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Novy Road over Burns Creek

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

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

Novy Road over Burns Creek in Ellis 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 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 112 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 311 of the 690 inventoried bridges in Ellis County rated fair (45.1%); 12 (1.7%) 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	0.7 Mi NE of SH 34
NBI structure number	180710AA0488001
Condition class	Fair

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