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US 6 Ml over Frenchman Creek

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

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

US 6 Ml over Frenchman 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 substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1934, making it 91 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,500 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 162 ft
Location	0.6 Mi E of Jct US 385
NBI structure number	B-27-A
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 Draw	1934	1,500	Poor
US 6 Ml over Draw	2005	1,500	Fair
SH 59 Ml over Frenchman Creek	1959	450	Fair