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Bentsen Trail Park over Drainage Ditch

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

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

Bentsen Trail Park over Drainage Ditch in Hidalgo County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2012, making it 13 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,876 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 206 of the 421 inventoried bridges in Hidalgo County rated fair (48.9%); 4 (1.0%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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