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Bu 77 over Escondido Creek

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

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

Bu 77 over Escondido Creek in Kleberg 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 1922 and reconstructed in 1953, making it 103 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,920 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 29 of the 65 inventoried bridges in Kleberg County rated fair (44.6%); 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 77 Nbfr over Santa Gertrudis Creek	2022	32,000	Good
US 77 Sbfr over Santa Gertrudis Creek	2022	32,000	Good
US 77 Nbfr over Escondido Creek	2022	32,000	Good
US 77 Sbfr over Escondido Creek	2022	32,000	Good
US 77 Nbfr over Velederos Creek	2024	24,470	Good
US 77 SB Ml over Kleberg County Crossover	2018	19,300	Good