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SH 59 Ml over Sandy Creek

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

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

SH 59 Ml over Sandy Creek in Phillips 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 1949, making it 76 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 220 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 26 inventoried bridges in Phillips County rated poor (19.2%); 5 (19.2%) 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 231 ft
Location	33.2 Mi N of Jct US 34
NBI structure number	B-26-F
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 6 Ml over Frenchman Creek	1935	1,900	Poor
US 385 Ml over Frenchman Creek	1949	1,900	Fair
US 6 Ml over N.fk.frenchman Creek	2004	1,900	Fair
US 6 Ml over Frenchman Creek	1934	1,500	Poor
US 6 Ml over Draw	1934	1,500	Poor
US 6 Ml over Draw	2005	1,500	Fair