05-z014 over Penasco River

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

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

• 05-z014 over Penasco River in Chaves County, New Mexico, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 206 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 2 of the 119 inventoried bridges in Chaves County rated poor (1.7%); 2 (1.7%) are rated poor.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

View this bridge on a map → (32.82809, -104.88939)

Component ratings

Bridge details

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

Busiest bridges in Chaves County

All bridges nearby: Chaves County, NM bridge conditions · every bridge in Chaves County · New Mexico bridges.

Background: how bridge ratings work · what "poor" and "structurally deficient" actually mean · how often bridges are inspected.