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SH 188 over Port Bay

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

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

SH 188 over Port Bay in Aransas County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,506 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 22 inventoried bridges in Aransas County rated fair (45.5%); 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 439 ft
Location	3.2 Mi NW of SH 35
NBI structure number	160040050704019
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Bu 35 over Tule Creek	1996	19,691	Fair
SH 35 NB over SH 188	2004	7,900	Fair
SH 35 SB over SH 188	2004	7,900	Fair
SH 35 over Copano Bay	2015	7,538	Good
SH 35 Nbml over FM 2165	2004	4,915	Good
SH 35 Sbml over FM 2165	2004	4,915	Good