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Mile 17-1/2 N Rd over Drainage Ditch

Hidalgo County, Texas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Mile 17-1/2 N Rd over Drainage Ditch in Hidalgo County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1948, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 421 inventoried bridges in Hidalgo County rated poor (1.0%); 4 (1.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 83 WB over Sp 115 (23RD St)	1967	57,971	Fair
US 83 EB over Sp 115 (23RD St)	1967	57,971	Fair
US 83 WB over Bu 83 FM 2061 & UP RR	1966	54,860	Good
US 83 WB over US 281 (N Cage Blvd)	1966	51,190	Fair
US 281 over S Main Drainage Ditch	2005	48,970	Good
US 83 WB over FM 1425 (mile 2 East Rd)	2007	48,000	Fair