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Mullens Bayou Rd over Mullens Bayou

Refugio County, Texas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Mullens Bayou Rd over Mullens Bayou in Refugio County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 135 inventoried bridges in Refugio County rated poor (1.5%); 2 (1.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 87 ft
Location	0.27 Mi N of FM 1360
NBI structure number	161960AA0187001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 77 over Dry Creek	1930	16,407	Good
US 77 SB over Drainage Ditch	1932	15,738	Good
US 77 over Drainage Ditch	1932	15,738	Fair
US 77 over Draw	1930	15,723	Fair
US 77 over Monkey Slough	1930	14,169	Fair
US 77 over Drainage Ditch	1953	12,572	Fair