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Nm-12 over Apache Creek

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

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

Nm-12 over Apache Creek in Catron County, New Mexico, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 708 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 50 of the 100 inventoried bridges in Catron County rated fair (50.0%); 3 (3.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 187 ft
Location	0.1 Mi W of Nm-32_& Nm-12
NBI structure number	000000000005628
Condition class	Fair

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 Starkweather Canyon	1939	979	Poor
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