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County Road 228 over Florida Canal

La Plata County, Colorado · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

County Road 228 over Florida Canal in La Plata County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,172 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 105 inventoried bridges in La Plata County rated poor (1.0%); 1 (1.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 33 ft
Location	.1 Mi S of CR 225
NBI structure number	67022800.30018
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Colorado department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 160 Ml over City St_animas Rvr	1979	35,000	Fair
US 160 Ml over Animas River	1974	30,000	Fair
US 550 Ml over Animas River	1910	28,000	Fair
US 160 Ml over Lightner Creek	1970	19,000	Fair
Private Land Acces over Lightner Creek Ar	1973	19,000	Fair
US 160 Ml over Animas River	1968	17,000	Fair