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US-60 over Sand Creek

De Baca County, New Mexico · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US-60 over Sand Creek in De Baca County, New Mexico, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,103 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 24 inventoried bridges in De Baca County rated good (12.5%); 1 (4.2%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 195 ft
Location	17.2 Mi E of Jct US-84
NBI structure number	000000000008246
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	5,219	Fair
US-60 over Unnamed Waterway	1933	4,657	Fair
US-60 over Unnamed Waterway	1933	4,657	Fair
US-60 over Long Canyon	1969	4,103	Fair
US-60 over Unnamed Waterway	1969	4,103	Fair
US-60 over Unnamed Waterway	1969	4,103	Fair