Total bridges
307
Public highway bridges in Fannin County
County profile · official public datasets
Fannin County, TX
307 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.3% rated Good, 50.2% Fair, 5.5% Poor.
- 307
- Public bridges
- 44.3%
- Good condition
- 5.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fannin County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 241st
- of 247 on Poor share
- 5.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 307
- public highway bridges
- 1984
- 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.
Fannin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fannin County ranks #241 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.5%). Fannin County, Texas contains 307 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.3% are rated “Good,” 50.2% “Fair,” and 5.5% “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
44.3%
136 of 307 rated 7-9
Fair condition
50.2%
154 of 307 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.5%
17 of 307 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#241 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 307 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.3% (136)
Fair 50.2% (154)
Poor 5.5% (17)
Fannin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,885 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 170 crossings a day against 1,454 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 307 of 307 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
35.5% of Fannin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
109 of the 307 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 44.3% 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.
One structure carries 75% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FM 1753 over BRUSHY CREEK, built 1980, carries 2,165 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,885 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fannin County's bridges were built
307 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 21
1930–1939
21 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
39 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
27 bridges
- 1970s 11
1970–1979
11 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
30 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
65 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
44 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
33 bridges
- 2020s 25
2020–2029
25 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 65 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Texas average (1980).
How Fannin County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Fannin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Green County | 310 | 61% | 38.4% | 0.6% | 1971 |
| Falls County | 308 | 43.5% | 54.2% | 2.3% | 1988 |
| Lamar County | 307 | 46.6% | 50.5% | 2.9% | 1984 |
| Fannin County (this page) | 307 | 44.3% | 50.2% | 5.5% | 1984 |
| Guadalupe County | 296 | 58.8% | 41.2% | 0% | 1977 |
| Gonzales County | 284 | 45.4% | 51.8% | 2.8% | 1969 |
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 Fannin 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 Fannin County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (307 bridges here).
- Jewell County, KS · 307 bridges
- Spokane County, WA · 307 bridges
- Rockingham County, NH · 308 bridges
- Surry County, NC · 308 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (154)
FM 100
FairOver: BOIS DARC CREEK RELIEF
2.1 MI S OF FM 273, Fannin, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 258
US 69
FairOver: CHINQUAPIN CREEK
2.3 MI W OF SH 121, Fannin, TX
Built 1952 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,418
SH 78
FairOver: DRAW
0.8 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1938 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,680
SH 78
FairOver: LITTLE BRANCH
0.3 MI SW OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,462
SH 78
FairOver: WEAVER BRANCH
2.8 MI SW OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,720
SH 78
FairOver: S SULPHUR RIVER
1.0 MI NE OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,720
SH 78
FairOver: LEE CRK
2.1 MI W OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,544
SH 78
FairOver: MOTTS BRANCH
3.7 MI W OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,544
SH 78
FairOver: BEAR CRK
0.9 MI W OF FM 981, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,512
SH 78
FairOver: DELBA CRK
2.0 MI W OF FM 981, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,512
SH 78
FairOver: BAILEY CRK
2.6 MI W OF FM 981, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,512
SH 78
FairOver: DOG CRK
0.6 MI W OF FM 815, Fannin, TX
Built 1957 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,012
SH 121
FairOver: HENSON CRK
2.7 MI NE OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,893
SH 121
FairOver: TIMBER CREEK
0.5 MI N OF US 82, Fannin, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,429
SH 121
FairOver: S FK POWDER CRK
0.5 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,738
SH 121
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
2.1 MI NE OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 9,178
FM 814
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.4 MI E OF SH 121, Fannin, TX
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,204
FM 1550
FairOver: PICKLE CREEK
4.8 MI W OF SH 34, Fannin, TX
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 206
FM 1550
FairOver: PICKLE BRANCH
4.6 MI W OF SH 34, Fannin, TX
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 206
FM 1553
FairOver: FREEMAN BRANCH
1.0 MI W OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1966 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 384
FM 1752
FairOver: MAHURIN CRK
3.0 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 333
FM 1752
FairOver: CANEY CRK
0.6 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 333
SH 11
FairOver: JONES CRK
3.6 MI NW OF SH 34, Fannin, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,260
FM 2554
FairOver: ELWOOD BRANCH
6.9 MI N OF FM 273, Fannin, TX
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 366
CR 2900
FairOver: BURNS BRANCH
1.1 MI NW OF FM 897, Fannin, TX
Built 1981 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
CR 3445
FairOver: BAKER CREEK
0.1 MI W OF SH 50, Fannin, TX
Built 1959 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 20
CR 4300
FairOver: BOIS DARC CREEK
0.6 MI N OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
CR 4410
FairOver: CHINQUAPIN CREEK
0.2 MI W OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 2005 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 40
S MAIN ST
FairOver: POWDER CREEK
0.2 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1950 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 140
WEST AIRPORT RD
FairOver: TIMBER CREEK
0.2 MI E OF SH 121, Fannin, TX
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 500
SH 78
FairOver: POWDER CRK
0.3 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1938 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,680
SH 56
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
2.1 MI W OF FM 898, Fannin, TX
Built 1933 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,201
SH 56
FairOver: HUTCHINS CREEK
2.0 MI W OF FM 898, Fannin, TX
Built 1933 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,201
SH 56
FairOver: BIG BULLARD CREEK
1.3 MI E OF FM 897, Fannin, TX
Built 1924 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,477
SH 56
FairOver: LITTLE BULLARD CREEK
2.1 MI E OF FM 897, Fannin, TX
Built 1924 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,477
FM 68
FairOver: NORTH SULPHUR RIVER
2.6 MI S OF FM 271, Fannin, TX
Built 1943 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 218
FM 274
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.1 MI W OF SH 78, Fannin, TX
Built 1954 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 379
CR 4040
FairOver: FORD CREEK
1.5 MI W OF FM 898, Fannin, TX
Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 110
SH 56
FairOver: BOIS D ARC CR
1.3 MI E OF SH 78, Fannin, TX
Built 1931 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,818
SH 56
FairOver: BOIS DARC CREEK RELIEF
1.55 MI E OF SH 78, Fannin, TX
Built 1931 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,818
SH 56
FairOver: SLOANS CREEK
3.4 MI E OF SH 78, Fannin, TX
Built 1931 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,428
FM 898
FairOver: CANEY CRK
1.6 MI N OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 950
FM 898
FairOver: CANEY CRK
3.9 MI W OF SH 121, Fannin, TX
Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 546
FM 274
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
3.0 MI W OF SH 78, Fannin, TX
Built 1954 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 379
SH 121
FairOver: BOIS DARC CREEK
1.8 MI SW OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1958 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,509
SH 121
FairOver: BOIS DARC CREEK RELIEF
1.7 MI SW OF SH 11, Fannin, TX
Built 1958 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,509
SH 121
FairOver: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
0.3 MI SW OF US 69, Fannin, TX
Built 1962 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 11,638
CR 4030
FairOver: MAHURIN CREEK
0.2 MI W OF FM 1752, Fannin, TX
Built 1973 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 60
CR 1245
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
3.1 MI W OF FM 898, Fannin, TX
Built 1992 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 30
FM 824
FairOver: WAFER CREEK
2.35 MI S OF SH 56, Fannin, TX
Built 1940 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 414
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