Converse Avenue
Carrying Converse Avenue over Dry Creek
Converse Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
Converse Avenue in Laramie, Wyoming sits above 92% of rated Wyoming bridges on inventory load rating (47 t), while its 1992 build year is earlier than 20% of Laramie's recorded-year cohort (254 bridges).
Converse Avenue in Laramie, Wyoming is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1992, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 4. 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 WY:JVS
LATE-CENTURY · CONCRETE · LONG-SPAN-RUN · CULVERT-LED · ARTERIAL-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- CONCRETE Concrete
- LONG-SPAN-RUN 5 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial 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: Converse Avenue
The Converse Avenue bridge in Laramie, Wyoming carries Converse Avenue over Dry Creek. It was built in 1992, making it 34 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 5 sections, stretching 17.2 meters (56 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 9,543 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of Wyoming bridges. It is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). Because at least one major component scores 4 or lower, this bridge falls in FHWA's Poor condition category. That category is not a closure order.
How Converse Avenue compares
Age against the county: built in 1992, earlier than 52 of Laramie's 254 bridges with a recorded construction year (20%), against a county median build year of 1968. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Wyoming bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (3,118 of 3,136 rated).
Converse Avenue vs every rated Wyoming bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
47 Top 8% higher than 92% of 3,118 bridges
rated Wyoming 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.
Laramie inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 254 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
- 1992
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 5
- Structure Length
- 17.2 m (56 ft)
- Deck Width
- 26.7 m (88 ft)
- Owner
- City/Municipal Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 9,543 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- JVS
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
Converse Avenue 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 Converse Avenue against other structures in Laramie and across Wyoming. Wyoming 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 Converse Avenue?
Converse Avenue in Laramie, Wyoming on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is Converse Avenue inspected?
Converse Avenue'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 9,543 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. Converse Avenue 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 Converse Avenue?
Converse Avenue has an NBI inventory load rating of 47.0 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining Converse Avenue?
Converse Avenue is owned and maintained by City/Municipal Highway Agency.
How old is Converse Avenue and does age affect safety?
Converse Avenue was built in 1992, making it 34 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.