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FM 81 over Salt Creek

Karnes County, Texas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

FM 81 over Salt Creek in Karnes County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2024, making it 1 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 68 of the 145 inventoried bridges in Karnes County rated good (46.9%); 2 (1.4%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
It does not appear under this structure number in the 2024 inventory (a new or renumbered structure).
Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 180 ft
Location	6.5 Mi SE of SH 80
NBI structure number	161290069101018
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	May 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 181 over Escondido Creek Draw	1952	17,860	Good
US 181 over Escondido Creek Draw	1952	15,747	Good
US 181 over Escondido Creek	1952	15,330	Fair
FM 2102 over Panther Creek	1942	7,537	Fair
US 181 over San Antonio River Draw	1929	6,914	Fair
US 181 over San Antonio River	1961	6,786	Fair