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I-40 Wbl over Rio Puerco

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

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

I-40 Wbl over Rio Puerco in McKinley 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1958 and reconstructed in 1994, making it 67 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,383 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 157 of the 289 inventoried bridges in McKinley County rated fair (54.3%); 23 (8.0%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 Wbl over BNSF R/R Spur	1980	31,569	Fair
I-40 Ebl over BNSF R/R Spur	1980	31,569	Fair
I-40 Ebl over Third Street	1980	31,569	Fair
I-40 WB over Third Street	1980	31,569	Fair
I-40 WB over Second Street	1980	31,569	Fair
I-40 Ebl over Second Street	1980	31,569	Fair