Total bridges
264
Public highway bridges in Wise County
County profile · official public datasets
Wise County, TX
264 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 61.4% rated Good, 37.5% Fair, 1.1% Poor.
- 264
- Public bridges
- 61.4%
- Good condition
- 1.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wise County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 138th
- of 247 on Poor share
- 1.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 264
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Wise County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wise County ranks #138 of 247 Texas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Wise County, Texas contains 264 public highway bridges. Roughly 61.4% are rated “Good,” 37.5% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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
61.4%
162 of 264 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37.5%
99 of 264 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.1%
3 of 264 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#138 of 247
Among Texas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 264 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 61.4% (162)
Fair 37.5% (99)
Poor 1.1% (3)
Wise County's Poor-condition bridges carry 861 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 287 crossings a day against 3,829 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 264 of 264 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
25.8% of Wise County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 264 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 61.4% 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 81.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FM 1658 over LAKE BRIDGEPORT SPLW, built 1972, carries 701 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 861 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wise County's bridges were built
264 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s 21
1950–1959
21 bridges
- 1960s 15
1960–1969
15 bridges
- 1970s 20
1970–1979
20 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
32 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
44 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
75 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 75 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 9 years newer than the Texas average of 1980.
How Wise County compares with Texas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Texas counties nearest Wise County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 14 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 246 Texas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays County | 272 | 79% | 20.6% | 0.4% | 1996 |
| Harrison County | 269 | 41.6% | 55.8% | 2.6% | 1972 |
| Wise County (this page) | 264 | 61.4% | 37.5% | 1.1% | 1989 |
| DeWitt County | 263 | 49.8% | 49% | 1.1% | 1962 |
| Lavaca County | 262 | 50% | 47.3% | 2.7% | 1973 |
| Colorado County | 252 | 48.8% | 48.8% | 2.4% | 1971 |
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 Wise 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 Wise County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TX (264 bridges here).
- Pueblo County, CO · 264 bridges
- O'Brien County, IA · 264 bridges
- Chatham County, GA · 265 bridges
- Rock County, MN · 265 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1989 here).
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Dubuque County, IA · avg 1989 · 346 bridges
- Vernon County, LA · avg 1989 · 341 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (264)
CR 2323 PCT 1
FairOver: TRIB TO BLACK CREEK
0.6 MI. E. OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1986 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 100
CO. RD. 2560 PCT 2
FairOver: BR OF DENTON CREEK
1.2 MI. N. OF FM 730, Wise, TX
Built 1946 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 139
CO. RD. 2130 PCT 1
FairOver: TRIB OF TWIN POND
0.4 MI W OF GREENWOOD RD, Wise, TX
Built 1946 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 150
FM 3259
FairOver: W FORK TRINITY RIVER
1.4 MI W OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1976 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 2,028
CR 3736 - PCT 4
FairOver: WILLOW CREEK
0.6 MI. W. OF FM 920, Wise, TX
Built 1977 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 50
GREENWOOD RD PCT 1
FairOver: PECAN CREEK
2.8 MI. N. OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1946 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 151
CR 3451-PCT 4
FairOver: RUSH CREEK
3.05 MI E OF FM 2123, Wise, TX
Built 1987 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 310
ECHO RD PCT 2
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
0.5 MI S OF SH101, Wise, TX
Built 1988 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 100
SHADY OAK DR.
FairOver: TRIB. TO LAKE BRIDGEPORT
1.4 MI N OF US 380, Wise, TX
Built 1964 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 310
CR 2898 - PCT 2
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.9 MI NE OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 1947 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 132
US 81/287
FairOver: BRIAR BRANCH
1.4MI.S.OF US-81 BI/US287, Wise, TX
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20,877
US 81/287
FairOver: TEETER BRANCH
3.0 MI N OF FM 407, Wise, TX
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 26,607
US 380
FairOver: TRIB TO W FRK TRIN RIVER
0.2 MILES EAST OF FM 1658, Wise, TX
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,116
FM 730
FairOver: TRINITY RELIEF
0.74 MI N OF SH-114, Wise, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,329
FM 730
FairOver: TRINITY RELIEF
0.68 MI N OF SH-114, Wise, TX
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,329
FM 51
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
1.3 MI N OF FM 2048, Wise, TX
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 19,080
SH 101
FairOver: DRY CREEK
50 FT N OF FM 1810, Wise, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,247
BUS 101
FairOver: DRY CREEK
0.3 MILES N OF FM 1810, Wise, TX
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 490
SH 114
FairOver: TRIB W FORK TRINITY RIV
CRNR 10TH ST & SH 114, Wise, TX
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,032
FM 730
FairOver: DENTON CREEK
11.4 MI N OF US 380, Wise, TX
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 387
FM 1810
FairOver: TRIB OF GREATHOUSE BR
1.2 MILES WEST OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,206
FM 3259
FairOver: BRIAR BRANCH
1.0 MI W OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1976 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,028
CR 1180 - PCT 2
FairOver: WALKERS BRANCH
1.2 MI. W. OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 1995 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 357
COUNTY ROAD 274
FairOver: US 81/287
1.0 MI N OF SH 114, Wise, TX
Built 1972 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 386
SH 199
FairOver: WILLOW CREEK
1.2 MI W OF FM-920 NORTH, Wise, TX
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,176
FM 730
FairOver: TRIB W FRK TRINITY RIVER
0.65 MI N OF FM 2048, Wise, TX
Built 1958 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 6,258
SH 101
FairOver: TR SPRING CK/PRINGLE CK
0.7 MILES N OF FM 2265, Wise, TX
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,648
SH 114
FairOver: WALKER CREEK
4.1 MI E OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,318
CR 2323 - PCT 1
FairOver: TRIB OF BLACK CREEK
0.2 MI. E. OF FM 51, Wise, TX
Built 1986 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 100
CENTRAL AVE
FairOver: DERRETT CREEK
0.5 MI S OF FM718, Wise, TX
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 456
BU 81/287
FairOver: US 81
AT JCT US-81 & US-287, Wise, TX
Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,797
US 380
FairOver: LAKE BRIDGEPORT
2.4 MILES WEST OF FM 1820, Wise, TX
Built 1960 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 4,716
CR 1326 - PCT 2
FairOver: TRIB OF DRY CREEK
2.4 MI W OF FM 1655, Wise, TX
Built 2007 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 60
CO. RD. 2311 PCT 1
FairOver: CATLETT CREEK
1.0 MI. N. OF US 380, Wise, TX
Built 1948 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 50
CR1170CLDWLL PCT 2
FairOver: TRIB OF TWIN POND CREEK
1.0 MI S OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 2007 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 130
FM 51
FairOver: CATLETT CREEK
2.0 MI N OF US 380, Wise, TX
Built 1941 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,903
CR 1308 - PCT 2
FairOver: DRY CREEK
1.0 MI. N. OF US 380, Wise, TX
Built 2011 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 190
SH-114
FairOver: US 81/287
AT JCT SH-114 ON US-81, Wise, TX
Built 1972 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,793
SH 101
FairOver: SPRING CK/PRINGLE CK
1.0 MILES NORTH OF FM2265, Wise, TX
Built 1959 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,648
CR 1590 PCT 2
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
1.78 MI. W. OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 110
CR 2395 PCT 2
FairOver: TWIN POND BRANCH
1.83 MI. N. OF US 287, Wise, TX
Built 2006 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 188
CR 1787 PCT 2
FairOver: TRIB OF SPRING CREEK
0.4 MI N OF FM 2265, Wise, TX
Built 1988 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 100
CO. RD. 4717 PCT 1
FairOver: HARRIET CREEK
1.3 MI. S. OF FM 407, Wise, TX
Built 1987 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 403
US 81/287 NBL
FairOver: BU 81C
0.8 MI N OF FM 1655, Wise, TX
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,699
US 81/287 NBL
FairOver: DRY HOLLOW CRK
0.6 MI N OF FM 1655, Wise, TX
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,699
FM 1655
FairOver: US 81
0.8 MI S OF LOOP 249, Wise, TX
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,972
US 81/287 NBL
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
1.7 MI N OF BU 81C, Wise, TX
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,660
US 81/287 NBL
FairOver: HUBBARD STREET
1.0 MI S OF FM 1655, Wise, TX
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,182
US 81 NBL
FairOver: US 380
1.0 MI W OF FM 730, Wise, TX
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,895
US 81 SBL
FairOver: US 380
1.0 MI W OF FM 730, Wise, TX
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30,895
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