How many Texas bridges are ‘structurally deficient?’

Texas bridges are among the safest in the nation, according to a 2023 analysis by the non-partisan American Road & Transportation Builders Association. Nearly 20% of the state’s more than 56,000 bridges need repair, but less than 2% are considered structurally deficient, meaning one of the key elements is in poor or worse condition. On Tuesday morning, a cargo ship smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, bringing the structure down and presumably killing six construction workers on the structure. The bodies of two people were recovered from the site Wednesday, Maryland State Police said. North Texas does not have any boat ports or bridges similar in structure to the Francis Scott Key Bridge, but there are hundreds of bridges that cross other roadways, railroads, rivers, lakes and basins.