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County Road 17 over North Fork White River

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

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

County Road 17 over North Fork White River in Rio Blanco 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 141 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 56 inventoried bridges in Rio Blanco County rated poor (3.6%); 2 (3.6%) 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 50 ft
Location	0.1 Mi South of Co Rd 8
NBI structure number	RIOB-017-43.50
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SH 64 Ml over White River	1948	3,500	Fair
SH 64 Ml over Stinking Water Creek	1982	2,400	Fair
SH 13 Ml over White River	2000	2,100	Good
SH 64 Ml over Douglas Creek	1990	1,600	Good
Tenth Street over White River	1998	1,443	Fair
SH 13 Ml over Curtis Creek	1958	1,300	Fair