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Nm-420 over Ute Creek

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

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

Nm-420 over Ute Creek in Harding 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 41 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 13 inventoried bridges in Harding County rated fair (46.2%); 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


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 337 ft
Location	2.0 Mi E of Jct Nm-102
NBI structure number	000000000008367
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nm-39 over Unnamed Waterway	1942	248	Fair
Nm-39 over Unnamed Waterway	1942	248	Fair
Nm-39 over Unnamed Waterway	1953	248	Good
Nm-39 over Ute Creek	1976	248	Fair
Nm-120 over Canadian River	2012	224	Good
Nm-39 over Mosquero Creek	2017	138	Good