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County Road 395 over Hardscrabble Creek

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

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

County Road 395 over Hardscrabble Creek in Custer County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 1978, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 22 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 20 inventoried bridges in Custer County rated poor (5.0%); 1 (5.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	.2 Mi NE of SH 96
NBI structure number	CUCO 0.60-1
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 69 Ml over Democrat Gulch	1993	2,100	Good
SH 69 Ml over Texas Creek	1906	1,800	Fair
SH 69 Ml over Taylor Creek	1956	1,800	Good
SH 69 Ml over Grape Creek	1956	1,800	Fair
SH 96 Ml over Querida Gulch	1978	1,800	Good
SH 96 Ml over Hardscrabble Creek	1991	1,000	Good