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US 85 over BNSF Railway

Weston County, Wyoming · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 85 over BNSF Railway in Weston County, Wyoming, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963 and reconstructed in 1995, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,045 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 28 of the 43 inventoried bridges in Weston County rated fair (65.1%); 5 (11.6%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 129 ft
Location	Mule Cr Jct - Newcastle
NBI structure number	BXJ
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 16 Bypass over BNSF Railway	1976	5,061	Poor
US 16 over Cambria Creek	1973	3,149	Fair
US 16 Bypass over Cambria Creek	1977	2,941	Fair
US 16 over Whoopup Creek	1959	1,885	Good
US 16 over Skull Creek	1958	1,753	Good
US 16 over BNSF Railway	1970	1,676	Fair