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Irr/nm-6 over I-40 Ebl/wbl Mp 126.8

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

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

Irr/nm-6 over I-40 Ebl/wbl Mp 126.8 in Cibola 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 deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1991, making it 34 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 892 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 63 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Cibola County rated good (49.6%); 13 (10.2%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 252 ft
Location	Junction I-40/nm-6
NBI structure number	000000000008634
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Irr/i-40 Ebl over BNSF Railroad	1959	28,708	Fair
Irr/i-40 Wbl over BNSF Railroad	1959	28,708	Fair
Irr/i-40 Wbl over Rio San Jose	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl over Rio San Jose	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1959	28,708	Good
Irr/i-40 Ebl/wbl over Unnamed Waterway	1959	28,708	Fair