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SH 70 over South Pease River

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

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

SH 70 over South Pease River in Motley County, Texas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 411 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 28 of the 51 inventoried bridges in Motley County rated fair (54.9%); 2 (3.9%) 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 399 ft
Location	10.95 Mi S of US 62
NBI structure number	251730010505054
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 62 / US 70 over Longs Branch	1929	1,077	Fair
US 62 / US 70 over Draw	1929	1,077	Good
US 62 over Hackberry Creek	2019	870	Good
US 62 / US 70 over Ballard Creek	1930	824	Fair
US 62 / US 70 over Mcdonald Creek	2000	824	Good
SH 70 over Ballard Creek	1931	728	Fair