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US 50 Ml over Loutzenheizer Wash

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

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

US 50 Ml over Loutzenheizer Wash in Montrose County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 72 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Montrose County rated fair (61.5%); 3 (2.6%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 550 Ml over Cedar Wash	1936	25,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Cedar Creek	1958	14,000	Fair
US 550 Ml over Horsefly Creek	1994	13,000	Good
SH 90 Ml over Uncompahgre River	1969	12,000	Fair
US 550 Ml over Montrose+delta Canal	1992	11,000	Good
US 550 Ml Nbnd over Uncompahgre River	1976	6,500	Good