Martin County Road & Bridge Department maintains 463 miles of roads and roadside drainage within the county and its unincorporated cities. In 1979 Martin County Commissioners decided on a unitized county and appointed a Road & Bridge Superintendent.

                            POWERS AND DUTIES OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENT  

Subject to the orders of the Commissioners Court, a road superintendent has general supervision over the public roads in the road superintendent's county or precinct.

 A road superintendent shall:

• Perform the duties of supervisor imposed on the county commissioners in Martin County.
• Direct the laying out, constructing, changing, and repairing of roads and the building of bridges in the road superintendent's county or precinct, except where otherwise contracted.
• Take charge and be responsible for the safekeeping of the tools, machinery, and vehicles placed under the road superintendent's control by the commissioner’s court.
• Ensure that the roads and bridges in the road superintendent's county or precinct are in good repair.
• Under the direction of the commissioner’s court, establish and carry out a system of working on, grading, and draining the public roads in the road superintendent's county or precinct.
• Employ a sufficient force to enable the road superintendent to do the necessary work in the road superintendent's county or precinct, giving due regard to the condition of the county road and bridge fund and the work to be done.
• Buy or hire tools, machinery, and vehicles as directed by the commissioner’s court.
• Work on the roads in the manner directed by the commissioner’s court.

                                        REPORT OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENT

• A road superintendent shall make a sworn report to the Commissioner’s Court at each regular term of the court showing:
• An itemized account of the money the road superintendent has received belonging to the road fund.
• The person from whom the money is received.
• The use the road superintendent has made with the money.
• The condition of the roads and bridges in the county or precinct, and any other matter on which the court requires information.
• A road superintendent shall make other reports as required by the Commissioners Court.

             SUPERVISION OF ROAD SUPERINTENDENT BY COMMISSIONERS COURT

• Work performed under a road superintendent is subject to the general supervision of the Commissioners Court.