GoodOver: RAYMONDVILLE MAIN CANAL
0.7 MI N OF FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,025
CR 100
GoodOver: MAIN BRANCH NE CANAL
O.8O MI N OF FM 490, Willacy, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 105
GoodOver: MAIN BRANCH NE CANAL
1.25 MI S OF SH 186, Willacy, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
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