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US 59 SB over Aiken Creek Relief

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

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

US 59 SB over Aiken Creek Relief in Bowie County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,388 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 151 of the 330 inventoried bridges in Bowie County rated good (45.8%); 2 (0.6%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated June 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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 64 ft
Location	0.5 Mi N of FM 2148
NBI structure number	190190021801037
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	June 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	7: scour countermeasures installed

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