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US 259 over Mud Creek

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

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

US 259 over Mud Creek in Bowie County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,207 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 177 of the 330 inventoried bridges in Bowie County rated fair (53.6%); 2 (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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 121 ft
Location	1.00 Mi N of US 82
NBI structure number	190190008504028
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 30 over E Fork Panther Creek	1965	36,501	Good
Ih 30 over Red Bayou	1967	35,710	Fair
Ih 30 over E Fork Panther Creek	1965	34,349	Fair
Ih 30 over W Fork Rice Creek	1967	33,314	Fair
Ih 30 over Panther Creek	1967	32,846	Good
Ih 30 over Butler Creek	1971	32,265	Fair