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County Road T over Horse Creek

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

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

County Road T over Horse Creek in Lincoln County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1961, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Lincoln County rated poor (7.9%); 10 (7.9%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 189 ft
Location	0.3 Mi W of SH 71
NBI structure number	LIN-T-19.7
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 70 Ml+front Rd over Draw	1975	14,291	Fair
Ramp to US 24 over Kyle RR R	1975	12,000	Good
I 70 Ml over Draw	1955	10,000	Fair
US 24 Ml over I 70 Ml	1975	7,500	Fair
I 70 Ml Wbnd over US 24 Ml	1975	7,000	Fair
I 70 Ml Ebnd over US 24 Ml	1975	7,000	Fair