US-70/380 Ebl over Blackwater Draw

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

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

• US-70/380 Ebl over Blackwater Draw in Chaves 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 substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 3,714 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 39 of the 119 inventoried bridges in Chaves County rated good (32.8%); 2 (1.7%) 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.

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

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