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Farm Access to 550 over Cow Creek Ar

Ouray County, Colorado · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Farm Access to 550 over Cow Creek Ar in Ouray County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 1 of the 39 inventoried bridges in Ouray County rated poor (2.6%); 1 (2.6%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 68 ft
Location	7.5 Mi No.of Jct SH 62 Ml
NBI structure number	L-05-C
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 550 Ml over Wild Cat Creek	1995	8,400	Fair
US 550 Ml over Chaffee Gulch	1975	8,300	Good
US 550 Ml over Uncomphagre River	1989	8,300	Good
US 550 Ml over Wildlife Crossing	2011	8,300	Good
US 550 Ml over Cow Creek	1979	8,300	Fair
SH 62 Ml over Uncompahgre River	2013	6,600	Good