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US 96 over BNSF RR

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

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

US 96 over BNSF RR in Shelby County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 1992, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,554 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 177 inventoried bridges in Shelby County rated fair (43.5%); 7 (4.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 192 ft
Location	5.00 Mi N of SH 87
NBI structure number	112100006306032
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 NB/ US 96 SB over US 84 & UP RR	1983	8,667	Good
US 59 SB (NW Ramp) over UP RR	1983	8,667	Good
US 59 over Bowlin Creek	2006	8,484	Good
US 59 over Attoyac River	1936	8,392	Fair
US 59 over Hardage Creek	1936	8,312	Fair
US 59 over Waller Creek	1934	7,914	Fair