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US 40 Ml over Colorado River

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

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

US 40 Ml over Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 37 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Grand County rated good (42.0%); 5 (5.7%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 251 ft
Location	19.2 Mi E of Jct SH 9
NBI structure number	D-12-S
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 40 Ml over UP RR	1985	11,000	Fair
US 40 Ml over Fraser River	1985	11,000	Fair
US 40 Ml over Vasquez Creek	1938	11,000	Fair
US 40 Ml over Crooked Creek	1941	11,000	Poor
US 40 Ml over Fraser River	1942	11,000	Fair
US 40 Ml over Pedestrian Underpass	2004	11,000	Good