Total bridges
261
Public highway bridges in Doña Ana County
County profile · official public datasets
Doña Ana County, NM
261 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 31.4% rated Good, 65.5% Fair, 3.1% Poor.
- 261
- Public bridges
- 31.4%
- Good condition
- 3.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Doña Ana County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 47%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 261
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Doña Ana County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Doña Ana County ranks #15 of 32 New Mexico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Doña Ana County, New Mexico contains 261 public highway bridges. Roughly 31.4% are rated “Good,” 65.5% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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
31.4%
82 of 261 rated 7-9
Fair condition
65.5%
171 of 261 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.1%
8 of 261 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#15 of 32
Among New Mexico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 261 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 31.4% (82)
Fair 65.5% (171)
Poor 3.1% (8)
Doña Ana County's Poor-condition bridges carry 48,533 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,067 crossings a day against 11,222 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 261 of 261 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
59% of Doña Ana County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
154 of the 261 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 31.4% 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.
One structure carries 49.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-10 WB over NM-101 NM-478 BNSF R/R, built 2004, carries 23,859 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 48,533 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Doña Ana County's bridges were built
261 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 17
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s 25
1940–1949
25 bridges
- 1950s 22
1950–1959
22 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
69 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
33 bridges
- 1980s 6
1980–1989
6 bridges
- 1990s 10
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
52 bridges
- 2010s 23
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the New Mexico average (1973).
How Doña Ana County compares with New Mexico's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 New Mexico counties nearest Doña Ana County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 31 New Mexico counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley County | 289 | 36.7% | 55% | 8.3% | 1976 |
| Doña Ana County (this page) | 261 | 31.4% | 65.5% | 3.1% | 1975 |
| Santa Fe County | 255 | 44.3% | 54.1% | 1.6% | 1979 |
| Socorro County | 188 | 16.5% | 76.1% | 7.4% | 1961 |
| Sandoval County | 182 | 40.7% | 54.4% | 4.9% | 1979 |
| San Miguel County | 175 | 41.1% | 50.9% | 8% | 1972 |
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 Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County, both outside New Mexico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NM (261 bridges here).
- DeKalb County, IL · 261 bridges
- Montgomery County, IL · 261 bridges
- Russell County, KS · 261 bridges
- Vermilion County, LA · 261 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NM (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (261)
NM-498
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
0.2 MI W OF NM-273/ANAPRA, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,107
FR-1035
FairOver: TORTUGAS ARROYO
8.8 MI E OF I-10 EXIT 135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 4,368
13-Z020
FairOver: GARFIELD CANAL
.23 M W OF NM187@MP 6.8, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1964 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 318
US-70 WBL
FairOver: PORTER DRIVE
5.2 M E OF EXIT 6 OF I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 27,499
I-10 EBL
FairOver: Tortugas Arroyo
8.8 Mi E of I-10 Exit 135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 19,786
I-10 WBL
FairOver: Tortugas Arroyo
8.8 Mi E of I-10 Exit 135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 19,786
NM-140
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
5.1 MI E OF NM-185/HATCH, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1975 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 284
I-10 EBL
FairOver: Cholla Road
1.6 M W Jct I-10 & I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1968 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 19,786
I-10 WBL
FairOver: Cholla Road
1.6 M W Jct I-10 & I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1968 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 19,786
US-70 EBL
FairOver: MESA GRANDE DRIVE
4.1 M E EXIT 6 OF I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 46,597
US-70 WBL
FairOver: MESA GRANDE DRIVE
4.1 M E OF EXIT 6 OF I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 27,499
I-10 EBL
FairOver: IG 1142 Ramp E
7.4 Mi E of I-10 Exit-135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1971 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 29,241
I-10 WBL
FairOver: Ramp E of I-10
7.4 Mi E of I-10 Exit-135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1971 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 29,241
NM-187
FairOver: PLACITAS ARROYO
0.7 MI N OF NM-26, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2009 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,002
NM-186
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
1.2 MI E OF JCT NM-28, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1957 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 921
13-E391
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
0.7 MI W JCT NM-187/SALEM, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1958 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 318
I-10 EBL
FairOver: NM-292(Motel Blvd.)
4.5 M E of Exit 135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2013 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 32,997
I-10 WBL
FairOver: NM-292 (Motel Blvd)
4.5 M E of Exit 135/i-10, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2013 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 18,747
US-70
FairOver: Weisner Road
7.9 mi east of I-25 exit, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2007 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 14,175
US-70 WBL
FairOver: Weisner Road
7.9 Mi E of I-25 Exit-6, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 14,175
US-70 WBL
FairOver: Brahman Road
9.6 Mi E of I-25 Exit-6, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 14,175
13-D062
GoodOver: IRRIGATION DITCH
15.3 M N US-70/LAS CRUCES, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 318
I-25 NBL/SBL
GoodOver: Spruce Street (FL5549)
1.82 M S Jct I-25 & US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2001 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 35,039
13-D017
GoodOver: LEASBURG CANAL
4.05 M N 70/.45 M E NM185, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1940 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 2,408
13-D018
GoodOver: LEASBURG CANAL
3.65 M N 70/0.4 M E NM185, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1941 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1,011
I-25 NB
GoodOver: NM-140 and BNSF R/R
29.5 Mi N of Jct US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1964 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 7,493
I-25 NBL/SBL
GoodOver: Wells-Geothermal Drive
0.9 Mi N Jct I-10 & I, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2001 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 8,992
FL-5614
GoodOver: TRIVIZ DRIVE
0.1 M W OF I-25 EXIT # 3, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 29,784
I-25 NBL
GoodOver: Rincon Arroyo
0.2 M S Jct NM-140/I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1964 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 7,493
13-B055
GoodOver: EAST SIDE CANAL
.67 M W NM-478 @ MP 15.55, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1956 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 66
IA-2006
GoodOver: I-25 NBL and SBL
0.15 Mi N Jct I-25 & US70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2001 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 3,105
US-70 EBL/WBL
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
7.8 MI W DONA ANA/OTERO L, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,542
US-70 EBL/WBL
GoodOver: I-25 NBL/SBL
Junction I-25/US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,094
NM-185
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
13.0 MI OF NM-157, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2008 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 798
I-10 EBL/WBL
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
4.2 MI N OF TEXAS ST LINE, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,191
I-25 NBL/SBL
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
0.3 MI S OF US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,039
I-10 WB/EB
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
10.1 M S OF JCT I-10/I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 42,582
I-25 NBL/SBL
GoodOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
2.1 MI S OF NM-26/HATCH, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,876
NM-498
GoodOver: MONTOYA MAIN LATERAL
2.13 MI N MEXICO BOUNDARY, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,107
US-70 WBL/EBL
GoodOver: RIO GRANDE
1.7 MI W OF NM-185/CRUCES, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,495
US-70 EBL
GoodOver: Rinconada Road-MP151.9
1.3 Mi E Jct I-25/US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 46,597
US-70 WBL
GoodOver: Rinconada Road
1.3 Mi E o Jct I-25/US-70, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 46,597
FL-5614
GoodOver: I-25 NBL and SBL
Junction of I-25 & Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,828
NM-185
GoodOver: RIO GRANDE
0.3 M N JCT NM-157/NM-185, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 798
TELLBROOK RD.
GoodOver: Tellbrook Arroyo
1.8 miles on Las Alturas, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,871
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
GoodOver: Tortugas Arroyo
0.1 MN Dripping Sprg Rd., Doña Ana, NM
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,118
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
GoodOver: Tortugas Arroyo
.6 MN Dripping Sprg Rd, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,118
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
GoodOver: Las Cruces Arroyo
3.2 MN Sonoma Ranch, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,461
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
GoodOver: Alemeda Arroyo
2.8 MN of E. Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,330
Dunn Drive
GoodOver: Unnamed Waterway
.05 miles South Dunn, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 845
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