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SH 359/SH 44 WB over San Diego Creek

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

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

SH 359/SH 44 WB over San Diego Creek in Jim Wells 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 1927 and reconstructed in 1950, making it 98 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,071 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 192 inventoried bridges in Jim Wells County rated fair (40.1%); 3 (1.6%) 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
SH 44 over Drain	1925	18,800	Good
Ramp SH 44/BUS 281 over Lattas Creek	1937	17,560	Fair
US 281 Sbml over Cattle Pass - Playa	2022	13,514	Good
US 281 Sbml over 1st Street	2022	13,514	Good
US 281 Sbml over 8th St. CR 421	2022	13,514	Good
US 281 NBML Ramp 1 over Paisano Branch	2022	13,514	Good