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County Road 10 over Ft. Lyon Canal

Bent County, Colorado · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

County Road 10 over Ft. Lyon Canal in Bent County, Colorado, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 77 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 69 inventoried bridges in Bent County rated good (23.2%); 2 (2.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 70 ft
Location	2.3 Mi N of SH 194
NBI structure number	BT10-10-33-17A
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 Ml over Las Animas Canal	1958	3,400	Fair
US 50 Ml over BNSF RR	1989	3,400	Fair
US 50 Ml over Draw	1983	2,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Draw	2022	2,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Mccrae Arroyo	1937	2,600	Fair
US 50 Ml over Gageby Creek	1937	2,600	Fair