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FM 51 over Pony Creek

Hood County, Texas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

FM 51 over Pony Creek in Hood County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 554 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Hood County rated fair (53.0%); 1 (1.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 130 ft
Location	1.3 Mi N of FM 205 E
NBI structure number	021120078002002
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Texas department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 377 over Fall Creek	1941	36,394	Good
US 377 SB (WB) over Ramp B	1966	33,938	Fair
SH 144 over Lake Granbury	2002	27,484	Fair
US 377 SB (WB) over Granbury Lake	1966	21,552	Fair
US 377 NB (EB) over Granbury Lake	1986	21,552	Good
US 377 over Walnut Creek	1940	16,846	Fair