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Old US 181 over Dry Creek

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

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

Old US 181 over Dry 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory 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 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county 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

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 59 over Poesta Creek	1953	6,194	Fair