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SH 49 over Black Cypress Bayou

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

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

SH 49 over Black Cypress Bayou in Marion County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,102 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 31 of the 59 inventoried bridges in Marion County rated good (52.5%); 1 (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 255 ft
Location	0.90 Mi S of FM 248
NBI structure number	191550022301016
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 59 over Big Cypress Bayou Rel	1987	12,521	Good
US 59 over Big Cypress Bayou	1954	11,165	Fair
US 59 over Little Cypress Relief	1953	10,617	Good
US 59 over UP RR Kcs RR W Clay St	1953	10,086	Fair
US 59 over Black Cypress Bayou Rel	1997	7,314	Fair
US 59 over Black Cypress Bayou	1997	7,314	Fair