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I-40 Wbl over Pajarito Creek

Guadalupe 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 Pajarito Creek in Guadalupe 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 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 18,086 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 57 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Guadalupe County rated fair (69.5%); 5 (6.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	0.45 Mi E of Jct NM-129
NBI structure number	000000000006383
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1937	20,856	Fair
I-40 Ebl/wbl/frtge over Unnamed Waterway	1937	20,856	Fair
I-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1937	20,856	Fair
I-40 Ebl over Frontage Rd-4092	1972	20,856	Fair
I-40 Wbl over FR4092 Local Rd	1972	20,856	Fair
I-40 Ebl over Frontgage Rd-4098	1964	20,725	Fair