39-212 over Coyote Creek

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

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

• 39-212 over Coyote Creek in Rio Arriba 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 substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1935 and reconstructed in 2003, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 166 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 10 of the 159 inventoried bridges in Rio Arriba County rated poor (6.3%); 10 (6.3%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: substructure 3 to 2.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated June 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 2): scour critical: extensive scour observed, foundations unstable.
• 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.

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

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