Chaffee County, CO
84 public highway bridges
Chaffee County Bridge Snapshot
Chaffee County, Colorado contains 84 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 28.6% are rated “Good,” 65.5% “Fair,” 4.8% “Poor,” and 4.8% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.
Inspections in CO are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Condition Distribution
All Bridges (84)
US 24 ML
FairOver: MAGEE GULCH
5.6 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
US 50 ML
FairOver: S ARKANSAS RIVER
0.1 MI EAST OF JCT SH291, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 162
FairOver: CHALK CREEK
200 FT W OF CHALK LAKE CG, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
2.5 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
2.9 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
US 285 ML
FairOver: CHALK CREEK
0.2 MI S. OF NATHROP, Chaffee, CO
County Road 194
GoodOver: DRAW in State Park
2.5 mi. east US 285, Chaffee, CO
NFSR 292
GoodOver: CHALK CREEK
JUST N OF CR 162, Chaffee, CO
HOT SPRINGS RD.
GoodOver: PONCHA CREEK
.2 MI S of US 50, Chaffee, CO
US 50 ML
GoodOver: WELDON CREEK
3.2 MI W OF PONCHA SPGS., Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: DRAW / STOCK PASS
9.8 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 371
GoodOver: ARKANSAS RIVER
1.6 MI N OF MAIN STREET, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 107
GoodOver: SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER
1.1 MI S OF SALIDA, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 301
GoodOver: ARKANSAS RIVER
.2 MI NE OF US 285, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
9.1 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
3025: THE GATE BRI
GoodOver: Lake Fork Gunnison River
27 mi SW of Gunnison, CO, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 340
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
.1 MI NW OF CR 306, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY RD 350
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
0.5 MI WEST OF SH 24, Chaffee, CO
Little River Lane
GoodOver: South Arkansas River
.2 Mi SE of E. Ouray, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 292
GoodOver: CHALK CREEK
Just N of CR 162, Chaffee, CO
US 285 ML
GoodOver: WILDLIFE CROSSING
_, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: UP RR
0.05 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 306
GoodOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
6 MI W OF US 24, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: CLEAR CRK RESV SPILLWAY
2.5 MI SE OF GRANITE, Chaffee, CO
US 285 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
5.6 MI N. OF PONCHA SPRGS, Chaffee, CO
Poncha Springs Ln
GoodOver: South Arkansas River
0.1 Mi S OF US 50, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: SHIELDS GULCH
5.5 MI NE OF JCT US 285, Chaffee, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK RES OUTLET
2.1 MI E OF GRANITE, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 165
GoodOver: UNNAMED DRAW
.8 MI N of CR 160, Chaffee, CO
US 50 ML
GoodOver: N.FK.SOUTH ARKANSAS RVR
0.1 MI E OF MAYSVILLE, Chaffee, CO
US 285 ML
PoorOver: DRAW
9.1 MI N. OF PONCHA SPRGS, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 191
Structurally DeficientOver: ARKANSAS RIVER
.3 MI E of SH 291, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 397
Structurally DeficientOver: ARKANSAS RIVER
AT GRANITE, Chaffee, CO
COUNTY ROAD 162
Structurally DeficientOver: CHALK CREEK
AT ST. ELMO/60 FT S CR267, Chaffee, CO
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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| Sources | FHWA National Bridge Inventory, public U.S. government datasets |