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County Road 162 over Chalk Creek

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

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

County Road 162 over Chalk Creek in Chaffee 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 102 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Chaffee County rated poor (4.8%); 4 (4.8%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 24 Ml over Cottonwood Creek	1969	13,000	Fair
US 285 Ml over Wildlife Crossing	2019	9,700	Good
US 285 Ml over Chalk Creek	1965	9,000	Fair
US 285 Ml over Draw	1957	8,600	Poor
US 24 Ml over Arkansas River	1937	8,300	Fair
County Road 194 over DRAW in State Park	2010	7,900	Good