US 81 WFR
Carrying US 81 WFR over EAST JONES CREEK TRIB
0.3 MI S OF SH 101, Montague, Texas
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
US 81 WFR in Montague, Texas sits above 3% of rated Texas bridges on inventory load rating (24 t), while its 1972 build year is earlier than 72% of Montague's recorded-year cohort (234 bridges).
US 81 WFR in Montague, Texas is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1972, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 7. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Good result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure TX:031690001305039
INTERSTATE-ERA · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- INTERSTATE-ERA 1950–1979
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-GOOD Good
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: US 81 WFR
The US 81 WFR bridge in Montague, Texas carries US 81 WFR over EAST JONES CREEK TRIB. It was built in 1972, making it 54 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 9.4 meters (31 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 870 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Texas bridges. It is owned and maintained by State Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in good condition (see the full component ratings below). All reported major components score above the Poor range.
How US 81 WFR compares
Age against the county: built in 1972, earlier than 168 of Montague's 234 bridges with a recorded construction year (72%), against a county median build year of 1991. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Texas bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (56,715 of 56,729 rated).
US 81 WFR vs every rated Texas bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
24 Top 97% higher than 3% of 56,715 bridges
rated Texas bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Montague inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 234 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 1972
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 9.4 m (31 ft)
- Deck Width
- 13.4 m (44 ft)
- Owner
- State Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 870 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 031690001305039
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether US 81 WFR is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare US 81 WFR against other structures in Montague and across Texas. Texas bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for US 81 WFR?
US 81 WFR in Montague, Texas on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is US 81 WFR inspected?
US 81 WFR's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 870 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. US 81 WFR is currently shown as Good condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for US 81 WFR?
US 81 WFR has an NBI inventory load rating of 23.6 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining US 81 WFR?
US 81 WFR is owned and maintained by State Highway Agency.
How old is US 81 WFR and does age affect safety?
US 81 WFR was built in 1972, making it 54 years old.
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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Component ratings, ADT, and condition category on this page are copied from the NBI record for this structure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.