PLUM CREEK PKWY
Carrying PLUM CREEK PKWY over SELLARS GULCH
.1 MI W OF LAKE GULCH RD, Douglas, Colorado
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
PLUM CREEK PKWY in Douglas, Colorado sits above 97% of rated Colorado bridges on inventory load rating (100 t), while its 1987 build year is earlier than 70% of Douglas's recorded-year cohort (263 bridges).
PLUM CREEK PKWY in Douglas, Colorado is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1987, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 3. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Poor 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 CO:CAS PLMCKPW-.1
LATE-CENTURY · STEEL · LONG-SPAN-RUN · CULVERT-LED · HEAVY-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- STEEL Steel
- LONG-SPAN-RUN 6 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- HEAVY-ADT Heavy ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy load
- CAT-POOR Poor
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: PLUM CREEK PKWY
The PLUM CREEK PKWY bridge in Douglas, Colorado carries PLUM CREEK PKWY over SELLARS GULCH. It was built in 1987, making it 39 years old today. The structure is built primarily of steel and spans 6 sections, stretching 19.7 meters (65 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 14,950 vehicles, placing it in the heavily-trafficked tier of Colorado bridges. It is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). A component scored 4 or below, placing this bridge in the federal Poor condition category rather than declaring it unsafe or closed.
How PLUM CREEK PKWY compares
Age against the county: built in 1987, earlier than 185 of Douglas's 263 bridges with a recorded construction year (70%), against a county median build year of 1996. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Colorado bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (8,962 of 8,965 rated).
PLUM CREEK PKWY vs every rated Colorado bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
100 Top 3% higher than 97% of 8,962 bridges
rated Colorado 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.
Douglas inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 263 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
- 1987
- Material
- Steel
- Number of Spans
- 6
- Structure Length
- 19.7 m (65 ft)
- Deck Width
- 52.4 m (172 ft)
- Owner
- Town/Township Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 14,950 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- CAS PLMCKPW-.1
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
PLUM CREEK PKWY is in the federal Poor condition category. That is a component-based result, not a closure order.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Understand what Poor condition does and does not mean before drawing conclusions. Poor condition explained
- Compare PLUM CREEK PKWY against other structures in Douglas and across Colorado. Colorado 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 PLUM CREEK PKWY?
PLUM CREEK PKWY in Douglas, Colorado on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is PLUM CREEK PKWY inspected?
PLUM CREEK PKWY'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 14,950 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. PLUM CREEK PKWY is currently shown as Poor condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for PLUM CREEK PKWY?
PLUM CREEK PKWY has an NBI inventory load rating of 99.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining PLUM CREEK PKWY?
PLUM CREEK PKWY is owned and maintained by Town/Township Highway Agency.
How old is PLUM CREEK PKWY and does age affect safety?
PLUM CREEK PKWY was built in 1987, making it 39 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.