Total bridges
109
Public highway bridges in Young County
County profile · official public datasets
109 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56% rated Good, 44% Fair, 0% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Young County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Young County ranks #26 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Young County, Texas contains 109 public highway bridges. Roughly 56% are rated “Good,” 44% “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.
Total bridges
109
Public highway bridges in Young County
Good condition
56%
61 of 109 rated 7-9
Fair condition
44%
48 of 109 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 109 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#26 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 109 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
70 of the 109 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 56% 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.
109 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1920–1929
16 bridges
1930–1939
11 bridges
1940–1949
5 bridges
1950–1959
18 bridges
1960–1969
16 bridges
1970–1979
5 bridges
1980–1989
12 bridges
1990–1999
10 bridges
2000–2009
8 bridges
2010–2019
7 bridges
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 15 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
The 5 Texas counties nearest Young County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster County | 114 | 41.2% | 58.8% | 0% | 1957 |
| Val Verde County | 113 | 52.2% | 47.8% | 0% | 1966 |
| Kendall County | 112 | 55.4% | 44.6% | 0% | 1975 |
| Young County (this page) | 109 | 56% | 44% | 0% | 1965 |
| Burnet County | 108 | 56.5% | 43.5% | 0% | 1974 |
| Rockwall County | 107 | 53.3% | 44.9% | 1.9% | 1989 |
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 Young County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Young County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside TX (109 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1965 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: DRAW
3.5 MI S OF FM 209, Young, TX
Over: SALT CREEK
1.2 MI S ARCHER CO LN, Young, TX
Over: MUD CREEK
0.58 MI S OF SH 114, Young, TX
Over: BR OF SALT CREEK
0.5 MI S OF SH 114, Young, TX
Over: RELIEF
3 MI E THROCKMORTON CO LN, Young, TX
Over: HAMBY CREEK
3.0 MI E FM 578, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
1.1MI S OF SH 67/US 380, Young, TX
Over: CAMERON CREEK
2.0 MI E OF SH 16, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
3.5 MI NW OF SH 67, Young, TX
Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
0.4 MI W OF FM 251, Young, TX
Over: PEVELER CREEK
0.6 MI W OF FM 251, Young, TX
Over: RABBIT CREEK
2.5 MI SE OF SH 79, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
1.3 MI N OF SH 79, Young, TX
Over: RACE CREEK
2.7 MI S OF SH 79, Young, TX
Over: RATLIFF BRANCH
9.0 MI NE OF FM 578, Young, TX
Over: NORTH FISH CREEK
2.0 MI NE OF FM 578, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
1.5 MI N OF FM 2652, Young, TX
Over: BRUSHY CREEK
1.5 MI W OF SH 16, Young, TX
Over: HUFFSTUTTLE CREEK
0.68 MI E OF FM 578, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
0.1 MI N OF SH 16, Young, TX
Over: BRIAR CREEK
7.1 MI N OF SH 16, Young, TX
Over: FISH CREEK
2.95 MI S OF FM 209, Young, TX
Over: CONNOR CREEK
3.30 MI NW OF FM 1191, Young, TX
Over: DRY CREEK
0.33 MI S OF US 380, Young, TX
Over: SALT CREEK
2.68 MI E OF SH 251, Young, TX
Over: FILIBUSTER CREEK
0.5 MI W OF FM 1911, Young, TX
Over: CROOKED CREEK
2.6 MI NW OF FM 1769, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
1.2 MI E OF FM 2898, Young, TX
Over: FLINT CREEK
0.5 MI NE OF FM 2075, Young, TX
Over: TUB INK BNCH FISH CK
4.0 MI E OF FM 578, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
0.4 MI W OF FM 3109, Young, TX
Over: FISH CREEK
0.60 MI E OF MURRAY CEM, Young, TX
Over: SALT CREEK
0.3 MI NW OF SH 67, Young, TX
Over: DRY CREEK
2.4 MI S OF SH 67, Young, TX
Over: CRIBB STATION CREEK
1.7 MI E OF FM 578, Young, TX
Over: SPRING CREEK
3.0 MI SW OF ARCHER CO LN, Young, TX
Over: SALT CREEK
2.1 MI W OF FM 1769, Young, TX
Over: CLEAR FRK BRAZOS RIV
0.5 MI E OF FM 3109, Young, TX
Over: FISH CREEK
3.7 MI S OF FM 209, Young, TX
Over: GAGES CREEK
0.3 MI N OF FM 1974, Young, TX
Over: DRAW
2.60 MI E OF FM 210, Young, TX
Over: SALT CREEK
0.13 MI E OF SH 79, Young, TX
Over: ELM CREEK
0.55 MI N OF US 380, Young, TX
Over: N TONK BRANCH
1.20 MI W OF SH 67, Young, TX
Over: RATLIFF BRANCH
0.32 MI N OF FM 209, Young, TX
Over: BRIAR CREEK
0.45 MI S OF INDIAN MND, Young, TX
Over: CAMERON CREEK
0.51 MI E OF SHEPARD LN, Young, TX
Over: LITTLE SALT CREEK
5.55 MI E OF SH 251, Young, TX
Over: BRUSHY CREEK
0.75 MI N OF SH 16, Young, TX
Over: PLUM CREEK
1.47 MI E OF SH 16, Young, TX
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.