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First Street over Raton Creek

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

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

First Street over Raton Creek in Colfax 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 1933, making it 92 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 139 inventoried bridges in Colfax County rated fair (57.6%); 5 (3.6%) 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-25 Nbl over Loop-17	1993	11,902	Good
I-25 Nbl over Lincoln Avenue (raton)	1960	10,589	Fair
I-25 Sbl over Lincoln Avenue	1960	10,589	Fair
I-25 Sbl over Loop-17	1993	10,176	Good
I-25 Nbl over US 64/loop-17	1959	7,719	Fair
I-25 Nbl over Willow Creek	1970	6,576	Fair