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35-a060 over La Luz Canyon

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

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

35-a060 over La Luz Canyon in Otero 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 culvert, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 239 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 83 of the 131 inventoried bridges in Otero County rated fair (63.4%); 0 (0.0%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	5	Fair condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
US-54/70 SB over Union Pacific Railroad	1975	23,689	Fair
US-54/70 Nbl over Union Pacific Railroad	1975	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Alamogordo Bypass US-54	2002	23,689	Good