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FM 44 over Ih 30

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

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

FM 44 over Ih 30 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 186 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 339 ft
Location	3.30 Mi SW of FM 990
NBI structure number	190190061005140
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