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Fdr 271 over Long Canyon

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

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

Fdr 271 over Long Canyon in Otero 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 1962, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
It is one of 83 of the 131 inventoried bridges in Otero County rated fair (63.4%); 0 (0.0%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Unnamed Waterway	1934	23,689	Fair
US-54/70 SB over Union Pacific Railroad	1975	23,689	Fair
US-54/70 Nbl over Union Pacific Railroad	1975	23,689	Fair
Fl-4923 over Alamogordo Bypass US-54	2002	23,689	Good