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SH 16 Ml over Fountain Creek

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

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

SH 16 Ml over Fountain Creek in El Paso 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 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 37,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 218 of the 685 inventoried bridges in El Paso County rated good (31.8%); 19 (2.8%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 370 ft
Location	Just E. of Security Int.
NBI structure number	J-18-BN
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 25 Ml over Draw	1959	123,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over US 24 Ml Fountain Crk	2017	123,000	Good
I 25 Ml over Garden of the Gods Road	1988	118,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Wash	1990	94,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Jackson Creek	1953	91,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Draw	1926	91,000	Fair