PARKWAY DRIVE
Carrying PARKWAY DRIVE over WILLOW CREEK
JUST W OF WILLOW STREET, Douglas, Colorado
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
PARKWAY DRIVE in Douglas, Colorado sits above 42% of rated Colorado bridges on inventory load rating (33 t), while its 1985 build year is earlier than 74% of Douglas's recorded-year cohort (263 bridges).
PARKWAY DRIVE in Douglas, Colorado is rated Fair in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1985, 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:LONE TREE-1
LATE-CENTURY · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · STANDARD-LOAD · CAT-FAIR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial 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: PARKWAY DRIVE
The PARKWAY DRIVE bridge in Douglas, Colorado carries PARKWAY DRIVE over WILLOW CREEK. It was built in 1985, making it 41 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 11.7 meters (38 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 2,454 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of Colorado bridges. It is owned and maintained by City/Municipal 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 PARKWAY DRIVE compares
Age against the county: built in 1985, earlier than 195 of Douglas's 263 bridges with a recorded construction year (74%), 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).
PARKWAY DRIVE vs every rated Colorado bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
33 Top 58% higher than 42% 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
- 1985
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 11.7 m (38 ft)
- Deck Width
- 46.5 m (153 ft)
- Owner
- City/Municipal Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 2,454 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- LONE TREE-1
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 PARKWAY DRIVE 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 PARKWAY DRIVE 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 PARKWAY DRIVE?
PARKWAY DRIVE in Douglas, Colorado on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is PARKWAY DRIVE inspected?
PARKWAY DRIVE'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 2,454 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. PARKWAY DRIVE 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 PARKWAY DRIVE?
PARKWAY DRIVE has an NBI inventory load rating of 32.7 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining PARKWAY DRIVE?
PARKWAY DRIVE is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
How old is PARKWAY DRIVE and does age affect safety?
PARKWAY DRIVE was built in 1985, making it 41 years old.
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