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South Main Street over Big Sandy Creek

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

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

South Main Street over Big Sandy Creek in Jasper 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930 and reconstructed in 1970, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2016).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 91 of the 178 inventoried bridges in Jasper County rated fair (51.1%); 4 (2.2%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 96 over Deer Creek	2004	15,187	Good
US 96 over Long Branch	2004	14,020	Fair
US 96 over Sandy Creek	1937	14,009	Fair
US 96 over Nichols Creek	2004	13,773	Fair
US 96 over Slaydons Creek	2004	13,773	Good
US 96 over Drainage Ditch	2004	13,773	Fair