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CR19 / Bear Paw over Hardscrabble Creek

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

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

CR19 / Bear Paw over Hardscrabble Creek in Fremont County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 137 inventoried bridges in Fremont County rated poor (8.0%); 11 (8.0%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 79 ft
Location	5 Mi SE of SH 67
NBI structure number	FRCO 19-209A
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 Ml over Four Mile Creek	1949	19,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Draw	1949	19,000	Fair
SH 115 Ml over Arkansas River	1963	12,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Draw	1949	11,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Beaver Creek	1949	9,800	Fair
US 50 Ml over Urine Creek	1977	9,300	Fair