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SH 6 over Meridian Creek

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

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

SH 6 over Meridian Creek in Bosque 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1962, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,290 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 68 of the 147 inventoried bridges in Bosque County rated fair (46.3%); 2 (1.4%) 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 246 ft
Location	0.9 Mi S of FM 2136
NBI structure number	090180025806052
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 6 over Trib of N Bosque River	1940	10,880	Fair
SH 6 over Sears Creek	1937	10,001	Good
SH 6 over Preston Branch	1931	8,903	Good
SH 6 over BNSF Railroad	1936	7,980	Fair
SH 6 over Branch of Sears Creek	1937	7,980	Fair
SH 6 over Neils Creek	1937	7,463	Good