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Upper Bear Creek R over Bear Creek

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

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

Upper Bear Creek R over Bear Creek in Jefferson 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 9 (excellent condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2020, making it 5 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 789 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 159 of the 468 inventoried bridges in Jefferson County rated good (34.0%); 30 (6.4%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 37 ft
Location	Inlet to Evergreen Lake
NBI structure number	D-27-MP-070A
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 70 Ml over Garrison Street	1967	118,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over Carr Street	1967	118,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over SH 121 Ml	1996	118,000	Fair
US 6 Ml over SH 95 Ml/sheridan Ave.	2011	114,000	Good
I-70 Ml over SH 72 Ml/ward Road	2024	112,000	Good
I70 Ml over Light Rail	2010	106,000	Fair