{"id":376885,"date":"2026-07-17T14:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376885\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:51:09","slug":"fm-481-bridge-collapses-in-flooded-uvalde-county-as-dps-urges-drivers-to-avoid-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376885\/","title":{"rendered":"FM 481 bridge collapses in flooded Uvalde County as DPS urges drivers to avoid area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UVALDE COUNTY, Texas \u2014 The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning drivers to avoid parts of Uvalde County after a bridge on Farm-to-Market Road 481 collapsed because of flooding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TxDPS\/posts\/pfbid0XRz2FwrtNBY1voBJynTaiFFyL1FJw5xyt1BVHjLaEwpiFTZfUUZCd2dvit6xehdnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a social media post Friday<\/a>, the Texas Department of Public Safety&#8217;s South Texas Region said the FM 481 bridge has collapsed and urged motorists to stay away from flooded areas.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/flooding-closes-highway-39-in-kerr-county-i-10-shut-down-after-major-crash?teaserSource=trending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 killed as catastrophic Texas flooding forces hundreds of rescues<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials are reminding drivers to obey all road closures and never drive around barricades, warning that flood-damaged roads and bridges can be unstable even if the water appears to have receded.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge collapse comes after days of heavy rain and flooding across South Central Texas, where high water has washed out roads, damaged infrastructure and prompted numerous closures.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released additional details about the extent of the damage or when the bridge might reopen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UVALDE COUNTY, Texas \u2014 The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning drivers to avoid parts of Uvalde&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-376885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}