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CR 227 over Bastrop Bayou & CR 476

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

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

CR 227 over Bastrop Bayou & CR 476 in Brazoria 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 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,120 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 233 of the 629 inventoried bridges in Brazoria County rated fair (37.0%); 14 (2.2%) 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 1,321 ft
Location	0.30 Mi NE of CR 459
NBI structure number	120200AA0887005
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 288 over Drainage Ditch	1972	125,494	Good
FM 523 over Old Oyster Creek	1988	83,339	Good
SH 288 NB over FM 2234	1990	59,850	Fair
SH 288 over Drainage Ditch	1972	56,525	Fair
SH 288 SB over FM 2234	1990	54,353	Good
SH 6 over Unnamed Channel	2004	49,733	Good