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Hodge Bottom Rd over Open Bottom Creek

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

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

Hodge Bottom Rd over Open Bottom Creek in Polk County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 194 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 212 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated poor (7.5%); 16 (7.5%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	0.8 Mi N of FM 356
NBI structure number	111870AA0125001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 59 over Sanson Creek	1963	28,326	Fair
US 59 over Draw	1963	26,702	Good
US 59 over Crooked Creek	1938	23,876	Fair
US 59 over Drain	1977	22,065	Fair
US 59 over Bear Creek	1940	21,419	Fair
US 59 over Mc & Sa RR	1989	19,196	Good