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US 83 over Gentry Creek

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

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

US 83 over Gentry Creek in Kimble County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1960, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,862 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Kimble County rated fair (46.3%); 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 160 ft
Location	4.08 Mi S of Menard C/l
NBI structure number	071340003507031
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 10 over Draw	1968	15,714	Good
Ih 10 over Draw	1967	15,516	Fair
Ih 10 over Draw	1969	15,516	Fair
Ih 10 WB over Draw	1971	12,969	Fair
Ih 10 WB over Draw	1971	12,969	Fair
Ih 10 over Draw	1971	12,969	Fair