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West Central Ave over Nolan Creek

Bell County, Texas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

West Central Ave over Nolan Creek in Bell County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 338 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 654 inventoried bridges in Bell County rated poor (0.2%); 1 (0.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 180 ft
Location	0.10 Mi W of SH 317
NBI structure number	090140D00065001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 35 over Skinner Branch	2017	146,391	Good
Ih 35 Ml over Lampasas River	2016	93,724	Fair
Ih 35 over Mitchell Branch	2017	93,724	Good
US 190 Ebml over Rosewood Drive	2022	89,400	Good
US 190 Wbml over Rosewood Drive	2022	89,400	Good
Ih 35 Ml & Fr over Bird Creek	2017	88,889	Good