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SH 71 Ml over W Fk Plum Bush Creek

Washington County, Colorado · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SH 71 Ml over W Fk Plum Bush Creek in Washington County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1956, making it 69 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 880 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 76 inventoried bridges in Washington County rated fair (77.6%); 3 (3.9%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 93 ft
Location	1.4 Mi No of Jct US 36
NBI structure number	E-22-J
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 76 Ml Wbnd over County Road Q	1964	5,500	Fair
I 76 Ml Ebnd over County Road Q	1964	5,500	Fair
US 34 Ml over Camp Creek	2000	3,300	Good
US 34 Ml over Draw	2006	3,100	Good
US 34 Ml over Surveyor Creek	1935	2,900	Fair
US 6 Ml over Prewitt Res Intake Canal	1941	1,100	Fair