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SH 79 NB over US 281

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

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

SH 79 NB over US 281 in Wichita County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,490 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 207 of the 389 inventoried bridges in Wichita County rated fair (53.2%); 2 (0.5%) 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 310 ft
Location	2.20 Mi S of US 82
NBI structure number	032430024901067
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 44 over Plum Creek	1960	52,530	Fair
US 82/US 277 over Drainage Ditch	1979	36,324	Fair
Ih 44 SB over N 8TH St	2001	34,390	Good
Ih 44 SB over Bus 287J & BNSF RR	2001	34,390	Good
Ih 44 SB over 6TH Street	2001	34,390	Good
Ih 44 SB over 5TH Street	2001	34,390	Fair