HOUSTON – You’ve probably driven under it dozens of times, the Houston Avenue Bridge that crosses over I-10 near downtown Houston. It’s become infamous for all the wrong reasons.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the bridge has been hit 72 times in 2025 alone, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and forcing repeated freeway closures that disrupt traffic and cost taxpayers.

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Every time an oversized truck hits the bridge, TxDOT says inspectors must be sent out immediately and I-10 is shut down for at least two hours while crews assess the structure’s safety.

So far this year, TxDOT says the cost of repairs and inspections has topped $401,000, including:

$72,447.0

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