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FM 1179 over Small Creek

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

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

FM 1179 over Small Creek in Brazos County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,246 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 239 of the 374 inventoried bridges in Brazos County rated good (63.9%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated February 2023, 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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 26 ft
Location	0.6 Mi NE of SH 47
NBI structure number	170210131601019
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	February 2023
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
SH 6 Mls & Frs over Bee Creek	1971	58,504	Fair
SH 6 Mls & Frs over Draw	1971	57,636	Fair
SH 6 Mls over Sewer Creek	1971	56,179	Fair
SH 6 Mls & Frs over Draw	1971	56,048	Fair
Bs 6 over Wolfpen Creek	1960	53,292	Fair
Bs 6 over Bee Creek	1932	48,130	Fair