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US 40 Ml over Crooked Creek

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

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

US 40 Ml over Crooked Creek in Grand County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941 and reconstructed in 1970, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Grand County rated poor (5.7%); 5 (5.7%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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 Fraser River	1942	11,000	Fair
US 40 Ml over Pedestrian Underpass	2004	11,000	Good
US 40 Ml over St Louis Creek	1975	9,800	Good