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Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek

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

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

Sandy Creek Road over Sandy Creek in Colorado County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990 and reconstructed in 2001, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 75 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 251 inventoried bridges in Colorado County rated poor (1.6%); 4 (1.6%) 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 girder and floorbeam
Length	about 89 ft
Location	5.35 Mi S of CR 163
NBI structure number	130450AA0453001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 10 over Draw	2024	55,285	Good
Ih 10 Ebml over Church Creek	2024	48,625	Good
Ih 10 over Live Oak Creek	1966	45,603	Fair
Ih 10 over Sandy Branch West Relief	1966	45,603	Fair
Ih 10 over Sandy Branch	1966	45,603	Fair
Ih 10 over Sandy Branch East Relief	1966	45,603	Fair