Total bridges
61
Public highway bridges in Cheyenne County
County profile · official public datasets
Cheyenne County, CO
61 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 57.4% rated Good, 42.6% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 61
- Public bridges
- 57.4%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cheyenne County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 61
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Cheyenne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cheyenne County ranks #1 of 64 Colorado counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Cheyenne County, Colorado contains 61 public highway bridges. Roughly 57.4% are rated “Good,” 42.6% “Fair,” and 0% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
57.4%
35 of 61 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.6%
26 of 61 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 61 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 64
Among Colorado counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 61 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 57.4% (35)
Fair 42.6% (26)
Poor 0% (0)
39.3% of Cheyenne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
24 of the 61 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 57.4% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cheyenne County's bridges were built
61 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
20 bridges
- 2000s 2
2000–2009
2 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Colorado average (1982).
How Cheyenne County compares with Colorado's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Colorado counties nearest Cheyenne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Colorado counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta County | 64 | 51.6% | 45.3% | 3.1% | 1986 |
| Conejos County | 62 | 38.7% | 46.8% | 14.5% | 1976 |
| Pitkin County | 62 | 38.7% | 58.1% | 3.2% | 1985 |
| Montezuma County | 61 | 27.9% | 63.9% | 8.2% | 1978 |
| Cheyenne County (this page) | 61 | 57.4% | 42.6% | 0% | 1978 |
| San Miguel County | 59 | 54.2% | 42.4% | 3.4% | 1987 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Cheyenne County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Cheyenne County, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside CO (61 bridges here).
- Amador County, CA · 61 bridges
- Atkinson County, GA · 61 bridges
- Candler County, GA · 61 bridges
- Upson County, GA · 61 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside CO (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (61)
COUNTY ROAD 38
GoodOver: FORK OF SMOKY HILL RIVER
.3 MI N OF CR Z, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1996 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 3
COUNTY ROAD 53
GoodOver: SMOKY HILL RIVER
1.1 MI N OF CR U, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1997 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 38
COUNTY ROAD D
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
7.0 MI E OF SH 385, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1994 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 16
US 40 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
0.6 MI E OF WILDHORSE, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1988 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 3,800
US 40 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
11.3 MI SE OF WILDHORSE, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1982 Load: 61.8 t ADT: 3,800
US 40 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
10.4 MI SE OF WILDHORSE, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1982 Load: 61.8 t ADT: 3,800
COUNTY ROAD W
GoodOver: N FORK OF SMOKEY HILL R.
.2 MI E OF SH 385, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1993 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 33
COUNTY ROAD 54
GoodOver: NORTH FORK LADDER CREEK
.1 MI S OF US 40, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1989 Load: 83.2 t ADT: 49
US 385 ML
GoodOver: BIG TIMBER CREEK
9.8 MI N OF JCT US 40, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1996 Load: 84.3 t ADT: 730
US 40 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
9.3 MI SE OF LINCOLN-CHYN, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1986 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,300
US 40 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
10.0 MI SEOF LINCOLN-CHYN, Cheyenne, CO
Built 1986 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,300
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