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Newman Ave. over Bessemer Ditch

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

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

Newman Ave. over Bessemer Ditch in Pueblo County, Colorado, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,030 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 55 of the 265 inventoried bridges in Pueblo County rated good (20.8%); 12 (4.5%) 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	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 24 ft
Location	Corner of Newman/vail
NBI structure number	PUENWMN-0.0-VAL
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 25 Ml over 13TH St	1975	64,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over US 50 Ml & SH 47 Ml	2002	57,000	Good
I 25 Ml over SH 96 Ml	1959	52,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over 5TH Street	1959	52,000	Fair
I 25 Ml over Gruma Drive	2019	52,000	Good
I 25 Ml over Service Rd BNSF RR	2019	52,000	Good