Total bridges
53
Public highway bridges in Terrell County
County profile · official public datasets
Terrell County, TX
53 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 54.7% rated Good, 45.3% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 53
- Public bridges
- 54.7%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Terrell County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 19%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 53
- 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.
Terrell County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Terrell County ranks #48 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Terrell County, Texas contains 53 public highway bridges. Roughly 54.7% are rated “Good,” 45.3% “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
54.7%
29 of 53 rated 7-9
Fair condition
45.3%
24 of 53 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 53 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#48 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 53 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 54.7% (29)
Fair 45.3% (24)
Poor 0% (0)
86.8% of Terrell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
46 of the 53 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 54.7% 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 Terrell County's bridges were built
53 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s 5
1970–1979
5 bridges
- 1980s 1
1980–1989
1 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1957, 23 years older than the Texas average of 1980.
How Terrell County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Terrell 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 1964 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling County | 54 | 55.6% | 44.4% | 0% | 1966 |
| Ward County | 54 | 18.5% | 79.6% | 1.9% | 1964 |
| Rains County | 53 | 45.3% | 50.9% | 3.8% | 1979 |
| Throckmorton County | 53 | 56.6% | 41.5% | 1.9% | 1954 |
| Terrell County (this page) | 53 | 54.7% | 45.3% | 0% | 1957 |
| Borden County | 52 | 53.8% | 46.2% | 0% | 1957 |
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 Terrell 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 Terrell County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (53 bridges here).
- Cleburne County, AR · 53 bridges
- Citrus County, FL · 53 bridges
- Lumpkin County, GA · 53 bridges
- Stewart County, GA · 53 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1957 here).
- Essex County, MA · avg 1957 · 395 bridges
- Labette County, KS · avg 1957 · 349 bridges
- Greenwood County, KS · avg 1957 · 235 bridges
- Greer County, OK · avg 1957 · 230 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (29)
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
2.25 MI E OF PECOS C/L, Terrell, TX
Built 1923 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: DRAW
2.40 MI E OF PECOS C/L, Terrell, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
2.45 MI E OF PECOS C/L, Terrell, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
3.80 MI NW OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: DRAW
1.85 MI W OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: DRAW
1.15 MI W OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
6.30 MI W OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1939 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 340
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
11.70 MI SE OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1925 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,007
US 90
GoodOver: SANDERSON CANYON DRAW
6.20 MI SE OF US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,069
US 90
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK BRANCH
1.10 MI SE OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1931 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 900
US 90
GoodOver: SHEEP CREEK
8.60 MI SE OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1926 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 923
US 90
GoodOver: DRAW
6.15 MI W OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,007
US 90
GoodOver: DRYDEN CREEK
1.85 MI W OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 890
US 90
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
0.20 MI E OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 900
US 90
GoodOver: CEDAR CREEK
13.0 MI SE OF SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1932 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 923
US 285
GoodOver: DRAW
1.30 MI N OF US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,071
US 285
GoodOver: DRAW
1.45 MI N OF US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,678
US 285
GoodOver: DRAW
3.65 MI N OF US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,678
US 285
GoodOver: DRAW
5.55 MI N OF US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,678
SH 349
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
2.65 MI N OF US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 54
RM 2886
GoodOver: DRAW
4.1 MI N OF RM 2400, Terrell, TX
Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 27
US 285
GoodOver: Draw
4.0 Mi N of US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,071
US 285
GoodOver: Draw
2.9 Mi N of US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,071
US 90
GoodOver: Sanderson Canyon
7.3 Mi W of US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 401
US 90
GoodOver: Sanderson Canyon
3.1 Mi W of US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 401
US 90
GoodOver: Three Mile Draw
0.40 Mi W of US 285, Terrell, TX
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 812
RM 2886
GoodOver: Big Canyon
0.8 Mi N of RM 2400, Terrell, TX
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27
US 90
GoodOver: Palma Canyon
19.6 Mi E of SH 349, Terrell, TX
Built 1933 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,215
US 285
GoodOver: Draw
7.4 Mi N of US 90, Terrell, TX
Built 1950 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,259
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