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US 85 over Cheyenne River

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

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

US 85 over Cheyenne River in Niobrara 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 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,084 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 21 of the 34 inventoried bridges in Niobrara County rated fair (61.8%); 1 (2.9%) 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 419 ft
Location	Mule Creek Jct-Newcastle
NBI structure number	FRA
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 18 over Niobrara River	1988	2,942	Fair
US 85 over UPRR	2016	2,942	Good
US 18 over Stockpass	1970	2,406	Good
US 18 over Old Woman Creek	1971	2,150	Fair
US 18 over Old Woman Creek	1987	2,150	Fair
US 18 over Mule Creek	1988	2,150	Fair