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Pinchot St over Tres Palacios River

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

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

Pinchot St over Tres Palacios River in Wharton 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 267 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 373 inventoried bridges in Wharton County rated poor (5.6%); 21 (5.6%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 61 ft
Location	0.10 Mi S of 6TH St
NBI structure number	132410C01015001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 59 SB over SH 60 (bu 59 R) & Kcs RR	2023	29,743	Good
US 59 over Draw	2022	29,743	Good
US 59 Sbfr over Draw	2022	29,743	Good
US 59 Sbfr over Draw	2022	29,743	Good
US 59 over Draw	1976	28,133	Good
US 59 over Preisler Creek	2024	27,270	Good