Elbert County, CO
85 public highway bridges
Elbert County Bridge Snapshot
Elbert County, Colorado contains 85 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 11.8% are rated “Good,” 81.2% “Fair,” 4.7% “Poor,” and 4.7% 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 (85)
I 70 ML, I 70 Serv
FairOver: DRAW
5.4 MI E OF JCT DEERTRAIL, Elbert, CO
I 70 ML WBND
FairOver: DRAW
10 MI W OF LIMON, Elbert, CO
I 70 ML EBND
FairOver: AGATE CRK or (BIJOU CRK)
0.7 MI E OF RD TO AGATE, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
FairOver: Fork of E. Bijou Creek
19.7 MI E OF KIOWA, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
1.6 MI E OF MATHESON, Elbert, CO
I 70 ML EBND
FairOver: DRAW
11.2 MI E OF RD TO AGATE, Elbert, CO
I 70 ML EBND
FairOver: DRAW
3.2 MI E OF RIVERBEND, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: SANDY CREEK
1.9 M E OF MATHESON, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
FairOver: GOLD CREEK
JUST W. OF ELIZABETH, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
IN SIMLA, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 25
FairOver: WEST KIOWA CREEK
SOUTH OF TOWN OF ELBERT, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
FairOver: RUNNING CREEK
ELIZABETH, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
0.4 MI S. OF I 70, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
0.6 MI E OF MATHESON, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: BIG SANDY CREEK
2.7 MI E OF SIMLA, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
5.0 MI E OF SIMLA, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 25
FairOver: KIOWA CREEK TRIB
7.6 MILES S OF COLO 86, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 98
FairOver: KIOWA CREEK
0.2 MI E OF ELBERT RD, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
2.4 MI E OF SIMLA, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
12.1 MI E OF MATHESON, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
3.7 MI E OF MATHESON, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 194
GoodOver: BOXELDER CREEK
0.2 MILES W OF CR 29, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 65
GoodOver: COMANCHE CREEK
1.1 MI S OF COUNTY RD 150, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 13
GoodOver: RUNNING CREEK
5 MI NW OF TOWN OF ELBERT, Elbert, CO
I70 FRONTRAGE RD.
GoodOver: DRAW SR
1.0 MI E of RIVERBEND, Elbert, CO
US 40 ML
GoodOver: AGATE CREEK
.4 MI W. OF AGATE, Elbert, CO
I 70 ML WBND
GoodOver: DRAW
2.6 MI W ELBERT-LINCOLN C, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 174
GoodOver: KIOWA CREEK
0.6 MILE W OF BENNET ROAD, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 98
GoodOver: RUNNING CREEK
1.3 MILES EAST OF ROAD 5, Elbert, CO
US 24 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
1.0 MI E OF SIMLA, Elbert, CO
CO RD 25/ELBERT RD
GoodOver: KIOWA CREEK TRIBUTARY
4.6 MI S OF HWY 86, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
PoorOver: KIOWA CREEK
W. EDGE OF KIOWA, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 166
PoorOver: RUNNING CREEK
1.3 MI W OF COUNTY RD 13, Elbert, CO
SH 86 ML
PoorOver: WEST BIJOU CREEK
9.0 MI E OF KIOWA, Elbert, CO
COUNTY ROAD 170
Structurally DeficientOver: EAST BIJOU CREEK
1.5 MILES W OF AGATE, Elbert, CO
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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| Publisher | Kiznis Studio |
| Sources | FHWA National Bridge Inventory, public U.S. government datasets |