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US 385 over Tierra Blanca Creek

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

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

US 385 over Tierra Blanca Creek in Deaf Smith 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939 and reconstructed in 1959, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,460 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 25 inventoried bridges in Deaf Smith County rated fair (44.0%); 0 (0.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 174 ft
Location	0.4 Mi S of US 60
NBI structure number	040590022605005
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 40 over Draw	1938	11,800	Good
US 60 over Draw	1935	3,337	Good
US 60 over Drain	1934	3,063	Good
US 60 over Tierra Blanca Creek	2010	1,964	Good
US 385 over Drain	1947	1,813	Good
US 385 over Draw	1969	1,610	Good