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Brewster County, TX

114 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.2% rated Good, 58.8% Fair, 0% Poor.

114
Public bridges
41.2%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

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.

Top 9%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
114
public highway bridges
1957
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.

Brewster County Bridge Snapshot

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

Condition distribution

Share of 114 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.2% (47)
Fair
58.8% (67)
Poor
0% (0)

78.9% of Brewster County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

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.

When Brewster County's bridges were built

114 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

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.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Brewster County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Brewster County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
McCulloch County 118 0%
Hall County 117 2.6%
Stephens County 115 0.9%
Brewster County (this page) 114 0%
Val Verde County 113 0%
Kendall County 112 0%

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.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Brewster County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (114 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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.

All bridges (114)

WEST ENTRANCE ROAD

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

13.3 Miles West of Panthe, Brewster, TX

Built 1987 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 753

US 67/90

Fair

Over: MOSS CREEK

2.0 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 8,582

US 67/90

Fair

Over: TORONTO CREEK

10.2 MI W OF FM 1703, Brewster, TX

Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,653

US 67 NB/US 90 EB

Fair

Over: ALPINE CREEK

0.25 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,650

US 67/90

Fair

Over: DRAW

2.4 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,582

US 67/90

Fair

Over: DRAW

4.0 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,757

US 67/90

Fair

Over: DRAW

0.70 MI W OF US 67, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,757

US 67/90

Fair

Over: DRAW

1.10 MI W OF US 67, Brewster, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,757

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.4 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.7 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX

Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

5.8 MI W OF JCT US 385 S, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.20 MI W OF US 385 S, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

6.1 MI W OF US 385 S, Brewster, TX

Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

4.65 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX

Built 1949 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 292

US 90

Fair

Over: DRAW

15.0 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX

Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 308

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

1.8 MI N OF JCT US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.7 MI N OF JCT US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

7.10 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

10.2 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

14.5 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

14.7 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

15.0 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

16.2 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

US 67

Fair

Over: DRAW

16.4 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,507

SH 118

Fair

Over: DRAW

5.95 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,228

SH 118

Fair

Over: DRAW

3.30 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,395

SH 118

Fair

Over: TORONTO CREEK

1.40 MI N OF US 67/90 WB, Brewster, TX

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,395

US 385

Fair

Over: JAVELINA DRAW

36.1 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 177

EAST BROWN AVE

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.35 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1992 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,800

US 67 SB/US 90 WB

Fair

Over: ALPINE CREEK

0.25 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1971 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11,650

US 67

Fair

Over: ANTELOPE DRAW

15.4 MI N OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1937 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,507

E SUL ROSS AVE

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.30 MI E OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,910

ROSS MAXWELL SCENI

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WASH

23.5 Miles South from San, Brewster, TX

Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 132

SH 118

Fair

Over: BUTCHER KNIFE DRAW

38.8 MI S OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX

Built 1955 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 464

US 385

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

23.5 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 177

US 67/90

Fair

Over: MCINTYRE CREEK

2.4 MI W OF FM 1703, Brewster, TX

Built 1965 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,791

US 90

Fair

Over: SAN FRANCISCO CREEK

9.2 MI E OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX

Built 1925 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 292

US 90

Fair

Over: BEAKLEY DRAW

0.7 MI W OF US 385 N, Brewster, TX

Built 1956 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 598

SH 118

Fair

Over: ADOBE WALLS CREEK

65.9 MI S OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX

Built 1955 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,020

US 385

Fair

Over: KAUFMAN DRAW

28.7 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 177

US 385

Fair

Over: HACKBERRY CREEK RELIEF

20.4 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 177

US 385

Fair

Over: HACKBERRY CREEK

20.6 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 177

SH 223

Fair

Over: ALPINE CREEK

1.0 MI N OF JCT US 67/90, Brewster, TX

Built 1953 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,436

NORTH ENTRANCE ROA

Fair

Over: NINE POINT DRAW

20.99 Miles North of Pant, Brewster, TX

Built 1974 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 368

NORTH ENTRANCE ROA

Fair

Over: BONE SPRING DRAW

22.21 Miles North of Pant, Brewster, TX

Built 1958 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 368

SH 118

Fair

Over: ALPINE CREEK

0.2 MI N OF US 67/90, Brewster, TX

Built 1953 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 4,027

US 90

Fair

Over: RAMSEY DRAW

0.5 MI E OF JCT US 67, Brewster, TX

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 530

US 385

Fair

Over: MARAVILLAS CREEK

35.1 MI S OF US 90, Brewster, TX

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 177

FM 170

Fair

Over: TERLINGUA CREEK

1.35 MI W OF SH 118, Brewster, TX

Built 1957 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,442

FM 170

Fair

Over: WELL CREEK

8.9 MI NE OF PRESIDIO C/L, Brewster, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 533
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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