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Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon

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

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

Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon in Catron 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 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2016, making it 9 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 979 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 100 inventoried bridges in Catron County rated good (47.0%); 3 (3.0%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 122 ft
Location	5.4 Mi NE of US-180
NBI structure number	000000000009664
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Rito Creek	1941	1,367	Good
US-60 over Largo Creek	1941	1,038	Fair
Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon	1939	979	Poor
Nm-12 over S.U. Wash	2014	979	Good
US-180 over Unnamed Waterway	1955	962	Fair
US-180 over Holt Gulch	1955	962	Fair