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FM 142 over California Creek

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

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

FM 142 over California Creek in Jones 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 120 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 62 of the 166 inventoried bridges in Jones County rated fair (37.3%); 4 (2.4%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	0.47 Mi E of FM 600
NBI structure number	081280097202008
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 83 Ml & Efr over Mulberry Creek Tributary	1931	11,780	Fair
US 83 over Mulberry Creek Tributary	1931	11,780	Fair
US 83 Ml & Efr over Draw	1931	11,780	Good
US 83 over Carter Creek	1931	9,848	Good
US 83 over Clear Fk Brazos Ri Trib	1931	7,266	Good
US 83 NB over Clear Fork Brazos River	1956	7,003	Fair