Total bridges
114
Public highway bridges in Brewster County
County profile · official public datasets
114 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.2% rated Good, 58.8% Fair, 0% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Brewster County pairs a top-10% 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, Brewster County ranks #23 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Brewster County, Texas contains 114 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.2% are rated “Good,” 58.8% “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
114
Public highway bridges in Brewster County
Good condition
41.2%
47 of 114 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.8%
67 of 114 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 114 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#23 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 114 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
90 of the 114 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 41.2% 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.
114 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1920–1929
1 bridges
1930–1939
33 bridges
1940–1949
13 bridges
1950–1959
28 bridges
1960–1969
13 bridges
1970–1979
5 bridges
1980–1989
14 bridges
1990–1999
3 bridges
2000–2009
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1957, 23 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
The 5 Texas counties nearest Brewster County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1957 against a peer-group mean of 1966 is 9 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCulloch County | 118 | 46.6% | 53.4% | 0% | 1958 |
| Hall County | 117 | 35% | 62.4% | 2.6% | 1969 |
| Stephens County | 115 | 39.1% | 60% | 0.9% | 1962 |
| Brewster County (this page) | 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 |
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 Brewster County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Brewster County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside TX (114 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1957 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK
13.3 Miles West of Panthe, Brewster, TX
Over: MOSS CREEK
2.0 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: TORONTO CREEK
10.2 MI W OF FM 1703, Brewster, TX
Over: ALPINE CREEK
0.25 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
2.4 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
4.0 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
0.70 MI W OF US 67, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
1.10 MI W OF US 67, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
3.4 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
3.7 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
5.8 MI W OF JCT US 385 S, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
3.20 MI W OF US 385 S, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
6.1 MI W OF US 385 S, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
4.65 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
15.0 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
1.8 MI N OF JCT US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
3.7 MI N OF JCT US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
7.10 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
10.2 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
14.5 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
14.7 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
15.0 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
16.2 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
16.4 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
5.95 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAW
3.30 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX
Over: TORONTO CREEK
1.40 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX
Over: JAVELINA DRAW
36.1 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.35 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: ALPINE CREEK
0.25 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: ANTELOPE DRAW
15.4 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.30 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: UNNAMED WASH
23.5 Miles South from San, Brewster, TX
Over: BUTCHER KNIFE DRAW
38.8 MI S OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX
Over: SPRING CREEK
23.5 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: MCINTYRE CREEK
2.4 MI W OF FM 1703, Brewster, TX
Over: SAN FRANCISCO CREEK
9.2 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX
Over: BEAKLEY DRAW
0.7 MI W OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX
Over: ADOBE WALLS CREEK
65.9 MI S OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX
Over: KAUFMAN DRAW
28.7 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: HACKBERRY CREEK RELIEF
20.4 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: HACKBERRY CREEK
20.6 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: ALPINE CREEK
1.0 MI N OF JCT US 67/90, Brewster, TX
Over: NINE POINT DRAW
20.99 Miles North of Pant, Brewster, TX
Over: BONE SPRING DRAW
22.21 Miles North of Pant, Brewster, TX
Over: ALPINE CREEK
0.2 MI N OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX
Over: RAMSEY DRAW
0.5 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX
Over: MARAVILLAS CREEK
35.1 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX
Over: TERLINGUA CREEK
1.35 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX
Over: WELL CREEK
8.9 MI NE OF PRESIDIO C/L, Brewster, 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.