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55-b005 over Rio Hondo

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

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

55-b005 over Rio Hondo in Taos 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 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 93 inventoried bridges in Taos County rated poor (11.8%); 11 (11.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	1.0 Mi W Nm 522 @ Mm 6.9
NBI structure number	000000000007753
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nm-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	20,545	Fair
Nm-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	17,524	Fair
Nm-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	17,524	Fair
Nm-68 over Rio Don Fernando	1940	16,972	Good
Irr/us-64 over Rio Pueblo De Taos	1939	12,606	Fair
Irr/us-64 over Rio Lucero	1939	12,606	Fair