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US 62 over Shores Creek

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

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

US 62 over Shores Creek in Childress County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1962, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,240 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 46 of the 91 inventoried bridges in Childress County rated fair (50.5%); 2 (2.2%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	9.190MI S US 287
NBI structure number	250380003201036
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 287 over Middle Groesbeck Creek	1955	11,183	Fair
US 287 Side Road C over Middle Groesbeck Creek	1971	11,183	Good
US 287 over East Groesbeck Creek	1971	11,183	Good
US 287 NB over Baylor Creek	2022	9,865	Good
US 83 over Long Branch Creek	1933	9,090	Fair
US 83 over Twin Mill Creek	1933	9,090	Fair