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Arterial Rd. #3 over Big Creek

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

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

Arterial Rd. #3 over Big Creek in Bowie 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1942 and reconstructed in 1996, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
It is one of 177 of the 330 inventoried bridges in Bowie County rated fair (53.6%); 2 (0.6%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 30 over E Fork Panther Creek	1965	36,501	Good
Ih 30 over Red Bayou	1967	35,710	Fair
Ih 30 over E Fork Panther Creek	1965	34,349	Fair
Ih 30 over W Fork Rice Creek	1967	33,314	Fair
Ih 30 over Panther Creek	1967	32,846	Good
Ih 30 over Butler Creek	1971	32,265	Fair