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US 287 Ml over Bear Creek

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

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

US 287 Ml over Bear Creek in Baca County, Colorado, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 1976, making it 90 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 20 of the 105 inventoried bridges in Baca County rated good (19.0%); 8 (7.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 166 ft
Location	2 Miles North of Springfi
NBI structure number	O-26-A
Condition class	Good

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 South Horse Creek	1976	3,000	Fair