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SH 70 over Girard Creek

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

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

SH 70 over Girard Creek in Kent 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 1937 and reconstructed in 1999, making it 88 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 199 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 33 inventoried bridges in Kent County rated good (39.4%); 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 May 2023, 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 33 ft
Location	0.6 Mi NW of FM 643
NBI structure number	081320010603040
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	May 2023
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
US 380 over Draw	1964	552	Fair
US 380 over Hackberry Creek	1927	509	Fair
US 380 over Rattlesnake Draw	1927	509	Fair
US 380 over Draw	1927	509	Fair
US 380 over Four Mile Creek	2007	509	Good
SH 208 over Dbl Mt Fork Brazos River	2007	417	Good