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US 287 Ml over South Horse Creek

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

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

US 287 Ml over South Horse Creek in Baca 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 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 105 inventoried bridges in Baca County rated fair (73.3%); 8 (7.6%) 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 159 ft
Location	8 Mi. N. of Springfield
NBI structure number	N-26-O
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 287 Ml over Cat Creek	1985	6,000	Good
SH 287 Ml over Draw	2011	3,500	Fair
US 287 Ml over Sand Creek	1976	3,500	Fair
US 287 Ml over Two Buttes Creek	1992	3,500	Fair
SH 287 Ml over Draw	2011	3,500	Good
US 287 Ml over Horse Creek	1976	3,000	Fair