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Whiskers Road over Richland Creek Trib

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

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

Whiskers Road over Richland Creek Trib in Ellis County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2017, making it 8 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 52 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 367 of the 690 inventoried bridges in Ellis County rated good (53.2%); 12 (1.7%) are rated poor.
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 75 ft
Location	0.6 MI SE of Franks Rd
NBI structure number	180710AA0282003
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 35E over Draw	1957	69,257	Good
Ih 35E Ml & Fr over Draw	1957	68,486	Fair
Ih 35 E over Waxahachie Creek	2019	59,719	Good
Ih 45 Ml & Nbfr over Draw	1960	58,710	Fair
Ih 45 over Draw	1930	56,555	Fair
Ih 35 E over US 287 Bus and UP RR	2019	54,983	Good