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I 70 Ml Ebnd over Elk Creek

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

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

I 70 Ml Ebnd over Elk Creek in Garfield County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 119 of the 167 inventoried bridges in Garfield County rated fair (71.3%); 2 (1.2%) 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 59 ft
Location	Near New Castle
NBI structure number	F-06-P
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 70 Ml over Canyon Creek	1971	33,000	Fair
SH 82 Ml over I 70 Ml Colorado River	2017	29,000	Good
I 70 Ml over SH 82 Ml	1970	24,000	Fair
SH 82 Ml over Cattle Creek	1967	23,000	Good
I 70 Ml+front Rd over Allenwater Creek	1982	20,000	Fair
I 70 Ml Wbnd over County Road 134	1969	16,500	Fair