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SH 300 Ml over Lake Fork Creek

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

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

SH 300 Ml over Lake Fork Creek in Lake County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 120 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 17 inventoried bridges in Lake County rated poor (11.8%); 2 (11.8%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 58 ft
Location	1.6 Mi E of Jct SH 24 Mal
NBI structure number	H-11-U
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 24 Ml over California Gulch	2013	4,600	Good
US 24 Ml over Lake Creek	1993	4,200	Good
US 24 Ml over UP RR	1995	4,200	Good
US 24 Ml over Arkansas River	1995	4,200	Fair
US 24 Ml over Draw	1937	4,000	Fair
US 24 Ml over East Fork Arkansas River	2008	2,700	Good