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Irr Bia Route L200 over Rio Paguate

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

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

Irr Bia Route L200 over Rio Paguate in Cibola 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 substructure, 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 75 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
It is one of 13 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Cibola County rated poor (10.2%); 13 (10.2%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 34 ft
Location	Paguate
NBI structure number	00000000000M153
Condition class	Poor

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