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US 281 over Sulphur Creek

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

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

US 281 over Sulphur Creek in Lampasas 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 1934, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,971 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 43 of the 90 inventoried bridges in Lampasas County rated fair (47.8%); 1 (1.1%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 224 ft
Location	0.30 Mi S of US 183 S
NBI structure number	231410025106029
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 190 over Taylor Creek	1938	16,932	Fair
US 190 over Lampasas River	1943	13,516	Fair
US 190 over Cooksey Creek	1938	12,926	Fair
US 190 over Gooch Branch	1938	12,926	Good
US 190 over Drain	1986	12,172	Fair
US 183 over Sulphur Creek	1949	12,133	Fair