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Irr Bia Rte 700 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

Irr Bia Rte 700 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 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 50 ft
Location	In Taos Pueblo Village
NBI structure number	00000000000M205
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