Total bridges
27
Public highway bridges in Teller County
County profile · official public datasets
Teller County, CO
27 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25.9% rated Good, 66.7% Fair, 7.4% Poor.
- 27
- Public bridges
- 25.9%
- Good condition
- 7.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Teller County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 54th
- of 64 on Poor share
- 7.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 27
- public highway bridges
- 1977
- 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.
Teller County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Teller County ranks #54 of 64 Colorado counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Teller County, Colorado contains 27 public highway bridges. Roughly 25.9% are rated “Good,” 66.7% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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
25.9%
7 of 27 rated 7-9
Fair condition
66.7%
18 of 27 rated 5-6
Poor condition
7.4%
2 of 27 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#54 of 64
Among Colorado counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 27 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 25.9% (7)
Fair 66.7% (18)
Poor 7.4% (2)
Teller County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,000 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,000 crossings a day against 7,671 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 27 of 27 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
33.3% of Teller County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
9 of the 27 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 25.9% 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.
One structure carries 61.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 67 ML over DRAW, built 1939, carries 3,700 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 6,000 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Teller County's bridges were built
27 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
5 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s 1
2010–2019
1 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 9 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1977, 5 years older than the Colorado average of 1982.
How Teller County compares with Colorado's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Colorado counties nearest Teller County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Colorado counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale County | 31 | 25.8% | 74.2% | 0% | 1979 |
| Crowley County | 28 | 39.3% | 57.1% | 3.6% | 1980 |
| Dolores County | 28 | 17.9% | 75% | 7.1% | 1964 |
| Phillips County | 27 | 7.4% | 74.1% | 18.5% | 1973 |
| Teller County (this page) | 27 | 25.9% | 66.7% | 7.4% | 1977 |
| Mineral County | 26 | 34.6% | 65.4% | 0% | 1973 |
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 Teller 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 Teller County, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside CO (27 bridges here).
- Denali County, AK · 27 bridges
- Baker County, GA · 27 bridges
- Alcona County, MI · 27 bridges
- Eddy County, ND · 27 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside CO (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (27)
LAKEMOOR DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
3.2 MI SE OF CO RD 11, Teller, CO
Built 1987 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 9
COUNTY ROAD 61
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
JUST S OF RAINBOW VALLEY, Teller, CO
Built 1936 Load: 21.3 t ADT: 219
US 24 ML
FairOver: DRAW
IN FLORISSANT, Teller, CO
Built 1936 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 5,400
US 24 ML
FairOver: TWIN CREEK
.6 Miles SE Park Teller, Teller, CO
Built 1936 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 3,900
US 24 ML
FairOver: GRAPE CREEK
0.5 MI W OF FLORISSANT, Teller, CO
Built 1936 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 5,200
LAKEMOOR DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
0.2 MI SE OF CO RD 11, Teller, CO
Built 1985 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 131
SH 67 ACCESS AR
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
4.2 MI S OF JCT 24 - DIVI, Teller, CO
Built 1937 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 100
LAKEMOOR DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
2.0 MI SE OF CR 11, Teller, CO
Built 1985 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 62
LAKEMOOR DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
2.7 MI SE CR 11, Teller, CO
Built 1985 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 19
WEST CARR AVE
FairOver: STORM DRAINAGE
0.1 MI W OF NORTH B ST, Teller, CO
Built 1994 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 2,408
COUNTY ROAD 11
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
.1 MI NORTH OF CR 112, Teller, CO
Built 1996 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 1,974
WOODLAND AVENUE
FairOver: FOUNTAIN CREEK
1.8 MI S OF WOODLAND PARK, Teller, CO
Built 1994 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 396
LAKEMOOR DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
3.0 MI SE OF CR 11, Teller, CO
Built 1985 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 10
COUNTY ROAD 1
FairOver: HAY CREEK
JUST S OF CR 11, Teller, CO
Built 1930 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2,901
US 24 ML
FairOver: TWIN CREEK
1.0 MI E OF FLORISSANT, Teller, CO
Built 1937 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 5,400
ELLIOTT DRIVE
FairOver: FOURMILE CREEK
0.2 MI W OF LAKEMOOR DR, Teller, CO
Built 1985 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 32
ASPEN GARDEN WAY
FairOver: FOUNTAIN CREEK
JUST E OF CR 21, Teller, CO
Built 1998 Load: 75.6 t ADT: 1,532
SHERIDAN AVENUE
FairOver: FOUNTAIN CREEK
JUST EAST OF CR 21, Teller, CO
Built 1999 Load: 85.7 t ADT: 393
SH 67 ML
GoodOver: TROUT CREEK
6.9 MI N OF JCT SH 24 ML, Teller, CO
Built 2000 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 2,300
SH 67 ML
GoodOver: LOY GULCH
1.4 MI N OF WOODLAND PARK, Teller, CO
Built 2011 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,700
US 24 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
1.8 MI E OF FLORISSANT, Teller, CO
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,400
US 24 ML
GoodOver: DRAW
2.1 MI E OF FLORISSANT, Teller, CO
Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,400
SH 67 ML
GoodOver: AREQUA GULCH
TELLER COUNTY, Teller, CO
Built 2001 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 900
US 24 ML
GoodOver: RULE CREEK
0.9 MI NE OF DIVIDE, Teller, CO
Built 2004 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 18,000
SH 24 ML
GoodOver: GAME CROSSING
2.4 MI NE OF DIVIDE, Teller, CO
Built 2003 Load: 79.1 t ADT: 18,000
SH 67 ML
PoorOver: LONG GULCH CREEK
5 MI N OF WOODLAND PARK, Teller, CO
Built 1939 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 2,300
SH 67 ML
PoorOver: DRAW
3.1 MI N OF JCT SH 24 ML, Teller, CO
Built 1939 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 3,700
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