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Access Road over Santa Fe River

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

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

Access Road over Santa Fe River in Sandoval 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 substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
It is one of 110 of the 180 inventoried bridges in Sandoval County rated fair (61.1%); 8 (4.4%) 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 177 ft
Location	2 Mi N of Jct SR16
NBI structure number	CEPSWANM-000004
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-550 over Irrigation Ditch	1938	91,260	Good
US-550 Sbl over Rio Grande River	1986	91,260	Fair
US-550 Sbl over Rio Grande	1986	91,260	Fair
I-25 Nbl/sbl over Unnamed Waterway	1954	70,705	Fair
I-25 NBL and SBL over Sandia wash	2011	70,705	Fair
I-25 Nbl/sbl over Unnamed Waterway	1954	59,841	Fair