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SH 326 over Black Creek

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

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

SH 326 over Black Creek in Hardin 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1939 and reconstructed in 1982, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 56 of the 167 inventoried bridges in Hardin County rated fair (33.5%); 1 (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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 85 ft
Location	4.20 Mi N of FM 421
NBI structure number	201010060101003
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 69 over Cooks Lake Rd	1988	45,209	Fair
US 69 over Keith Rd	1988	41,276	Fair
US 69 over Mitchell Rd	1988	41,276	Fair
US 96 over Drainage Ditch	1948	27,408	Good
US 96 over Walton Creek	1949	24,899	Fair
US 69 SB over Pine Island Bayou	1963	23,403	Fair