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County Road Uu over Ft. Lyon Canal

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

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

County Road Uu over Ft. Lyon Canal in Prowers County, Colorado, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, 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 36 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 138 inventoried bridges in Prowers County rated poor (13.0%); 18 (13.0%) 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 32 ft
Location	1.8 Mi W of CR 8
NBI structure number	PRUU-5.1-40-14A
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 Lamar Canal	1931	13,000	Fair
US 287 Ml over Fort Bent Canal	1947	9,200	Fair
US 50 Ml over Vista Del Rio Canal	1979	7,800	Fair
US 50 Ml over Amity Canal	1982	7,800	Fair
US 50 Ml over Wiley Drainage Ditch	1981	7,800	Fair
US 50 Ml Wbnd over Arkansas River	1989	4,700	Fair