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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.

Total bridges

264

Public highway bridges in Wise County

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

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.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Wise County and the 5 Texas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Hays County 272 0.4%
Harrison County 269 2.6%
Wise County (this page) 264 1.1%
DeWitt County 263 1.1%
Lavaca County 262 2.7%
Colorado County 252 2.4%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TX (1989 here).

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

All 264 Good 162 Fair 99 Poor 3

All bridges (264)

MATHERS RD PCT 2

Good

Over: PANTHER CREEK

0.5 MI N OF FM 1665, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105

CR2675/Prker PCT 2

Good

Over: Denton Creek

0.6 Mi. S. of Mont. Co., Wise, TX

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

2675/Prkr PCT 2

Good

Over: Trib. of Denton Creek

0.8 MI. NE of CR 2690, Wise, TX

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 2372 PCT 2

Good

Over: Branch of Black Creek

2.10 Mi. W. of FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 113

GREENWOOD RD PCT 1

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

3.5 MI. S. OF FM 1204, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

GREENWOOD RD PCT 1

Good

Over: DENTON CREEK

1.2 MI. S. OF FM 1204, Wise, TX

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 133

CR 2224 PCT 1

Good

Over: Catlett Creek

1.1 Mi. E. of FM 51, Wise, TX

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 126

CR 2327 - PCT 1

Good

Over: TRIB TO BLACK CREEK

0.27 Mi. E. OF FM 51, Wise, TX

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

OLD DENTON PCT 1

Good

Over: TRIB SWEETWATER CK

1.6 MI S OF US 380, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 4421 - PCT 1

Good

Over: OLIVER CREEK

1.5 MI. W. OF FM 2264, Wise, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,230

CR 4227 - PCT 1

Good

Over: DEEP CREEK

4.3 MI. N. OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 111

CR 4127 - PCT 1

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

0.6 MI E FROM FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

CR 4270 - PCT 1

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

0.75 MI. E. OF FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 264

CR 4380 - PCT 1

Good

Over: TRIB WEST FK TRINITY

0.65 MI. W. FROM FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 280

CR 4371 - PCT 1

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

0.84 MI. E. OF FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 523

CR 4590 - PCT 3

Good

Over: LOLA CREEK

0.7 MI N OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 207

CR 3555 - PCT 4

Good

Over: GARRETT CREEK

3.9 MI. N. OF FM 2123, Wise, TX

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

CR 3390 PCT 2

Good

Over: W FK TRINITY RIVER

0.6 MI W OF SH 51, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,166

CR 4668 - PCT 3

Good

Over: W FORK TRINITY RIVER

0.3 MI. E. OF FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,770

CR 4757 PCT 3

Good

Over: W. FORK TRINITY RI

1.15 MI. W. OF FM 718, Wise, TX

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 914

CR 4680 - PCT 3

Good

Over: BRANCH OF WALKER CK

2.4 MI. W. OF FM 730, Wise, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 220

CR 3250 - PCT 2

Good

Over: W FORK TRINITY RIVER

2.72 MI. N. OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

CR 3585 - PCT 3

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

0.3 MI. S. OF FM 2123, Wise, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 530

CR 3381 - PCT 4

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

0.15 MI N OF FM 2123, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CR 4790 - PCT 3

Good

Over: TRIB OF HOG BRANCH

2.0 MI. S. OF FM 2048, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 112

CR 3672 - PCT 4

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

1.3 MI. S. OF FM 2123, Wise, TX

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 197

CR 3850 - PCT 4

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.6 MI W OF FM 920, Wise, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 3840 - PCT 4

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.30 MI. W. OF FM 920, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 235

CR 3838 - PCT 4

Good

Over: BOONS CREEK

1.4 MI S OF FM 2210, Wise, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CSTLBYCR3701 PCT 4

Good

Over: HUNT CREEK

2.5 MI S OF US 380, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

CR 1700 - PCT 4

Good

Over: JASPER CREEK

0.8 MI N OF US 380, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 340

CR 3225 - PCT 4

Good

Over: W.FORK TRINITY RI

1.4 MI N OF SH114, Wise, TX

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 456

CR 3214 - PCT 4

Good

Over: Dry Creek

1.85 Mi. E. of SH-114, Wise, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CUBA RD - PCT 4

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1.7 MI. E. OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 865

CR 3424 - PCT 4

Good

Over: TRIB W FK TRINITY

0.1 MI S OF FM 920, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

ACORN DR - PCT 2

Good

Over: WAGGONER BRANCH

0.1 MI S OF US 380, Wise, TX

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 3581 - PCT 4

Good

Over: SALT CREEK

.7 MI S OF FM 2123, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

Indian Trail PCT 4

Good

Over: Waggoner Branch

1.4 MI SOUTH OF US 380, Wise, TX

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 139

Heritage Crk PCT 1

Good

Over: Oliver Creek

2.5 Mi S of FM 2264, Wise, TX

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

ROLLINGWOOD PCT 2

Good

Over: DRY HOLLOW CREEK

0.1 MI NW OF FM 1655, Wise, TX

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 64

CATES STREET

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

0.2 MI E OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,268

W THOMPSON ST

Good

Over: CENTER CREEK

520 FEET W OF US 81, Wise, TX

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,879

EAST DECATUR ST

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.05 MI W OF SH 101, Wise, TX

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,640

ROGERS RD

Good

Over: DERRETT CREEK

0.75 MI SW OF FM718, Wise, TX

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 516

SH 114

Good

Over: LOLA CREEK

1.95 MI E OF FM 51, Wise, TX

Built 1942 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 5,318

CR 4791 - PCT 3

Good

Over: HOG BRANCH

0.17 MI. S. FROM FM 2048, Wise, TX

Built 1996 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 160

CR2445/BRMLW PCT 1

Good

Over: BRANCH OF DENTON CK

2.4 MI NE OF FM-730, Wise, TX

Built 2000 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 100

CR2320 - PCT 1

Good

Over: BRANCH OF CATLETT CK

1.3 MI. E. OF FM 51, Wise, TX

Built 2013 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 190

OLD REUNION PCT 1

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF CENTER CK

1.6 MI. S. OF FM 51, Wise, TX

Built 2013 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 709

DEEP/CR4227 PCT 3

Good

Over: BLUE CREEK

0.4 MI. N. OF SH 114, Wise, TX

Built 2002 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 698

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