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US 50 Ml Wbnd over Arkansas River

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

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

US 50 Ml Wbnd over Arkansas River in Bent 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 69 inventoried bridges in Bent County rated fair (73.9%); 2 (2.9%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 833 ft
Location	In Las Animas
NBI structure number	L-24-A
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 Las Animas Canal	1958	3,400	Fair
US 50 Ml over BNSF RR	1989	3,400	Fair
US 50 Ml over Draw	1983	2,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Draw	2022	2,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Mccrae Arroyo	1937	2,600	Fair
US 50 Ml over Gageby Creek	1937	2,600	Fair