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US 59 over Poesta Creek

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

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

US 59 over Poesta Creek in Bee County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953 and reconstructed in 1988, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,194 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 131 inventoried bridges in Bee County rated fair (52.7%); 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 150 ft
Location	1.7 Mi SW of US 181
NBI structure number	160130044702054
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 181 over Draw	1971	8,630	Good
St Marys St over Poesta Creek	1976	7,410	Fair
US 59 over Draw	1949	7,377	Good
St Marys St over Dry Branch	1980	7,000	Good
US 181 over Medio Creek	1947	6,983	Fair
US 181 over Draw	1940	5,962	Good