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Pr 40 over Big Chinquapin Creek

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

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

Pr 40 over Big Chinquapin Creek in Walker 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 323 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 86 of the 166 inventoried bridges in Walker County rated fair (51.8%); 1 (0.6%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	1.0 Mi SW of Ih 45
NBI structure number	172360226701001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 45 Ml over Draw	1959	56,772	Good
Ih 45 over Draw	2019	51,507	Good
Ih 45 Ml over Draw	2019	51,507	Good
Ih 45 Ml and Wfr over Little Chinquapin Creek	2021	51,507	Good
Ih 45 Ml & Efr over Little Caney Creek	2021	48,523	Good
Ih 45 North T/a over Ih 45 (SH 30)	2003	48,000	Fair