Total bridges
26
Public highway bridges in Edwards County
County profile · official public datasets
Edwards County, TX
26 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 69.2% rated Good, 30.8% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 26
- Public bridges
- 69.2%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Edwards County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 28%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 26
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Edwards County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Edwards County ranks #70 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Edwards County, Texas contains 26 public highway bridges. Roughly 69.2% are rated “Good,” 30.8% “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.
Good condition
69.2%
18 of 26 rated 7-9
Fair condition
30.8%
8 of 26 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 26 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#70 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 26 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 69.2% (18)
Fair 30.8% (8)
Poor 0% (0)
42.3% of Edwards County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
11 of the 26 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 69.2% 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 Edwards County's bridges were built
26 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1960s 1
1960–1969
1 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s 2
1980–1989
2 bridges
- 1990s 1
1990–1999
1 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 61.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 8 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Edwards County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Edwards 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 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasscock County | 28 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1978 |
| Reagan County | 28 | 42.9% | 57.1% | 0% | 1974 |
| Deaf Smith County | 26 | 46.2% | 50% | 3.8% | 1961 |
| Moore County | 26 | 23.1% | 76.9% | 0% | 1959 |
| Parmer County | 26 | 73.1% | 23.1% | 3.8% | 1973 |
| Edwards County (this page) | 26 | 69.2% | 30.8% | 0% | 1972 |
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 Edwards 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 Edwards County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (26 bridges here).
- Mineral County, CO · 26 bridges
- Webster County, GA · 26 bridges
- St. James County, LA · 26 bridges
- Garfield County, MT · 26 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (26)
US 377
FairOver: DEER CREEK
14.7 MI NE OF ROCKSPRINGS, Edwards, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 229
US 377
FairOver: DRAW
4.8 MI SW OF KIMBLE C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 189
US 377
FairOver: PFLUGER DRAW
6.5 MI W OF FM 674, Edwards, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 296
US 377
FairOver: TURKEY DRAW
7.1 MI W OF FM 674, Edwards, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 296
SH 41
FairOver: DRAW
3.8 MI E OF US 377, Edwards, TX
Built 1925 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 574
US 377
FairOver: SOUTH LLANO RIVER
7.0 MI SW OF KIMBLE C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1948 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 189
US 277
FairOver: DRY DEVILS RIVER REL
11.8 MI SW OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1942 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 992
US 277
FairOver: DRY DEVILS RIVER
11.95 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1942 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 992
US 377
GoodOver: LIVE OAK CREEK
12.3 MI NE OF ROCKSPRINGS, Edwards, TX
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 229
SH 55
GoodOver: DRAW
20.9 MI S OF US 377, Edwards, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 935
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
3.7 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
4.35 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
4.75 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
6.05 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
6.80 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: NO NAME DRAW
13.2 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
10.75 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
9.65 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
9.1 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 277
GoodOver: DRAW
8.85 MI S OF SUTTON C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 992
US 377
GoodOver: RIGGS DRAW
1.3 MI E OF VAL VERDE C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1987 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 270
US 377
GoodOver: DRAW
2.9 MI E OF VAL VERDE C/L, Edwards, TX
Built 1987 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 270
US 377
GoodOver: SHERRILL DRAW
3.2 MI W OF FM 674, Edwards, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 296
US 377
GoodOver: MARTINDALE DRAW
1.2 MI W OF FM 674, Edwards, TX
Built 1975 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 296
SH 55
GoodOver: NUECES RIVER
0.3 MI S OF RM 335, Edwards, TX
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,248
SH 55
GoodOver: LITTLE HACKBERRY CREEK
14.7 MI SE OF US 377, Edwards, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 781
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