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US 281 over Blanco River

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

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

US 281 over Blanco River in Blanco County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,388 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 63 inventoried bridges in Blanco County rated fair (41.3%); 0 (0.0%) 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 390 ft
Location	8.2 Mi S of US 290 E
NBI structure number	140160025301041
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 281 over Deer Creek	1962	17,382	Good
US 281 over Town Creek	1960	15,887	Good
US 281 over Durham Branch	1960	15,388	Good
US 281 over Stribling Creek	1929	13,108	Good
US 281 over Dry Cypress Creek	1930	13,108	Fair
US 281 over Cottonwood Creek	1929	13,108	Good