PALMER DIVIDE ROAD
Carrying PALMER DIVIDE ROAD over IRON GULCH
2.8 MI EAST OF SH 83, Douglas, Colorado
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD in Douglas, Colorado sits above 12% of rated Colorado bridges on inventory load rating (22 t), while its 1995 build year is earlier than 52% of Douglas's recorded-year cohort (263 bridges).
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD in Douglas, Colorado is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1995, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 6. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Fair 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:DOU404-10.10-A
LATE-CENTURY · CONCRETE · SINGLE-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- CONCRETE Concrete
- SINGLE-SPAN Single span
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- STANDARD-LOAD Standard load
- CAT-FAIR Fair
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: PALMER DIVIDE ROAD
The PALMER DIVIDE ROAD bridge in Douglas, Colorado carries PALMER DIVIDE ROAD over IRON GULCH. It was built in 1995, making it 31 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 1 section, stretching 6.5 meters (21 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 474 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Colorado bridges. It is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in fair condition (see the full component ratings below). All reported major components score above the Poor range.
How PALMER DIVIDE ROAD compares
Age against the county: built in 1995, earlier than 136 of Douglas's 263 bridges with a recorded construction year (52%), 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).
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD vs every rated Colorado bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
22 Top 88% higher than 12% 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
- 1995
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 1
- Structure Length
- 6.5 m (21 ft)
- Deck Width
- 11.2 m (37 ft)
- Owner
- County Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 474 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- DOU404-10.10-A
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 PALMER DIVIDE ROAD 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 PALMER DIVIDE ROAD 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 PALMER DIVIDE ROAD?
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD in Douglas, Colorado on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is PALMER DIVIDE ROAD inspected?
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD'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 474 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. PALMER DIVIDE ROAD is currently shown as Fair condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for PALMER DIVIDE ROAD?
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD has an NBI inventory load rating of 21.7 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining PALMER DIVIDE ROAD?
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
How old is PALMER DIVIDE ROAD and does age affect safety?
PALMER DIVIDE ROAD was built in 1995, making it 31 years old.
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