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SH 123 over Big Cottonwood Creek

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

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

SH 123 over Big Cottonwood Creek in Hays 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 1929 and reconstructed in 1962, making it 96 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,909 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 273 inventoried bridges in Hays County rated poor (0.4%); 1 (0.4%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 35 Ml over San Marcos River	2004	144,823	Good
Ih 35 Ml over Willow Springs Creek	2004	144,823	Good
Ih 35 Ml over Draw	1961	136,818	Good
Ih 35 Ml & Sbfr over Draw	1961	136,818	Fair
Ih 35 NB over SH 123	2023	134,690	Good
Ih 35 over Draw	1958	131,260	Fair