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FM 263 over Draw

Foard County, Texas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

FM 263 over Draw in Foard County, Texas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 59 inventoried bridges in Foard County rated good (32.2%); 2 (3.4%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
It was rated fair in the 2024 inventory and is now good (culvert 6 to 7).
Its most recent inspection on record is dated April 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 25 ft
Location	3.90 Mi W of SH 6
NBI structure number	250790076002007
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	April 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 70 over Paradise Creek	1929	1,109	Fair
US 70 over Draw	1929	967	Fair
US 70 over North Beaver Creek	1929	872	Good
SH 6 over Draw	1937	825	Fair
US 70 over Paradise Creek	1929	729	Fair
US 70 over Draw	1929	619	Fair