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Fisher County, TX

145 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.9% rated Good, 48.3% Fair, 4.8% Poor.

145
Public bridges: 46.9%
Good condition: 4.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Fisher County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

237th
of 247 on Poor share: 4.8%
Poor-condition share: 145
public highway bridges: 1962
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.

Fisher County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fisher County ranks #237 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Fisher County, Texas contains 145 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.9% are rated “Good,” 48.3% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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

145

Public highway bridges in Fisher County

Good condition

46.9%

68 of 145 rated 7-9

Fair condition

48.3%

70 of 145 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.8%

7 of 145 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#237 of 247

Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 145 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

46.9% (68)

Fair

48.3% (70)

Poor

4.8% (7)

Fisher County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,972 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 425 crossings a day against 474 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 145 of 145 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

72.4% of Fisher County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

105 of the 145 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 46.9% 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 85.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SH 70 over PLUM CREEK, built 1931, carries 2,553 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,972 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

1
1930s

38
1940s

25
1950s

24
1960s

17
1970s

1
1980s

4
1990s

2
2000s

7
2010s

18
2020s

8

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1962, 18 years older than the Texas average of 1980.

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

The 5 Texas counties nearest Fisher County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1962 against a peer-group mean of 1968 is 6 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fisher County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Frio County	146	63.7%	36.3%	0%	1967
La Salle County	146	55.5%	44.5%	0%	1975
Bosque County	145	45.5%	53.1%	1.4%	1959
Cass County	145	44.1%	55.9%	0%	1967
Fisher County (this page)	145	46.9%	48.3%	4.8%	1962
Ector County	144	38.2%	61.8%	0%	1974

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 Fisher 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 Fisher County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TX (145 bridges here).

Dearborn County, IN · 145 bridges
Floyd County, IN · 145 bridges
McDonald County, MO · 145 bridges
Lenoir County, NC · 145 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1962 here).

Berks County, PA · avg 1962 · 667 bridges
Bristol County, MA · avg 1962 · 384 bridges
Norfolk County, MA · avg 1962 · 343 bridges
Ottawa County, KS · avg 1962 · 295 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 145 Good 68 Fair 70 Poor 7

All bridges (145)

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Fisher County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Fisher County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,972 vehicle crossings a day

72.4% of Fisher County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 85.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (145)

CR 234

CR 436

CR 309

CR 127

CR 254

CR 106

CR 206

CR 166

CR 349

CR 412

CR 162

CR 247

FM 611

FM 611

CR 130

CR 320

SH 92

CR 109

CR 305

CR 446

CR 115

CR 213

FM 611

FM 611

CR 307

SH 70

SH 70

US 180

US 180

US 180

US 180

FM 57

SH 92

SH 92

FM 611

FM 419

FM 1657

FM 608

CR 311

CR 307

CR 104

CR 319

CR 320

CR 424

CR 427

CR 260

CR 279

CR 115

CR 442

SH 70

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