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County Road 35.3 over Govt. Highline Canal

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

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

County Road 35.3 over Govt. Highline Canal in Mesa County, Colorado, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 78 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 210 of the 321 inventoried bridges in Mesa County rated fair (65.4%); 6 (1.9%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 46 ft
Location	.5 Mi N of Rd G
NBI structure number	MESA-35.3-G.5A
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
25 Road over Rvrsd Pw Ind Av UPRR	2009	40,819	Good
I 70 Business Rt over Leach Creek	1968	26,000	Fair
Patterson Road over Grand Valley Canal	1985	24,727	Fair
I 70 Ml over Indian Wash	1964	22,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over Lewis Gulch	1964	22,000	Fair
I 70 Ml over Horsethief Creek	1980	18,000	Fair