CR Ee over Palo Duro Creek

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

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

• CR Ee over Palo Duro 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 196 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
• Its listed owner is the county 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.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 2): scour critical: extensive scour observed, foundations unstable.
• 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.

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

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