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SH 16 over Rock Creek

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

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

SH 16 over Rock Creek in Palo Pinto County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,704 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 136 of the 236 inventoried bridges in Palo Pinto County rated fair (57.6%); 1 (0.4%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 290 ft
Location	0.2 Mi E of LP533 on SH16
NBI structure number	021820036204026
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 20 Mn Lns over Coffee Creek	1971	33,946	Fair
Ih 20 Mn Lns over Trib of Coffee Creek	1971	33,946	Fair
Ih 20 Mn Lns over Trib of Little Sunday CR	1970	27,856	Fair
Ih 20 Mn Lns over Trib of Little Sunday CR	1970	27,856	Fair
Ih 20 Mn Lns over Trib of Little Sunday CR	1970	27,856	Good
Blue Flat/ Panama over Ih 20	1970	27,856	Fair