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FM 2473 over North Fork Red River

Wheeler County, Texas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

FM 2473 over North Fork Red River in Wheeler County, Texas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 102 inventoried bridges in Wheeler County rated poor (2.0%); 2 (2.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,206 ft
Location	2.80 Mi S of FM 3104
NBI structure number	252420205101003
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 40 over Finley Creek	1968	13,349	Fair
Ih 40 over Draw	1968	13,180	Fair
Ih 40 over Roundup Creek	1973	12,837	Fair
Ih 40 over Drainage Ditch	1973	12,837	Good
Ih 40 over Draw	1973	12,251	Fair
Ih 40 over Draw	1973	12,251	Good