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Kneese Road over Palo Alto Creek

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

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

Kneese Road over Palo Alto Creek in Gillespie County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 148 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 76 of the 134 inventoried bridges in Gillespie County rated good (56.7%); 1 (0.7%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 49 ft
Location	1.6 Mi NE of SH 16
NBI structure number	140870AA0142501
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 290 over Barons Creek	1935	17,682	Fair
US 290 over Pedernales River	2011	13,849	Fair
US 290 over Barons Creek	2014	13,184	Good
Ih 10 over Private Rd & Stockpass	1974	12,760	Good
US 290 over Draw	1956	12,600	Good
US 290 over Draw	1955	11,190	Good