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CR 179 over Sulphur Creek Branch

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

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

CR 179 over Sulphur Creek Branch in Grimes County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Grimes County rated poor (0.8%); 2 (0.8%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	1.0 Mi SE of SH 90
NBI structure number	170940AA0352002
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 6 over Drain	1970	27,241	Good
SH 6 over Drain	1970	27,241	Good
SH 6 over Sylvia Creek	1970	25,973	Fair
SH 6 over Cedar Creek	1970	25,973	Good
SH 6 over Sandy Creek	1970	22,090	Good
SH 6 SB over SH 90	1971	15,528	Good