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CR J25 (Fairview) over Tongue Creek

Delta County, Colorado · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

CR J25 (Fairview) over Tongue Creek in Delta County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1984, making it 41 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 267 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 64 inventoried bridges in Delta County rated poor (3.1%); 2 (3.1%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	.3 Mi W of SH 65
NBI structure number	ORCHARD CITY-1A
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 50 Ml over Wells Gulch	1955	9,800	Fair
US 50 Ml over Point Creek	1977	9,300	Fair
SH 65 Ml over Gunnison River	1980	7,000	Fair
US 50 Ml Ebnd over Gunnison River	1966	6,500	Fair
US 50 Ml Wbnd over Gunnison River	1992	6,500	Fair
SH 65 Ml over Surface Creek	1957	5,700	Fair