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SH 17 over Short Canyon

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

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

SH 17 over Short Canyon in Jeff Davis 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 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,183 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 53 of the 134 inventoried bridges in Jeff Davis County rated fair (39.6%); 0 (0.0%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 162 ft
Location	13.4 Mi NE of SH 118
NBI structure number	241230010402064
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 10 over Draw	1969	15,798	Good
Ih 10 over Draw	1969	15,715	Fair
Ih 10 over Draw	1969	15,715	Fair
Ih 10 EB over Rock House Draw	1969	8,193	Fair
Ih 10 EB over Adobe Draw	1969	8,193	Fair
Ih 10 EB over Antelope Draw	1969	8,159	Fair