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SH 165 Ml over North Hardscrabble Creek

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

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

SH 165 Ml over North Hardscrabble Creek in Custer 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 20 inventoried bridges in Custer County rated fair (60.0%); 1 (5.0%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 109 ft
Location	0.1 Mi South of Jct SH 96
NBI structure number	L-16-A
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 69 Ml over Democrat Gulch	1993	2,100	Good
SH 69 Ml over Texas Creek	1906	1,800	Fair
SH 69 Ml over Taylor Creek	1956	1,800	Good
SH 69 Ml over Grape Creek	1956	1,800	Fair
SH 96 Ml over Querida Gulch	1978	1,800	Good
SH 96 Ml over Hardscrabble Creek	1991	1,000	Good