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Loma Blanca Road over Del Puerto Creek

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

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

Loma Blanca Road over Del Puerto Creek in Starr County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 64 inventoried bridges in Starr County rated poor (3.1%); 2 (3.1%) 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


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 32 ft
Location	13.15 Mi N of US 83
NBI structure number	212140AA0101002
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 83 over Refugio Creek	2009	34,000	Good
US 83 over Arroyo Los Olmos	1926	33,240	Good
US 83 over Draw	1955	26,612	Good
US 83 over Drain	1996	24,141	Good
US 83 over Arroyo Roma	2008	21,738	Good
US 83 over Draw	1955	21,509	Fair