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SH 71 over Double Horn Creek

Burnet County, Texas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SH 71 over Double Horn Creek in Burnet County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,977 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 108 inventoried bridges in Burnet County rated good (54.6%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 185 ft
Location	3.5 Mi E of US 281
NBI structure number	140270070001032
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 281 over Whitman Branch	1930	30,052	Fair
US 281 over Draw	1930	29,502	Good
US 281 over Hamilton Creek	1949	28,632	Fair
US 281 over Draw	1959	25,839	Good
US 281 over Delaware Creek (north)	2010	25,839	Good
US 281 over Delaware Creek (south)	2010	25,839	Good