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Nm-500 Wbl over Rio Grande

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

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

Nm-500 Wbl over Rio Grande in Bernalillo 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 72,734 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 352 of the 496 inventoried bridges in Bernalillo County rated fair (71.0%); 7 (1.4%) 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 1,415 ft
Location	1.9 Mi W of Jct I-25
NBI structure number	000000000008568
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 Ebl over I-25 NB Frontage Road	2002	209,135	Good
I-40 Wbl over I-25 NB Frontage Road	2002	209,135	Fair
I-40 WB over Unnamed Waterway	1963	197,192	Fair
I-25 Nbl over Central Avenue-FL4016	1961	187,263	Fair
I-25 Sbl over Central Avenue-FL4016	1961	187,263	Fair
I-25 Sbl over Candelaria Boulavard	2002	182,749	Fair