Structure DAPFORHOO000007 · Bell County, TX

East Range Road over Cowhouse Creek

Carries East Range Road over Cowhouse Creek, Fort Hood Texas.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,610 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

1,610 ft end to end, longest span 70 ft: about 4.5 football fields. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a multi-beam bridge.

Built197056 years old
Length1609.9 ft490.7 m
Daily traffic300counted 2019
Last inspectedOctober 2023every 24 months

Location

StateTexas
CountyBell
LocationFort Hood Texas
CarriesEast Range Road
CrossesCowhouse Creek
Coordinates31.20390, -97.63821

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length1609.9 ft (490.7 m)
Max Span69.9 ft (21.3 m)
Deck Width30.2 ft (9.2 m)
Deck Area4514.4 sq m
Main Spans23
Year Built1970

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic300 (2019)
Truck Traffic40%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerArmy
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical8 — Stable, low risk
Structure NumberDAPFORHOO000007

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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