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County Road N50 over Tongue Creek

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

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

County Road N50 over Tongue Creek in Delta 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 2008, making it 17 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 604 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 32 of the 64 inventoried bridges in Delta County rated good (50.0%); 2 (3.1%) 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 63 ft
Location	1.9 Mi NW of SH 65
NBI structure number	DELN50R-20-19A
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 Wells Gulch	1955	9,800	Fair
US 50 Ml over Point Creek	1977	9,300	Fair
SH 65 Ml over Gunnison River	1980	7,000	Fair
US 50 Ml Ebnd over Gunnison River	1966	6,500	Fair
US 50 Ml Wbnd over Gunnison River	1992	6,500	Fair
SH 65 Ml over Surface Creek	1957	5,700	Fair