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Bridge conditions in Catron County, New Mexico

100 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 100 bridges in Catron County: 47 rated good, 50 fair, and 3 poor.

3 of the 100 bridges in Catron County, New Mexico, are rated in poor condition (3.0%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
47 bridges (47.0%) are rated good and 50 (50.0%) fair.
The median Catron County bridge was built in 1955.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon (built 1939), carrying about 979 vehicles a day.

Good 47.0% · Fair 50.0% · Poor 3.0% of 100 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon	1939	979	Poor
03-0007 over Trout Creek	1939	158	Poor
03-0013 over Dangerous Park Tributary	1937	66	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Rito Creek	1941	1,367	Good
US-60 over Largo Creek	1941	1,038	Fair
Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon	1939	979	Poor
Nm-12 over S.U. Wash	2014	979	Good
Nm-12 over Starkweather Canyon	2016	979	Good
US-180 over Unnamed Waterway	1955	962	Fair
US-180 over Holt Gulch	1955	962	Fair
US-180 over Red Colt Canyon	1955	962	Fair
US-180 over South Dugway Canyon	1977	962	Fair
US-180 over Whitewater Creek	1982	962	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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