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FM 609 over Buckners Creek

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

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

FM 609 over Buckners Creek in Fayette County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,617 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 183 of the 376 inventoried bridges in Fayette County rated fair (48.7%); 13 (3.5%) 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 359 ft
Location	3.15 Mi SW of Bu 71E
NBI structure number	130760026703020
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 10 over Draw	1967	31,542	Good
Ih 10 over Foster Creek Trib	1967	29,405	Fair
Ih 10 EB over Draw	1969	29,287	Good
Ih 10 over Draw	1969	29,287	Fair
Ih 10 WB over Hog Branch	1971	28,500	Fair
US 290 over Branch Cummins Creek	1949	19,555	Fair