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County Road 343 over West Divide Creek

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

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

County Road 343 over West Divide 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 27 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county 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 29 ft
Location	500Ft West of Co Road 311
NBI structure number	GAR343-02.30
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