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Calhan Highway over Big Sandy Creek Trib.

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

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

Calhan Highway over Big Sandy Creek Trib. in El Paso County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965 and reconstructed in 1996, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,879 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 448 of the 685 inventoried bridges in El Paso County rated fair (65.4%); 19 (2.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	4.1 Mi N of Calhan
NBI structure number	EPC0129-14.90
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 25 Ml over Draw	1959	123,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over US 24 Ml Fountain Crk	2017	123,000	Good
I 25 Ml over Garden of the Gods Road	1988	118,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Wash	1990	94,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Jackson Creek	1953	91,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Draw	1926	91,000	Fair