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US 50 Ml Ebnd over Timpas Creek

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

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

US 50 Ml Ebnd over Timpas Creek in Otero 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 1958, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 128 of the 196 inventoried bridges in Otero County rated fair (65.3%); 16 (8.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 268 ft
Location	.8 Mi W. of Swink
NBI structure number	L-22-AL
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 Ml over Anderson Arroyo	1961	12,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Patterson Hollow	2001	5,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Catlin Canal	1969	5,600	Fair
US 50 Ml Wbnd over Crooked Arroyo	1947	5,000	Fair
US 50 Ml Ebnd over Crooked Arroyo	1955	5,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Otero Canal	1947	4,700	Fair