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US 281A over Atascosa River

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

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

US 281A over Atascosa River in Atascosa County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925 and reconstructed in 1953, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,762 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 176 inventoried bridges in Atascosa County rated poor (0.6%); 1 (0.6%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 37 over Draw	1979	29,873	Fair
Ih 37 over Draw	1979	29,873	Fair
Ih 37 Ml W Fr Rd over Draw	1979	29,000	Fair
Ih 37 over Draw	1955	23,567	Fair
Ih 37 over Dry Br of Atascosa River	1955	23,567	Good
Ih 37 over Draw	1976	22,389	Good