Total bridges
145
Public highway bridges in Fisher County
County profile · official public datasets
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.
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.
When Fisher County's bridges were built
145 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
38 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
25 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
24 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
17 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 7
2000–2009
7 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
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.
| 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.
Good-condition bridges (68)
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAW
1.00 MI N OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 1933 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 828
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAW
0.80 MI SE OF SH 92, Fisher, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,449
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAW
1.90 MI SE OF SH 92, Fisher, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,429
SH 70
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK
3.30 MI S OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,504
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAW
0.25 MI S OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,553
SH 70
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.30 MI S OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,597
US 180
GoodOver: DRAW
0.95 MI W OF FM 1657, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,296
US 180
GoodOver: DRAW
2.40 MI W OF FM 2832, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,330
US 180
GoodOver: DRAIN
0.90 MI E OF FM 1085, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,752
US 180
GoodOver: DRAIN
2.85 MI W OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,752
US 180
GoodOver: MOSS CREEK
0.90 MI E OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 896
FM 57
GoodOver: DRAW
0.30 MI SW OF FM 1085, Fisher, TX
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 893
FM 57
GoodOver: DRAW
1.04 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 989
FM 57
GoodOver: DRAW
2.85 MI N OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1946 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,840
SH 92
GoodOver: DRAW
0.95 MI E OF FM 540, Fisher, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 458
SH 92
GoodOver: DRAW
3.10 MI E OF FM 540, Fisher, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 458
SH 92
GoodOver: WEST FORK OF GYP CREEK
6.00 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 507
FM 611
GoodOver: DRAW
1.25 MI S OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 112
FM 611
GoodOver: DRAW
1.50 MI E OF FM 608, Fisher, TX
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 355
FM 1085
GoodOver: RAVEN CREEK
9.55 MI SE OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 117
FM 1085
GoodOver: DRAW
2.00 MI SE OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 176
FM 1085
GoodOver: E CHINA CRK
3.90 MI SE OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 176
FM 1085
GoodOver: DRY CRK
6.90 MI SE OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 1953 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 176
FM 1085
GoodOver: SANDY CRK
0.20 MI S OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 128
FM 419
GoodOver: DRAW
3.45 MI N OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 419
GoodOver: DRAW
5.80 MI N OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 1955 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 1657
GoodOver: ALKALI CREEK
0.90 MI N OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 192
FM 2142
GoodOver: DRAW
0.11 MI E OF FM 1224, Fisher, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2142
GoodOver: DRAW
2.25 MI E OF FM 1224, Fisher, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 2142
GoodOver: CALIFORNIA CREEK
0.10 MI W OF FM 668, Fisher, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100
FM 608
GoodOver: DRAW
3.85 MI S OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,109
FM 608
GoodOver: DRAW
6.75 MI S OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 1964 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,065
FM 2598
GoodOver: DRAW
2.25 MI N OF SH 92, Fisher, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 122
FM 1085
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CRK
1.10 MI W OF JONES C/L, Fisher, TX
Built 1955 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 117
US 180
GoodOver: ALKALI CREEK
1.30 MI W OF FM 1657, Fisher, TX
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,330
US 180
GoodOver: FM 57
9.24 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,752
FM 57
GoodOver: CLEAR FORK BRAZOS R
2.25 MI SW OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 918
FM 57
GoodOver: PLUM CREEK
4.35 MI SW OF FM 1085, Fisher, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 887
FM 419
GoodOver: East CottonWood Creek
2.35 MI S OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 207
FM 2832
GoodOver: ALKALI CREEK
1.25 MI N OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 144
CR 161
GoodOver: SWEETWATER CREEK
0.5 MI S OF CR 168, Fisher, TX
Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18
CR 303
GoodOver: ALKALI CREEK
1.2 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1
CR 309
GoodOver: ALKALI CREEK
1.4 MI N OF US 180, Fisher, TX
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18
CR 204
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.1 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90
CR 202
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
0.8 MI E OF SH 70, Fisher, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110
CR 314
GoodOver: CLEAR FORK BRAZOS RIVER
1.8 MI E FM 1657, Fisher, TX
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
CR 312
GoodOver: BUFFALO CREEK
0.3 MI E OF FM 611, Fisher, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10
CO RD 111
GoodOver: PLUM CREEK
0.5 MI N OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 190
CR 113
GoodOver: PLUM CREEK
0.4 MI S OF FM 57, Fisher, TX
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 48
CR 425
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
0.2 MI S OF FM 419, Fisher, TX
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 28
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