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FM 516 over Main Line Canal

Ward County, Texas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

FM 516 over Main Line Canal in Ward County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,091 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 49 inventoried bridges in Ward County rated good (22.4%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated July 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 38 ft
Location	2.95 Mi NW of Ih 20 Bus
NBI structure number	062380100101002
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	July 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 20 & Sfr over Draw	1968	22,290	Fair
Ih 20 & Sfr over Draw	1968	22,290	Fair
Ih 20 & Sfr over Draw	1968	18,626	Good
Ih 20 over Draw	1968	18,626	Fair
Ih 20 over Draw	1968	18,626	Fair
Ih 20 & Fr Rds over Arroyo Carrasco	1971	17,950	Fair