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US 40 Ml over Agate Creek

Elbert County, Colorado · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 40 Ml over Agate Creek in Elbert County, Colorado, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2022, making it 3 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 120 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Elbert County rated good (12.9%); 5 (5.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 87 ft
Location	.4 Mi W. of Agate
NBI structure number	G-21-AQ
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 70 ML I 70 Serv over Draw	1966	11,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over Draw	1966	11,000	Fair
SH 86 Ml over Running Creek	1977	11,000	Fair
I 70 ML I 70 Serv over Draw	1958	11,000	Fair
SH 86 Ml over Gold Creek	1977	9,100	Fair
I 70 Ml Wbnd over County Road 190 Draw	1966	5,500	Fair