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Bridge conditions in Bowie County, Texas

330 inventoried bridges · 2 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Bowie County tracks close to typical: 2 of its 330 inventoried bridges (0.6%) are rated poor, against a national rate of about 7%.

2 of the 330 bridges in Bowie County, Texas, are rated in poor condition (0.6%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
151 bridges (45.8%) are rated good and 177 (53.6%) fair.
The median Bowie County bridge was built in 1971.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Sherwood Forest Rd over Akin CR (built 1979), carrying about 383 vehicles a day.

Good 45.8% · Fair 53.6% · Poor 0.6% of 330 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sherwood Forest Rd over Akin CR	1979	383	Poor
Road B-11 over Big Creek Drainage	1942	50	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

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
Ih 30 over W Fork Missildine Creek	1971	32,265	Good
Ih 30 Ml & Nfr over E Fork Missildine Creek	1971	32,265	Fair
Ih 30 over Ward Creek	1971	31,764	Fair
Ih 30 over Eds Creek	1971	30,897	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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