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US 83 over Horse Creek

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

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

US 83 over Horse Creek in Hemphill 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,670 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 35 inventoried bridges in Hemphill County rated fair (68.6%); 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 439 ft
Location	6.3 MI N of JCT US 60
NBI structure number	041070003005028
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 60 WB over Draw	1931	3,371	Fair
US 60 / 83 over Canadian River	1997	2,968	Good
SH 33 over Draw	1941	2,120	Good
US 83 SB over US 60 EB	1975	2,000	Fair
US 83 over Major Creek	1933	1,945	Fair
US 83 over Washita River	1998	1,945	Good