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County Road 18.5 over Fort Morgan Canal

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

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

County Road 18.5 over Fort Morgan Canal in Morgan 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 817 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 117 of the 193 inventoried bridges in Morgan County rated fair (60.6%); 6 (3.1%) 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 33 ft
Location	0.2 Mi North of CR Q
NBI structure number	MG18.5-0.2-Q
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 76 Ml over Morgan Canal	1959	16,000	Fair
I 76 Ml over Upper Platte Beaver Ditc	1958	15,000	Fair
I 76 Ml over Co Rd 1	1958	14,000	Fair
I 76 Ml over Big Beaver Creek	1961	12,000	Good
Barlow Road over Upper Platte Beaver Cana	2000	10,679	Fair
I 76 Ml Wbnd over Bijou Creek	1955	9,500	Fair