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FM 2697 over Salt Creek

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

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

FM 2697 over Salt Creek in Wheeler 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 1,350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 102 inventoried bridges in Wheeler County rated fair (57.8%); 2 (2.0%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 89 ft
Location	0.65 Mi E of FM 592
NBI structure number	252420263201001
Condition class	Fair

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