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FM 978 over Mustang Creek

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

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

FM 978 over Mustang Creek in Madison 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 1,359 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 38 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Madison County rated good (31.1%); 3 (2.5%) 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 November 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 560 ft
Location	1.0 Mi NW of SH 21
NBI structure number	171540055202021
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	November 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
Ih 45 over Draw	1965	40,321	Fair
Ih 45 over Draw	1965	40,321	Fair
Ih 45 over Draw	1965	40,321	Fair
Ih 45 SB over Bedias Creek	1964	19,848	Fair
Ih 45 SB over Bedias Creek Relief	1964	19,683	Good
Ih 45 SB over SH 75	1964	19,097	Fair