Rio Grande County, CO

71 public highway bridges

Rio Grande County Bridge Snapshot

Rio Grande County, Colorado contains 71 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 19.7% are rated “Good,” 78.9% “Fair,” 1.4% “Poor,” and 1.4% 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.

71
Total Bridges
19.7%
Good
1.4%
Poor
1.4%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
19.7% (14)
Fair
78.9% (56)
Poor
1.4% (1)
SD
1.4% (1)

All Bridges (71)

ESCONDIDA DRIVE

Fair

Over: SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE R.

560 ft S OF HIGHWAY 160, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1998 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 137

MASONIC PARK DR.

Fair

Over: RIO GRANDE RIVER

3.5 MI NW OF SOUTH FORK, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1993 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 112

US 160 ML

Fair

Over: EMPIRE CANAL

12 MI W OF ALAMOSA, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1972 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 7,700

COUNTY ROAD 4W

Fair

Over: RIO GRANDE CANAL

.7 MI N OF CR 8N, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1966 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 184

COUNTY ROAD 3E

Fair

Over: FARMERS UNION LATERAL

AT CR 3E AND 11N, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1996 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 1,002

COUNTY ROAD 6E

Fair

Over: SAN LUIS CANAL

1.2 MI N OF CR 1S, Rio Grande, CO

Built 2005 Load: 66.9 t ADT: 886

COUNTY ROAD 8S

Good

Over: EMPIRE CANAL

JUST E OF CR 5E, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1992 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 377

SH 112 ML

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE RIVER

NORTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1980 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 2,000

COUNTY ROAD 1S

Good

Over: EMPIRE CANAL

1.3 MI E OF CR 6E, Rio Grande, CO

Built 2006 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 234

COUNTY ROAD 15

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE CANAL

.8 MI N OF SH 112, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1986 Load: 26.0 t ADT: 168

14

Good

Over: WEST FORK PINOS CREEK

10.5 MI SW OF DEL NORTE, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1967 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 74

SH 370 ML

Good

Over: EMPIRE CANAL

5.9 MI E OF JCT SH 15, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1955 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 330

SH 112 ML

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE OVERFLOW

0.6 MI N OF JCT US 160, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1947 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800

SH 112 ML

Good

Over: MCLEAN DITCH

5.5 MI NE OF JCT US 160, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1947 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800

COUNTY ROAD 17

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE RIVER

.9 MI N OF SH 160, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 222

FSR 250

Good

Over: BURNT CREEK

22.8 MI ON FSR 250, Rio Grande, CO

Built 2017 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 50

US 285 ML

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE

N.EDGE OF MONTE VISTA, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1971 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 4,500

US 160 ML

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

1.8 MI E OF JCT SH 149, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1977 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 4,800

COUNTY ROAD 6N

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE CANAL

0.3 MI E of CR 3W, Rio Grande, CO

Built 2009 Load: 60.5 t ADT: 25

COUNTY ROAD 6E

Good

Over: RIO GRANDE RIVER OVERFLO

0.5 MI N of CR 1S, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1985 Load: 78.6 t ADT: 1,174

FDR 360

Structurally Deficient

Over: SOUTH FORK

1.2 MI SW OF SOUTH FORK, Rio Grande, CO

Built 1976 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 738

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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