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FM 56 over Mesquite Creek

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

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

FM 56 over Mesquite 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,204 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 120 ft
Location	4.3 Mi S of SH 174
NBI structure number	090180039805031
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