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Mill Gate Rd over Turkey Creek

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

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

Mill Gate Rd over Turkey Creek in Polk 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 96 of the 212 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated fair (45.3%); 16 (7.5%) 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 29 ft
Location	1.2 Mi NE of SH 146
NBI structure number	111870AA1183001
Condition class	Fair

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