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S Gulf Rd / CR 259 over Little Boggy Creek

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

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

S Gulf Rd / CR 259 over Little Boggy Creek in Matagorda 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 35 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 192 inventoried bridges in Matagorda County rated poor (6.2%); 12 (6.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	2.75 Mi E of SH 60
NBI structure number	131580AA0243001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 35 over Bucks Bayou	1997	23,967	Good
SH 35 over Cottonwood Creek	1929	14,932	Fair
SH 35 over East River Canal	1961	14,897	Good
SH 35 over Hardeman Slough	2001	13,245	Good
SH 35 over Caney Creek	2001	13,245	Good
SH 35 NB over West Canal	1961	12,498	Fair