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Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon

Catron County, New Mexico · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon in Catron County, New Mexico, 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 1939, making it 86 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 979 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 100 inventoried bridges in Catron County rated poor (3.0%); 3 (3.0%) 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 96 ft
Location	4.54 Mi NE of Jct US-180
NBI structure number	000000000002209
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Rito Creek	1941	1,367	Good
US-60 over Largo Creek	1941	1,038	Fair
Nm-12 over S.U. Wash	2014	979	Good
Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon	2016	979	Good
US-180 over Unnamed Waterway	1955	962	Fair
US-180 over Holt Gulch	1955	962	Fair