Ih 45 SB / Bw 8 WB over Ih 45 Sbfr & Bw 8 Wbfr

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

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

• Ih 45 SB / Bw 8 WB over Ih 45 Sbfr & Bw 8 Wbfr in Harris 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 1997, making it 28 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 18,977 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 24 of the 4,040 inventoried bridges in Harris County rated poor (0.6%); 24 (0.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated fair in the 2024 inventory and is now poor (superstructure 6 to 4).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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