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County Road Q over Bijou Creek

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

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

County Road Q over Bijou Creek 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 substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,539 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 606 ft
Location	1.5 Mi East of St Hwy 52
NBI structure number	MGQ-1.5-S52
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