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County Road 44 over Dry Gulch

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

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

County Road 44 over Dry Gulch in Kit Carson County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 43 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 88 of the 130 inventoried bridges in Kit Carson County rated fair (67.7%); 2 (1.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 80 ft
Location	2.0 Miles North of Road M
NBI structure number	KITC-44-2.00A02
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 70 Ml over Draw	1967	9,900	Fair
I 70 Ml over Draw	1969	9,900	Fair
I 70 Ml over Draw	1966	9,200	Fair
I 70 Ml over Draw	1964	9,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over Drain Ditch	1968	8,000	Fair
I 70 Ml Ebnd over Republican River	1975	5,000	Fair