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US 283 over Pecan Bayou

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

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

US 283 over Pecan Bayou in Callahan 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 2002, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 449 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 156 inventoried bridges in Callahan County rated fair (51.3%); 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 250 ft
Location	1.75 Mi S of SH 36
NBI structure number	080300043704028
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 20 Ml over Draw	1948	28,489	Good
Ih 20 Ml over Buck Creek	1948	28,489	Fair
Ih 20 Ml over Draw	1948	28,489	Fair
Ih 20 Ml & Nfr over Draw	1947	25,672	Fair
Ih 20 Ml over Draw	1964	22,984	Fair
Ih 20 Ml over Spring Branch	1965	22,984	Fair