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Nm-53 over Rio San Jose/bnsf R/R

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

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

Nm-53 over Rio San Jose/bnsf R/R in Cibola 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 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,763 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Cibola County rated poor (10.2%); 13 (10.2%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 619 ft
Location	0.1 Mi S of Nm-122
NBI structure number	000000000007144
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Irr/i-40 Ebl over BNSF Railroad	1959	28,708	Fair
Irr/i-40 Wbl over BNSF Railroad	1959	28,708	Fair
Irr/i-40 Wbl over Rio San Jose	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl over Rio San Jose	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1959	28,708	Fair