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Nm-240 over Rio Pueblo De Taos

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

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

Nm-240 over Rio Pueblo De Taos in Taos 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 1997, making it 28 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,356 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 93 inventoried bridges in Taos County rated fair (54.8%); 11 (11.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 62 ft
Location	Nm 240 Mm 2.5
NBI structure number	000000000008976
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-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	20,545	Fair
Nm-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	17,524	Fair
Nm-68 over Unnamed Waterway	1940	17,524	Fair
Nm-68 over Rio Don Fernando	1940	16,972	Good
Irr/us-64 over Rio Pueblo De Taos	1939	12,606	Fair
Irr/us-64 over Rio Lucero	1939	12,606	Fair