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County Road 11 over Otero Canal

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

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

County Road 11 over Otero Canal in Otero 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 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 244 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 196 inventoried bridges in Otero County rated poor (8.2%); 16 (8.2%) 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	.4 Mi S of SH 50
NBI structure number	OT11-10-31.6-28
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 Anderson Arroyo	1961	12,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Patterson Hollow	2001	5,600	Good
US 50 Ml over Catlin Canal	1969	5,600	Fair
US 50 Ml Wbnd over Crooked Arroyo	1947	5,000	Fair
US 50 Ml Ebnd over Crooked Arroyo	1955	5,000	Fair
US 50 Ml over Otero Canal	1947	4,700	Fair