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CR 269/BATES Road over Victoria Creek

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

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

CR 269/BATES Road over Victoria Creek in Montague 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 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 37 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 117 of the 246 inventoried bridges in Montague County rated fair (47.6%); 6 (2.4%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	0.8 Mi W of FM 1816
NBI structure number	031690AA0269001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 81/US 287 over Middle Creek Trib	1972	19,940	Fair
US 287 over Brier Creek Tributary	1977	19,691	Fair
US 287 over Brier Creek	1977	18,826	Fair
US 287 NB over US 81 SB & Frs	1978	16,413	Good
FM 369 over Drainage Ditch	1966	14,829	Fair
Fruitland Rd over Middle Creek Tributary	1972	11,000	Fair