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SH 71 Ml over Bob Creek Canal

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

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

SH 71 Ml over Bob Creek Canal in Crowley County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 570 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 27 inventoried bridges in Crowley County rated fair (77.8%); 1 (3.7%) 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 47 ft
Location	3.3 Mi N of Jct SH 96 E
NBI structure number	K-22-F
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 96 Ml over Bob Creek	1964	2,500	Fair
SH 71 Ml over Bob Creek Canal	1966	2,300	Good
SH 71 Ml over Lake Meredith Canal	1965	1,700	Fair
SH 96 Ml over Meredith Canal	1934	1,600	Fair
SH 71 Ml over Duck Creek	1969	570	Good
SH 71 Ml over Pond Creek	1978	570	Fair