It was assessed to be "situated poorly on a tight bend in the river and has required periodical maintenance to keep it in place.

Despite construction of a concrete jetty in 1922 to divert the main channel, the Colorado continues to work against the pier and north abutment."

In a 1983 survey of Colorado's historic bridges, it was assessed thatThe Rifle Bridge is historically significant as a regionally important crossing of the Colorado River - the most expensive contracted for [or] by Garfield County.

[2] It is located between what is now U.S. Highway 6 on the north side of the river, and Interstate 70 on the south.

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