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Luna County, NM

107 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.2% rated Good, 73.8% Fair, 0% Poor.

107
Public bridges
26.2%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Luna County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
107
public highway bridges
1961
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.

Luna County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Luna County ranks #2 of 32 New Mexico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Luna County, New Mexico contains 107 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.2% are rated “Good,” 73.8% “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.

Total bridges

107

Public highway bridges in Luna County

Good condition

26.2%

28 of 107 rated 7-9

Fair condition

73.8%

79 of 107 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 107 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#2 of 32

Among New Mexico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 107 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
26.2% (28)
Fair
73.8% (79)
Poor
0% (0)

93.5% of Luna County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

100 of the 107 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 26.2% 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 Luna County's bridges were built

107 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 61 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 57% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1961, 12 years older than the New Mexico average of 1973.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Luna County compares with New Mexico's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 New Mexico counties nearest Luna 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 1961 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is 6 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 31 New Mexico counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Luna County and the 5 New Mexico counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Chaves County 120 2.5%
Quay County 118 6.8%
Sierra County 108 4.6%
Luna County (this page) 107 0%
Catron County 101 4%
Grant County 99 3%

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 Luna 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 Luna County, both outside New Mexico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NM (107 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NM (1961 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All bridges (107)

NM-61

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.5 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 411

FR-1015

Fair

Over: I10 EBL and WBL

1.5 MI E OF GRANT/LUNA CL, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.0 MI E OF JCT NM-418, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.14 MI E OF JCT NM-418, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

6.67 MI E OF JCT NM-418, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.3 MI E OF JCT NM-418, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.0 MI W OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.8 MI W OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,655

29-B041

Fair

Over: I-10 EBLS/WBLS @MP93.39

11.1 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: MIMBRES RIVER

3.4 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 WBL

Fair

Over: MIMBRES RIVER

3.4 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.7 MI W OF DONA ANA C/L, Luna, NM

Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,154

I-10 WBL/EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.1 MI E OF US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.2 MI E OF US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,247

NM-26

Fair

Over: HADLEY DRAW

15.2 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.2 MI W OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Fair

Over: CHANDLER DRAW

7.9 MI SW OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.6 MI W OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Fair

Over: BLUE CANYON

3.8 MI E OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,587

US-180

Fair

Over: MIMBRES RIVER

1.0 MI N OF I-10, Luna, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,086

NM-549

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

19.51 MI E OF US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1967 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 772

NM-549

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

19.5 MI E OF US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1967 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 772

I-10 WBL

Fair

Over: Loop 002-2

West Deming Interchange, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 16,508

US-180

Fair

Over: MIMBRES RIVER

6.6 MI S OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1980 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 3,399

NM-26

Fair

Over: CHINA DRAW

5.9 MI W OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 2,324

29-Z000

Fair

Over: I-10 EBLS/WBLS @MP102

20.5 ME JCT US-180/I-10, Luna, NM

Built 1967 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 69

NM-549

Fair

Over: Union Pacific R/R

23.9 Mi E Loop-22/Deming, Luna, NM

Built 2016 Load: 53.6 t ADT: 772

NM-26

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

22.5 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1955 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Fair

Over: MULE CREEK

16.7 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1955 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 2,324

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

9.5 MI E OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.9 MI E OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.8 MI S OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.4 MI S OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.8 MI E OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

US-180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.6 MI S OF NM-61, Luna, NM

Built 1933 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,399

NM-26

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.1 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.20 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.6 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,324

NM-26

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

11.3 MI NE OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1941 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,324

I-10 EBl

Good

Over: I-10 Ramp Loop 002-2

West Deming Interchange, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 15,608

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: FL4336/Pearl Street

0.3 Mi E Jct US-180/I-10, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 15,343

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

13.5 Mi E of Jct US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 WBL

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

18.4 M E Jct I-10/ US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.5 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 WBL

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.5 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

11.2 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 WBL

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

11.2 MI E OF JCT US-180, Luna, NM

Built 1968 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 19,247

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: Local Road

8.5 Mi E of Grant/Luna CL, Luna, NM

Built 1964 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 16,186

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: 8th Street

0.5 MI W OF US-180/I-10, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 14,144

NM-26

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.4 MI SW OF JCT NM-27, Luna, NM

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,324
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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