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US 287 Ml over Rush Creek

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

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

US 287 Ml over Rush Creek in Kiowa 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 31 inventoried bridges in Kiowa County rated fair (48.4%); 2 (6.5%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 403 ft
Location	9.0 Mi N of Jct SH 96-w-e
NBI structure number	J-25-F
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 287 Ml over Lone Wolf Canal	2003	3,100	Good
SH 96 Ml over Kiowa Creek	1987	790	Fair
SH 96 Ml over Draw	1936	480	Fair
SH 96 Ml over Draw	1989	480	Fair
US 385 Ml over Draw	1948	470	Poor
SH 96 Ml over Big Sandy Creek	1962	430	Fair